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Published in: TransformationThe French art world is on strike - why aren't we?The fight to defend the artists' wage is raging across France, yet today in the UK we believe the arts should be a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Sarkozy strikes back: implications for the French political landscapeWhat will the much talked about return of Nicolas Sarkozy mean for the French political landscape?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The EAF is dead! Long live the MENL!The Front National has long been at the centre of pan-European party initiatives, which were always dominated by...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The attractions of jihadism, and a generational nihilism stretching far beyond the Muslim sphereFrench Muslims are protesting against the conflation of Islam with jihadism, and about France's engagement in the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?After the Scottish referendum: Corsican contagion?In the wake of the Scottish vote, Corsicans are trying to gain publicity for their own, often neglected, struggle...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A gloomy, rudderless FranceIt seems a hopeless task, as we see President François Hollande slide lower and lower in this slippery slope of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?French local elections on suburban housing estatesIt is, in a sense, a good sign for racial integration to see that the “new French” are voting just like the old ones.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?France and Islamic feminism: intersectionality in the RepublicThe fact is that Islamic feminists in western countries, and especially in France, struggle with identity...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A French style “Tea Party”?Every conceivable attempt to mobilise all the extremes has been used to beef up recent French demos. With some success.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The politics of French-bashingBashing everything French is in fashion these days, but one would be better advised to take these attacks by the US...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The conspiratorial mindset in EuropeScepticism is healthy for democracy, but not when it degenerates into belief in conspiracy theories. Dieudonné and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?France and the European balance of powerHollande holds historic responsibility as the French president who, for lack of political courage, marked the end of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?France's European spleenAs is now common in France, the biggest shock in the Euro elections will come from the far-right Front National,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The demophobes and the great fear of populismOne might note that the less represented the ‘popular’ classes are in political parties, in parliament or in...
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Published in: HomeThe Front National’s new clothesLast year, Marine Le Pen came third in the French presidential elections, following a campaign seeking to...
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Published in: openSecurityThe return of the state to the Parisian banlieueEight years since the 2005 Parisian riots and French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announces a ‘return of the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?France is a universal nation: Mélenchon speaks outIn London last month to speak on a progressive alternative to the austerity policies which are being implemented...
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Published in: 50.50France and the veil – the dark side of the lawFrench anti-veil laws are steeped in racism and have opened the door to abuse against Muslims, argues Valeria...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Roma rights dilemma of the French leftOn the Roma issue, the French left must choose: whether to align itself with the forces of progress to combat...
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Published in: HomeThe long haul of solitary death: Michel Houellebecq and the decline of western sexualityA prophet-provacateur faithful to French traditions of lucidity, sensuality, and alienation, Houellebecq believes we...
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