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If the Olympic Games have made of Paris a midsummer night's dream, perhaps the Pont du Carrousel has been its heart, a dimly lit bridge over glittering water, a merry-go-round [...]

Aya Nakamura, the French Malian singer, did more than open the Games. She redefined what it means to be French. A new France was consecrated Friday evening during the opening [...]

In a blaze of French style blending history and artistic audacity, the Paris Olympic Games opened beneath plumes of blue, white and red smoke, as thousands of athletes defied a [...]

Torn between tradition and modernity, France is in the midst of an identity crisis. The choice for the opening ceremony of https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/22/arts/music/15-european-pop-acts-who-matter-right-now.html, a superstar French-Malian singer whose slang-spiced lyrics stand [...]

In a blaze of French style blending history and artistic audacity, the Paris Olympic Games opened beneath plumes of blue, white and red smoke, as thousands of athletes defied a [...]

Byline: Roger Cohen and James Hill There is a glorious folly to the Paris Olympics, the first in the city since 1924, as if France in its perennial revolutionary ardor [...]

There is a glorious folly to the Paris Olympics, the first in the city since 1924, as if France in its perennial revolutionary ardor took a century to ponder something [...]

https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaYKhdv5q08fphYVt40M Hay una gloriosa locura en los Juegos Olímpicos de París, los primeros que se celebran en la ciudad desde 1924, como si Francia, en su interminable ardor revolucionario, hubiese [...]

Byline: Roger Cohen Marine Tondelier, leader of the Green Party, helped bring the left together to win France's parliamentary elections. Now can she help keep it from falling apart? When [...]

A left-wing bloc that won the most seats in legislative elections this month called the re-election of Yaël Braun-Pivet, an ally of President Emmanuel Macron, a denial of democracy. After […]

Marine Tondelier, leader of the Green Party, helped bring the left together to win France's parliamentary elections. Now can she help keep it from falling apart? When Marine Tondelier, the […]

A left-wing bloc that won the most seats in legislative elections this month called the re-election of Yaël Braun-Pivet, an ally of President Emmanuel Macron, a denial of democracy. After [...]

Anne Hidalgo swam in the cleaned-up waters of the capital's river, fulfilling a promise that has become a symbol of the Olympic Games that start this month. After multiple delays [...]

Anne Hidalgo swam in the cleaned-up waters of the capital’s river, fulfilling a promise that has become a symbol of the Olympic Games that start this month. After multiple delays [...]

The flame has been on a long journey since its arrival in May, but hopes that it would bring the country together have foundered on political division. Before an enthusiastic [...]

The flame has been on a long journey since its arrival in May, but hopes that it would bring the country together have foundered on political division. Before an enthusiastic [...]

After elections produced a deadlocked Parliament, both left and right are claiming victory, while President Emmanuel Macron insists no one won. It’s a recipe for turmoil. France is stuck. Almost [...]

In an open letter, the French president rejected any role in government for the far-left France Unbowed party, setting the stage for a heated showdown. Expressing himself for the first [...]

In an open letter to the French people, he rejects any role for the far left France Unbowed party, setting the stage for a heated showdown. Expressing himself for the [...]

Byline: Roger Cohen Far from producing a 'clarification,' President Emmanuel Macron's snap election has yielded a muddle that could take months to sort out. Instead of waking up on Monday [...]

El país no tiene una cultura de negociar concesiones para formar coaliciones. La división de la Asamblea Nacional en tres grandes bloques de izquierda, centro y derecha, agrava la situación. [...]

Far from producing a 'clarification,' President Emmanuel Macron's snap election has yielded a muddle that could take months to sort out. Instead of waking up on Monday to a country […]

El país se prepara para una posible parálisis política en tanto que los resultados no favorecieron a ningún partido con la mayoría absoluta. https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaYKhdv5q08fphYVt40M Francia se enfrentaba a tener un [...]

The outcome left no party with an absolute majority and France bracing for potential political paralysis. France faced a hung parliament and deep political uncertainty after the three main political [...]

France was facing a hung parliament after no party secured an absolute majority in legislative elections on Sunday, as a surprising surge from a new left-wing coalition helped hold back [...]

In northern Burgundy, services have collapsed and the far-right National Rally has risen. Last month, Sophie-Laurence Roy, a conservative Paris lawyer with roots in Burgundy, decided to cross the political […]

In northern Burgundy, services have collapsed and the far-right National Rally has risen. Last month, Sophie-Laurence Roy, a conservative Paris lawyer with roots in Burgundy, decided to cross the political [...]

Byline: Roger Cohen Squeezed by the far-right National Rally party and the left, President Emmanuel Macron faces a country that may prove ungovernable. An era has ended in France. The [...]

Squeezed by the far-right National Rally party and the left, President Emmanuel Macron faces a country that may prove ungovernable. An era has ended in France. The seven-year domination of [...]

The U.S. presidential debate and Sunday's snap election in France have emboldened nationalist forces that could challenge NATO and undo the defense of Ukraine. This month, President Biden, flanked by [...]

Byline: Roger Cohen President Emmanuel Macron's governing style has always been intensely top-down. But with far-right nationalists in France closing in on power, some believe he may have gone too [...]

President Emmanuel Macron's governing style has always been intensely top-down. But with far-right nationalists in France closing in on power, some believe he may have gone too far this time. [...]

Listen and follow The DailyApple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube The far right in France had a big win this month, crushing the party of President Emmanuel [...]

In France, as in the United States, feelings harden against immigrants, and President Emmanuel Macron and President Biden take note. At the heart of the rapid rise of the nationalist [...]

An attack on a 12-year-old Jewish girl is inflaming an already tense and divisive situation. The alleged rape last weekend of a 12-year-old Jewish girl by boys who hurled antisemitic [...]

An overwhelming outpouring of tributes felt like a quest for some anchor in shared memory. It was like Françoise Hardy, the wistful singer and songwriter of a certain French melancholy [...]

Byline: Roger Cohen The environment will come first as France tries to revitalize the global image of its cuisine. There will be no French fries for the 15,000 athletes at [...]

Byline: Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden The announcement by the head of the Republicans was a historic break with his party's policy as dismay spread over a snap election. The [...]

The French president called on people of good will to come together to defend the Republic in the snap election he decided to call. Declaring himself an ''incorrigible optimist,'' President [...]

Byline: Roger Cohen The president has challenged voters to test the sincerity of their support for the far right in European elections. Were the French letting off steam, or did [...]

The announcement by the head of the Republicans was a historic break with his party's policy as dismay spread over a snap election. The head of France's conservative party on [...]

Byline: Roger Cohen Charismatic and clean cut, shorn of the Le Pen name, the young National Rally leader took his party to its blockbuster showing in European elections on Sunday. [...]

The president has challenged voters to test the sincerity of their support for the far right in European elections. Were the French letting off steam, or did they really mean [...]

The president’s decision, on the eve of the summer Olympic Games that begin in Paris in July, ushered in a period of deep political uncertainty in France. President Emmanuel Macron [...]