France

Le President, C'est Moi

Ivory Coast's president is making a desperate stand to keep his job -- but will his move just mean more misery for a country that's already seen enough?

BY JOHN JAMES | DECEMBER 21, 2010

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | DECEMBER 3, 2010

Who's Who in WikiLeaks

The world leaders embarrassed by Cablegate.

BY MAX STRASSER | DECEMBER 2, 2010

Bin Laden's Backfire

In taking up the cause of French Muslims, al Qaeda is only bringing the government and the Islamic community closer together.   

BY JONATHAN LAURENCE, JUSTIN VAÏSSE | NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Why Is Osama bin Laden Going After the French?

There's a few reasons why al Qaeda’s most wanted is trying to stir up trouble in France.

BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | OCTOBER 28, 2010

The Spectacle of the Society

France's half-century social-spending spree is coming to an end -- and Nicolas Sarkozy is stuck holding the bag.

BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 22, 2010

French History Strikes Back

As the current unrest in Paris and Marseille proves, the social contract that French workers forged generations ago is still alive -- but how long can it last?

BY ROBERT ZARETSKY | OCTOBER 21, 2010

West Bank on the Left Bank

Stoked by President Sarkozy's refusal to back down on pension reform, France's discontents are on the rise and taking to the streets.

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The End of the Affair

The brief and unlikely political romance between Nicolas Sarkozy and his foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, has come to an end. But the real casualty is France's foreign policy: Once teetering, it is now all but dead.

BY MIRA KAMDAR | OCTOBER 19, 2010

Romas: Europe's Wanderers

Kicked out of France and unwanted in the countries to which they are forced to return, the Roma are a part of a new Europe that everyone would rather ignore.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Vive la Retraite!

Across France, demonstrators took to the streets to protest the government's plan to raise the retirement age.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Charles in Charge

Why is de Gaulle suddenly back in vogue?

BY SUDHIR HAZAREESINGH | SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Not Your Father's Francafrique

Yves Gounin defends France's Africa policy.

SEPT. / OCT. 2010

Les Jeux Sont Faits

The long, sad end to the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy.

BY GERO VON RANDOW | JULY 30, 2010

Soccer Explains Nothing

Stop looking to the World Cup for history lessons. It’s just a game and, frankly, that’s good enough.

BY SIMON KUPER | JULY 21, 2010

Papandreou’s Odyssey

The Greek prime minister has gone from leader of the socialist party to wielding the axe against entitlements -- and his long journey has just begun. In an exclusive interview, George Papandreou looks to the future and talks to FP about the Herculean tasks ahead.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | JULY 19, 2010

Too Darn Hot

As record-breaking temperatures plague cities all over the world, everyone's trying to keep cool. 

JULY 13, 2010

Le Scandal

The French soccer team's disaster in South Africa has exposed the superficiality of European racial integration -- and now only Germany can save France from tearing itself apart.

BY JOHN HOBERMAN | JULY 1, 2010

La Vie en %$!

Why is France still propping up Africa's dictators?

BY BOUBACAR BORIS DIOP | JULY/AUGUST 2010

Couples Retreat

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have long had a testy relationship, but at the EU Summit they'll need to patch things up quickly to save the union -- and possibly their own governments.

BY MIRA KAMDAR | JUNE 17, 2010

How the Dreyfus Affair Explains Sarkozy's Burqa Ban

Militant secularism has a long, troubled history in France, from paranoia over nun's wimples to the Dreyfusard anti-Jesuit campaigns. Where will it end?

BY RUTH HARRIS | MAY 12, 2010

Europe Bought Time and Not Much Else

The bailout may soothe markets, but it won't fix the fundamental problems that have pushed Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Italy to the brink.

BY URI DADUSH, MOISÉS NAÍM | MAY 11, 2010

Europe's Lactose Intolerance

Dairy farmers in Europe are having a cow over low milk prices and have taken themselves -- and their bovines -- to the streets.

BY BOBBY PIERCE, JORDANA TIMERMAN | OCTOBER 6, 2009

Sarkozy's Better Half

If the French president has a hope of getting things done at the G-20, it's because of his philosophic finance minister, Christine Lagarde.

BY ANNIE LOWREY | SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Summer Reading of Our Discontent

Global escapism is flourishing in the Great Recession.

BY LIESL SCHILLINGER | SEPT. / OCT. 2009

France Without Illusions

The French president vowed to take on dictators everywhere. Has he now given up on human rights entirely?

BY NATALIE NOUGAYRÈDE | SEPT. / OCT. 2009

Bildt to Last?

He's the diplomat Europe loves to hate. And he's only got five months left.

BY CAMERON ABADI | JULY 30, 2009

LiveStrong for Make Benefit of Kazakhstan?

Why one of the world's most bankable athletes is competing for an autocratic former Soviet republic.

BY JOE LINDSEY | JULY 14, 2009

Sarkozy's Power Play

The French president's flamboyant presentation shouldn't be taken for incoherence. He has a plan for France.

BY JUDAH GRUNSTEIN | MARCH 16, 2009

Europe's Philosophy of Failure

In France and Germany, students are being forced to undergo a dangerous indoctrination. Taught that economic principles such as capitalism, free markets, and entrepreneurship are savage, unhealthy, and immoral, these children are raised on a diet of prejudice and bias. Rooting it out may determine whether Europe's economies prosper or continue to be left behind.

BY STEFAN THEIL | DECEMBER 13, 2007