Peter Whiteford, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Lifting Australia’s retirement age happened with little protest. But it hits some more than others: especially Indigenous men and women, and tens of thousands of older people pushed onto JobSeeker.
A young unarmed teenager has been shot dead in a Paris suburb by a policeman during a routine checkpoint. It is not the first time, and French cinema has been denouncing it for years.
Efforts have been made to improve housing in working-class neighbourhoods, yet the social and cultural mix has deteriorated. What remains is a face-off between young people and the police.
Despite denunciations of discrimination against French-speaking students who want to settle in Canada, particularly Africans, the federal government does not seem to want to act.
Officially, sovereignty has been put to bed with three straight independence referendum defeats. But France is continuing to devolve powers to its territory in an ambitious power-sharing experiment.
Jean-Philippe Weisskopf, Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO) and Philippe Masset, Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO)
In the face of climate change, research shows it might be best not to put all one’s grapes in one basket.
Jacques de Maillard, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) – Université Paris-Saclay and Aurélien Restelli, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) – Université Paris-Saclay
The brutal methods employed by the French police to maintain order during protests contrast with those of its European neighbours.
André Dao has kept the legacy of his grandparents alive in Anam, a brilliant novel of immense scope that became a full quest for the truth of his family history, which spans the two Vietnam Wars.
Expulsion of the German ambassador could be a way of warning other embassies, especially France, to steer clear of Chadian politics and support for the opposition.
In the midst of the pension reform crisis, the constant weakening of institutions and mediation bodies raises questions about Emmanuel Macron’s exercise of power.
An investigation has revealed that French tech firms, seeking to create an AI “à la française”, have turned to one of the country’s former colonies, Madagascar, for low-cost labour.
Far from an exception, 16 March marked the 100th time under the Fifth Republic that France’s president chose to use a special constitutional measure to force through unpopular measures.
The adoption of France’s pension-reform law without a vote of the National Assembly puts greater demands on workers for the benefit of those who have already retired.
While the scale of the strikes in both countries is historic, a scholar in employer relations notes the legislative conditions framing industrial action in the UK are much more restrictive.
Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa and Assistant Professor in the History of International Relations, Utrecht University
Professeure de management stratégique, directrice des programmes du MSc Arts & Creative Industries Management à Paris et de la partie française de l'Institut Franco-Chinois de Management des Arts et du Design à Shanghai, Kedge Business School