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Published in: Home: OpinionBraverman should go to the French camps to see why people get in small boats
With no safe routes and dire conditions in the refugee camps of northern France, what choice do people have?
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Published in: 50.50: NewsHomophobic petition defending PSG footballer is pulled – after 50,000 sign
The petition for Idrissa Gueye, who opted out of an anti-homophobia match in France, is deemed ‘hate speech’
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Published in: Home: OpinionFrance’s election result should serve as a wake-up call for Keir Starmer
The Labour leader and Emmanuel Macron both fail to grasp that aping the far Right won’t lead to its demise
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Published in: Home: OpinionThis time around, the threat of a Le Pen presidency is real
The far Right does not command a majority in France. But Macron’s arrogance and elitism, plus divisions on the Left,...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe French election is all about imperialism. Here’s why
With oligarchs using their media outlets to promote far-Right presidential candidates, France is being haunted by...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisHow did we reach this point in the Russia-Ukraine crisis – and what’s next?
Politicians in the West are scrambling to use the crisis for their own agenda, while experts suggest Russia is not...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisThe French presidential election is in a far-Right quagmire
The citing of a poisonous anti-Muslim conspiracy theory has infected France’s political discourse
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionGiulio Regeni’s murder speaks the truth about Egypt – and Europe too
France and Italy promote democracy and human rights while selling more and more arms to Egypt, where the student was...
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Published in: Global Extremes: AnalysisWhy do women join radical-Right parties?
An increasing number of European women are viewing radical-Right parties as representing their interests, despite...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionÉric Zemmour is no fascist – he’s the creature of the French establishment
Unlike Marine Le Pen, far-Right presidential candidate Zemmour has no link to France’s fascist tradition. His...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionFrance and UK can stop deaths in Channel – but not by increasing border patrols
Stopping refugees from moving does not solve refugee migration. Here are the building blocks of a sustainable alternative
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Published in: Home: OpinionBoris Johnson; finally a politician to unite the whole of France
The success of Johnson, whom Charlie Hebdo described as a ‘cockerel who sings while its feet are stuck in shit’,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionHow battling France’s COVID pass led the Left to embolden the far Right
Instead of focusing on changes that would ease pandemic suffering, left-wing groups have joined hysterical protests...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionDespite all the international attention, Afghan refugees are not welcome
Nobody really knows what prospects await Afghan refugees when countries have yet to see human rights as rights for all humans
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: AnalysisWhy at-risk Afghans have a right of admission to EU member states
The protection of Afghans should not be limited to those directly employed by European governments
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionBlowing a raspberry at France’s democracy
Abstention is the cancer currently eating into French democracy and society. President Emmanuel Macron is keen to...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: OpinionAttacks on academic freedom escalate in France and Denmark
The social sciences have been under attack from right-wing populists for years. What’s worrying is that mainstream...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionSoap operas will not save Turkey’s reputation in Lebanon
As Lebanon struggles to create a new government following the port explosion and amid protests, two nations vie for...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionPrisoners of the system
"During the run up to the French regional and departmental votes across the last week of June, all electors were...
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionFreedom of religion or freedom for religion?
Why critiques of secularism, especially in France, fundamentally misunderstand the principles of equality and human...