Emmanuel Macron Embodies French Ambivalence
The president-elect owes his victory far more to the country's fear of Le Pen than to any particular taste for his own centrist politics.
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Christian Hartmann The French Election Is Macron's to Lose
Yet it has already been a marked success for Le Pen and her strategy.
Christian Hartmann / Reuters How Europe’s ‘Little Losers’ Became Terrorists
“We know how to put people in prison. But we don’t know what to do with them afterwards.”
Robert Pratta / Reuters The Fragile French Republic
The country’s politics are beset by a unique anxiety that the entire system could collapse. Why?
The Strange Popularity of Corsican License Plates
Why the French seem like such aggressive drivers
Ji Lee / The Atlantic What Je Suis Charlie Has Become
"A newspaper can't insult a segment of the population and be the symbol of France," one Muslim leader says.
Charles Platiau/Reuters The Charlie Hebdo I Know
One may mourn the dead and condemn their senseless slaughter without celebrating the magazine for values it did not embrace.
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