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Paris Perspective #35: The Great British Political Bake-Off – Jeremy Stubbs

In this edition we’re going to dive into the political Twilight Zone that is British politics to examine how the post-Brexit roller-coaster ride has evolved and expanded into a full-blown theme park as the UK installs its fifth prime minister in six years.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 26, 2022

French, German leaders to meet in Paris to discuss diverging policy stances

French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Paris on Wednesday, amid divergences between the two neighbors and key European Union allies over EU strategy, defense and economic policies.

France 24 · Oct 26, 2022

French, German leaders to meet in Paris amid diverging views

French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to meet in Paris with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz amid divergences between the two neighbors and key European Union allies over EU strategy, defense and economic policies

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

France to deploy 35,000 guards with 600,000 expected for Paris Olympics

Paris expects a crowd of 600,000 at the 2024 summer Olympics’ opening ceremony which is to take place on the river Seine, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Tuesday.

France 24 · Oct 25, 2022

Paris probes alleged links between French MEP, former senator and Russia

The Paris prosecutor's office is investigating a franco-russian association, in an effort to establish whether the organisation's leaders, a French MEP and a former senator, obtained advantages in exchange for promoting positions favourable to Moscow.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 25, 2022

George Orwell’s classic works to be published on Substack

Down and Out in Paris and London will start the project and be delivered to subscribers in ‘coffee break’ segments

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022

Putin admits Russia enduring ‘economic difficulties’ due to Western sanctions

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday acknowledged that his country was experiencing “economic difficulties” because of different “restrictions” imposed on his country due to the war in Ukraine. The UK's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, meanwhile, vowed to support Ukraine in its war against Russia, saying it must “be seen successfully…

France 24 · Oct 25, 2022

How Hitler conspiracies and other Holocaust disinformation undermine democratic institutions

Godwin’s Law posits that any online argument, if it continues long enough, will inevitably invoke a comparison to Hitler.

The Conversation · Oct 24, 2022

Northern French town buries 12-year-old murder victim

Hundreds of people paid their respect on Monday at the funeral of a 12-year-old girl whose battered body was found stuffed in a suitcase outside her Paris home.

Reuters · Oct 24, 2022

Book by suspected child rapist suspended following death threats to French publisher

A French publishing house announced on Monday that it has suspended plans to release a book by writer Gabriel Matzneff, currently under investigation for allegedly raping children, after staff at the Paris-based Nouvelle Librairie received "death threats".

Radio France Internationale · Oct 24, 2022