Patrice de Beer is former London and Washington correspondent for Le Monde.

Recent articles

The fortieth anniversary of the student revolt finds the French trapped by the cunning of history, finds Patrice de Beer.

A series of failure and a wave of criticism is provoking Nicolas Sarkozy into an attempt to reinvent himself. Patrice de Beer asks whether it can work.

The French president's vision of a renewed place for religion in public life is at odds both with his country's modern history and his own character, says Patrice de Beer.

The homecoming of a Chilean militant exiled in the Pinochet years is the beginning of a new journey. Carmen Castillo's journey holds wider lessons, says Patrice de Beer.

A hot November of trade-union protest and urban riots poses the first big challenge to the French president, says Patrice de Beer.