The Globalist

Reflections on leading European nations in deep domestic trouble, including a Germany that apparently can only think of itself.

The leader of France’s left says he runs against what Macron stands for. But despite his populists’ airs, he pushes Putin’s European policy goals.

In next year’s presidential election, will France retreat from reason and science to embrace radical politics?

Underneath the clichés of the eternal rivalry between France and England, Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron are closer than most people would believe.

Lebanon needs a new state, not new visits from the President of France.

One has to doubt that France’s new prime minister, Jean Castex, will pursue many reforms ahead of 2022.

After the Corona pandemic, French firms’ management teams have great difficulty convincing their employees … to return to the office.

To fight the coronavirus pandemic, Emmanuel Macron has proposed a world truce.

Angela Merkel is acting – though definitely not looking – like a flower power girl from California. Focused on consensus, not leadership, she believes in human goodness.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s restrictive stance on EU membership for the Western Balkans injects a much-needed dose of realism into EU affairs.