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.
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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.
France’s trade unions have managed to galvanise the largest movement in decades in opposition to pension reform. What will happen to them once the bill has been passed or abandoned?
Brexit and Boris Johnson caused tension but France and the UK are getting back on track.
French citizens have protested pension reform for the past 30 years. A historian explains why the evolving power struggle between the streets and the state does not bode well for today’s strikers.
The future of Nato, relations with China and cooperation over energy were all on the table as well as international trade.
A different future will not be possible without reverence, respect, reciprocity and responsibility towards the Earth. On this issue, Indigenous Peoples have a lot to share.
France’s ‘renewed partnership’ with Algeria may be less about exploring a difficult and painful past and more about pressing political concerns.
Art stolen from African kingdoms is a knowledge system plundered by colonialists, who must take historical responsibility.
In Africa, French will only continue to embed itself - if speaking it is in the interests of Africans and not attached to French foreign policy interests.
Les récentes visites de Macron en Afrique racontent une histoire
de la France qui fait acte de repentance pour ses crimes coloniaux tout en essayant de conserver son influence héritée du colonialisme.
The EU is creating resentment in North Macedonia over its feud with Bulgaria. In the midst of the Russia-Ukraine war, it will only serve to benefit Russia in its efforts to undermine the EU.
Freshly re-elected in April, France’s president lost his parliamentary majority in June. So who is Emmanuel Macron and what defines his paradoxical politics?
The road to EU membership is usually a long process, sometimes taking decades.
Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Chris Wallace, Professor at the University of Canberra.
Considered a pioneer of “Black Studies à la française”, Ndiaye’s appointment comes at a time when issues in race and gender have divided the French political class and public opinion.
The results of the second round resulted in a historic record of seats for the RN and an even greater polarisation of political life within the National Assembly itself.
Amid record abstention, the left-wing NUPES coalition performed well against the presidential coalition.
Both Macron and Madonna have expressed concerns about genetic privacy. As DNA collection and sequencing becomes increasingly commonplace, what may seem paranoid may instead be prescient.
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Associate Professor in French and Francophone Studies, University of Nottingham
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Historien, Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics, Aston University
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Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, University College Dublin
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Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
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Senior Lecturer in French and Politics, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of History, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer, History, Flinders University
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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
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Chercheur en science politique, Sciences Po
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Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa and Assistant Professor in the History of International Relations, Utrecht University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
