France

Eyes Off the Prize

The real question isn’t whether the European Union deserved its Nobel. The real question is: What is the EU going to do with it?

BY GARETH HARDING | OCTOBER 15, 2012

A Nobel Union

Europe reacts to the EU's Nobel Prize win.

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Work More, Make More?

The case against long hours.

BY CHARLES KENNY | NOVEMBER 2012

Playing Defense

Barely 100 days into his presidency, Francois Hollande is already trying to persuade France that his administration isn't sinking. 

BY ERIC PAPE | SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor French Millionaires

So France’s new Socialist president wants to soak the rich? My message to French job-creators fleeing the nouveau régime: Mississippi welcomes you.

BY HALEY BARBOUR | AUGUST 7, 2012

Liberté, Egalité, Hilarité

The best political cartoons of the French Revolution.

BY ADRIENNE KLASA | JULY 13, 2012

Why Is It So Hard to Say 'Sorry' in French?

France has never apologized for its treatment of colonial Algeria. Why not now?

BY JONATHAN LAURENCE | JULY 5, 2012

British r Coming. Pls RT!

What if Twitter had been around during the American Revolution?

JULY 3, 2012

Are We Focusing on the Wrong Nuclear Threat?

Americans are wringing their hands about the grave threat that a nuclear Iran would pose to the United States. But the numbers tell a different story.

BY VICTOR ASAL AND BRYAN EARLY | MAY 24, 2012

Mr. Normal's Odd Government

François Hollande's trip to America was a quiet success. But did he just appoint an unruly team of rivals as his ministers back home?

BY ERIC PAPE | MAY 21, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

France fetes a new president, Spanish activists take to the streets, and Ratko Mladic finally goes to trial.

MAY 18, 2012

A Tale of Two Inaugurations

Whose inauguration had more bling -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's or French President François Hollande's?

MAY 15, 2012

Countries That Love Their Moms More Than America Does

A global guilt trip in honor of Mother's Day.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 11, 2012

Mr. Nice Guy

France has chosen François Hollande, but can she fall in love with a man who lacks the passion of leaders past?

BY ERIC PAPE | MAY 7, 2012

President Sarkozy's Desperate Mayday

With friends and foes ganging up on him, Nicolas Sarkozy's run for a second term is looking bleak.

BY ERIC PAPE | MAY 1, 2012

Après Moi, le Déluge

Five reasons that Europe will rue the loss of Nicolas Sarkozy.

BY JAMES POULOS | APRIL 24, 2012

Smart Sanctions: A Short History

How a blunt diplomatic tool morphed into the precision-guided measures we know today.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY/JUNE 2012

The LWOT: Alleged 9/11 plotter to face death penalty trial

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | APRIL 6, 2012

Help Wanted

Five things that are making it more difficult to get advanced economies back to work.

BY BYRON AUGUSTE, SUSAN LUND, AND JAMES MANYIKA | MARCH 16, 2012

Battle Royale

Why is Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein picking a fight with France's foremost racist politician?

BY ERIC PAPE | MARCH 8, 2012

The Return of the King

Why Europe needs another Napoleon.

BY JAMES POULOS | MARCH 5, 2012

California on the Seine

Nicolas Sarkozy is now officially running again for president -- but he's not looking very presidential. Will turning a staid French election into a California-style populist referendum work?

BY ERIC PAPE | FEBRUARY 17, 2012

From Paris with Love

Dear Mitt: What's this European socialist nightmare you're so afraid of? Trust me, la belle vie ain't that bad.

BY ERIC PAPE | JANUARY 13, 2012

Continental Divide

Do Europeans believe in the European Union enough to save it?

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Merkozy, a Beautiful Friendship

As Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel team up to conquer the eurozone crisis, we imagine what it's like on the inside of Europe's most enviable friendship.

OCTOBER 27, 2011

That Seventies Show

France's newly dominant Socialists have absorbed the lessons of American politics -- but are they planning to take the republic back to the future?

BY JAMES TRAUB | SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Is Sarkozy Fini?

The French president is having his worst month in a long time -- and the best he can do is raise taxes on soda.

BY ERIC PAPE | SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Victory Lap

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron tour free Tripoli.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The Icarus Zone

Never before has a monetary union been so full of anticipation and hype. Should we have known that the euro would buckle?

BY DAVID MARSH | SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Europe's Conservative Confusion

Nearly every government on the continent is center-right. So why can't they get along and figure out how to save the EU economies?

BY TYSON BARKER | AUGUST 12, 2011