Over the past few weeks, Paris and France at large have been rocked by the gillet jaunes ('yellow vests'), who have taken to the streets. The protestors were ostensibly motivated by French President Emmanuel Macron's fuel tax, that puts disproportionate stress on rural French ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Dec 10, 2018

In a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, global leaders gathered in France this past weekend at the Arc de Triomphe Paris.  French President Emmanuel Macron used the opportunity to blast rising nationalism around the world, calling the political ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 12, 2018

In the wake of Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party's victory over Theresa May and her Tories in England, some liberals who either sided with, or had sympathy with, the American far left, were quick to re-litigate the Democratic primaries: Corbyn and Labor gained 29 seats in ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Nov 9, 2018

Thanks to the French people, the world now has a new, powerful ally in the fight against rising nationalism. With the election of centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron, the far right in France was effectively neutered and sent back to the wilderness of French politics. Yes, Marine ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  May 8, 2017

Update: There have been complaints about the misleading nature of this article because the French is media is not legally allowed to publish anything about the election during the blackout period. However, not every outlet obeys this law and Le Monde choosing to honor the ...read more

• By Justin Rosario
  May 6, 2017

After making it through to the second round of the French presidential elections, the far right Marine Le Pen temporarily stepped down as leader of the Front National (National Front).  Jean-François Jalkh took her place and managed to go only a week before reports were made ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Apr 28, 2017