About Johannes Willms
Johannes Willms is Paris correspondent of the German newspaper, SÌ_ddeutsche Zeitung.
Articles by Johannes Willms
The big fear: the European constitution divides France
In December 1825, a conspiracy of guard officers in St Petersburg attempted a coup whose treasonous aim, inspired by the officers’ sojourn in Paris in 1814-15, was to implement a liberal constitution in autocratic Russia. The coup failed and its ringleaders were hanged, while the simple soldiers who had dared celebrate the Konstituante were deported to Siberia. They had thought that Konstituante was the first name of their commander’s wife, but the misunderstanding did nothing to change their fate.
France unveiled: making Muslims into citizens?
France’s education system has long worked to transform peasants, migrants and believers into national, secular citizens. Will the process fail with the headscarves worn by the country’s young Muslim women?
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