List of France articles
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French fighter jet takes off Putin Has Popped the EU Defense Bubble
No, the European Union cannot make the continent secure.
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France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks in front of a screen with the sentence reading "Reinvent nuclear" during the presentation of "France 2030" investment plan at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, on October 12, 2021. Emmanuel Macron Gets Nuclear Energy All Wrong
Nuclear power won’t help France meet its climate goals on budget or on time.
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French President Emmanuel Macron leaves a polling booth. Putin’s War Is Shaking Up the French Election
As Macron negotiates with Putin, some of his rivals dance around their past enthusiasm for the Russian leader.
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Three fighter jets are shown; one is landing. Why a Franco-German Fighter Jet Is a Bad Idea
Paris would be rewarded with greater profits and fewer headaches by going it alone.
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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech. The French Left Can’t Find the Right Path
With elections looming, France’s historically strong leftists are in utter disarray—again.
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French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin Macron and Putin Meet in Bid to Defuse Russia-Ukraine Crisis
The French president wants to assert European leadership. But he’s still got an election to win.
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Russian President-Vladimir Putin shakes hands with former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder as outgoing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stands nearby during a ceremony inaugurating Vladimir Putin as the new Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 7, 2018. Europe Must Shed Its Illusions About Russia
Only if Britain, France, and Germany abandon their post-Cold War fantasies will the West stand a chance of stopping Putin.
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French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Macron Hitches His Reelection to Europe
The French president rattled Washington—and his domestic political rivals—with a full-throated defense of Europe’s centrality.
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An illustration of French President Emmanuel Macron and the word emmerder. Macron’s Vulgarity Is a Big Deal
What the French president’s choice of swear word reveals about his style of governance.
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Valérie Pécresse gives a talk at a Paris high school. France’s Iron Lady
Can Valérie Pécresse reunite the right and defeat French President Emmanuel Macron?
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Water vapor rises from the Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant shortly before it was permanently shut down as part of Germany's phaseout of all nuclear power, near Grafenrheinfeld, Germany. on June 11, 2015 Amid Energy Crisis, EU Fights Over Whether Nuclear Is Green
Brussels’s plans to cut emissions by promoting nuclear power has parts of the bloc up in arms.
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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech after a visit to a factory of manufacturer Valeo in Etaples, near Le Touquet, northern France on May 26, 2020 as part of the launch of a plan to rescue the French car industry. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) The Real Philosophy of Emmanuel Macron
The key to reconciling the French president’s many political contradictions is his widely misunderstood philosophical mentor.
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An inflatable craft carrying migrant men, women, and children crosses the shipping lane in the English Channel on July 22. The Channel Is Now a Charnel House
When at least 27 migrants, mostly Kurds, drowned last month, it was the culmination of a century-long Anglo-French tragedy.
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Eric Zemmour is photographed in Paris on April 22. France’s New Far-Right Firebrand
Professional provocateur Éric Zemmour makes Marine Le Pen look like a moderate.
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People protest France’s vaccination law. For Europe’s Far-Right, Vaccine Skepticism Is a Trap
Playing to the anti-vaccine base hasn’t led to electoral gains—yet.
