French minister Darmanin backed by ex-president Sarkozy for 2027 race
French interior minister Gérald Darmanin has been backed by the former president Nicolas Sarkozy over his own bid for the presidency.
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French Minister Darmanin eyes up 2027 presidential run
French President Emmanuel Macron is barely over a year into his second term but it appears many are already anticipating the end of his tenure.
Blair, Royal, Timmermans: Is this the summer of the political walking dead?
They can look like Michael Jackson’s Moonwalking Dead in his Thriller video, and seem about as relevant.
New French education minister says school uniforms will help ‘restore authority’
Gabriel Attal, the new French education minister, wants to re-introduce school uniforms in a bid to "restore authority" in educational establishments and combat…
Education minister slams French students’ ‘inability to spell’
French education minister Pap Ndiaye wants to address what he sees as an alarming decline in students’ ability to write correctly.
Many think it, but few dare say it yet: The riots are handing power to Marine Le Pen
Mohammed*, my 40-year-old Moroccan greengrocer, whose small busy shop in a quiet street in central Paris serves as an informal club for the entire neighbourhood,…
Emmanuel Macron is on the hunt for his elusive Nobel Peace Prize — that explains his appetite for launching new grandiose, global schemes
They’ve been at it for months.
University of Lyon gets into hot water with ‘inclusive’ law exam
France’s University of Lyon is facing criticism for incorporating “invented” and “inclusive” language into a law exam, thereby rendering it “unreadable”.
Macron ‘weakened’ by pension reform rebellion
Whatever the outcome of the battle by French President Emmanuel Macron to push through an increase in his country’s pensionable age, he is likely to emerge weaker,…