About Patrice de Beer
Patrice de Beer is former London and Washington correspondent for Le Monde
Articles by Patrice de Beer
France's political sclerosis
French people’s impatient distrust of their ruling class is a symptom of a deep political and social malaise, writes Patrice de Beer.
The Schröder-Merkel clash spills across the Rhine
French politicians seeking advantage and lessons for their 2007 presidential race are intently watching Germany’s post-election interregnum, reports Patrice de Beer in Paris.
France's incendiary crisis
The fires consuming the lives of poor African immigrants in Paris expose the intimate link between social justice and global security, says Patrice de Beer.
France's post-referendum trauma
Whatever its failures, misgivings and contradictions, Europe probably didn’t deserve the political tsunami created by the French referendum which, on Sunday 29 May, rejected decisively the “treaty establishing a constitution for Europe”. But France’s gift to Europe, which has left in its wake a trail of disaster and pushed the constitution into a period of limbo, is not an ordinary vote.
Sorry, wrong target!
The Bush regime has failed to grasp that it is the European people, not their leaders, who reject this war.
France and the Security Council: poker diplomacy wins
The lengthy negotiations leading to Security Council Resolution 1441 were a success for French diplomacy. France’s ‘two-step’ approach may not avert war on Iraq; but in deflecting the United States’ unilateral drive to war she has served the world’s interest.
Whenever France acts independently in the international arena and, especially if she fails to fall in line with the United States, the country is deemed to be a troublemaker. Viewed from Washington or London, we are an obvious ‘usual suspect’.
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