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Opinion: Macron just laid the ultimate far-right trap
CNN via AOL· 1 day agoFrench President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to hold a snap election in the wake of huge gains by the far...
The sham-democracy of the European Parliament shames the EU
Daily Telegraph· 6 days agoThe parliament is, in many ways, a very elaborate mood board, with less power than its beautiful...
France is on the brink of a new revolution
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt was the historian and thoughtful biographer of many Third, Fourth and Fifth Republic politicians, Maxime Tandonnet, who put it best: “I don’t believe...
80 Years After D-Day, France Examines the Trauma of Allied Bombings
The Wall Street Journal· 7 days ago“The city, with its train station and garrison of 1,500 enemy soldiers, was a necessary target,”...
French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Moncton in July
CBC via Yahoo News· 7 days ago...tourism minister last fall helped convince the president of France to visit New Brunswick.Higgs...
Emmanuel Macron wants a snap election to get him out of a deep hole
The Economist· 3 days agoAlready, in his own national parliament, he has to govern with a minority, cobbling together support...
Reflections on war past and present permeate D-Day's 80th anniversary
KPBS San Diego· 7 days agoDid a 1940s truck full of American GIs just barrel past? Welcome to Normandy on a D-Day anniversary,...