France
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Europe
Marine Le Pen spooks the bond markets
She threatens to bring down the French government, but also faces a possible ban from politics
Finance & economics
How Trump, Starmer and Macron can avoid a debt crunch
With deficits soaring, their finance ministers will have to be smart
Europe in 2025
The year ahead will be perilous for Emmanuel Macron’s government
France looks increasingly unstable
Culture
The long shadow of the Paris terrorist attacks of 2015
November 13th shook the French capital—but has not changed it
Europe
How older French women are redefining the aesthetics of ageing
Wrinkles could once wreck a public career in France. Not any more
Leaders
Europe needs to wake up and look after itself
The biggest obstacle is Germany, which now urgently needs elections
Europe
France stares into a “colossal” budgetary abyss
A fragile new government must try to plug the hole. Fast
Finance & economics
How bond investors soured on France
They now regard the euro zone’s second-largest economy as riskier than Spain
Europe
France’s new coalition yanks the country a step to the right
Can the prime minister, Michel Barnier, bring stability?
Europe
Turmoil awaits Michel Barnier, France’s new prime minister
The left rages that the recent parliamentary election has been stolen
Leaders
As Brazil bans Elon Musk’s X, who will speak up for free speech?
Free expression has become a culture war, and those who should defend it are staying quiet