The Latest Breaking News from Christiane Taubira

The choice before Europe: the law of the strongest or reparative justice?

European nations are starting to pay attention after a landmark UN resolution, but reparations is about more than symbolic remembrance or returning stolen artefacts

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29

France confronts enduring legacy of slavery, 25 years on from Taubira Law

France is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Taubira Law, landmark legislation that recognised the transatlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity – amid renewed debate over reparations and the legacy of colonialism.

Radio France Internationale · May 21

Charlie Hebdo tried to humiliate me. Instead it debased the freedom of speech it symbolises

The satirical title targeted in an Islamist attack 10 years ago published a racist, sexist caricature of me that speaks volumes about its values, says French writer and activist Rokhaya Diallo

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13

Left-winger Christiane Taubira drops out of French presidential race

Former justice minister Christiane Taubira pulled out of France’s presidential race on Wednesday, acknowledging her failure to collect enough signatures from elected officials to become an official candidate in April's two-round election.

France 24 · Mar 2, 2022

Low blows and a Royal snub: Struggling French left bemoans ‘ugly’ campaign

Paris's Mayor Anne Hidalgo, the Socialist candidate for the French presidency, has lamented an “ugly” campaign for the Elysée Palace dominated by mud-slinging and the revanchist, anti-immigrant rhetoric of the far right. She might just as well have been referring to the tribulations of her equally struggling left-wing rival Christiane…

France 24 · Feb 18, 2022

In vaccine-sceptic France, candidates walk tightrope on Covid measures

Vaccination debates and Covid-19 restrictions have sown divisions both on and off the presidential campaign trail in France, which ranks among the most vaccine-sceptic nations in the world. FRANCE 24 takes a look at what the candidates have said regarding the measures to contain Covid-19.

France 24 · Feb 16, 2022

French 'people's primary' backs former minister as unity candidate

A four-day "people's primary" election ended on Sunday, with former justice minister Christiane Taubira emerging as the favourite to lead the French left's presidential election campaign. Other contenders refused to participate in the selection process, and doubts remain as to Taubira's ability to win wider support as a unifying figure.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 31, 2022

Former minister Taubira wins French left-wing 'citizens' primary'

Former French justice minister Christiane Taubira on Sunday won a primary poll launched by left-wing citizens ahead of this year's presidential election and urged other left-wing candidates to unite ahead of the vote, the organisers said.

Reuters · Jan 30, 2022

Former justice minister Christiane Taubira wins the ‘People’s Primary’ held by the French left

Former justice minister Christiane Taubira finished on top of the People’s Primary, a vote intended to pick a left-wing candidate for the French presidency from a divided and squabbling field.

France 24 · Jan 30, 2022

France's left-wing roll the dice on 'people's primary' to choose presidential candidate

A four-day "people's primary", to pick a left-wing candidate for the French presidency from a divided and squabbling field, ends this Sunday with doubts remaining that a unifying figure on the left will emerge.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 30, 2022