Category: POLITICS
France: rebellions, referendums and regicides
Macron, having destroyed the socialist party, divided the party of the mainstream right and neutralised the rebellious railway workers of the SNCF, no doubt imagining that he was headed for an extraordinary destiny as a kind of 21st century Anglophile Bonaparte.
Catalonia and other identities in our common home
It is rather unfair to set the entities of Catalonia and Spain against each other. As if Catalonia were a singular entity attached to the Spanish State, and the latter an homogeneous […]
The cardinal regions and the farce of the Pays-de-la-Loire
When you look at a modern map of France, you may spot an anomaly in the shape of the regions, and one in particular: the Pays-de-la-Loire, a puppet region created by the French state during the second half of the twentieth century for the sole purpose of weakening Brittany, its neighbouring region with a very strong regional identity.
A Sad Day for Spain
By Claudio Sales Palmero Yesterday was a sad day. The Spanish Government showed a total incomprehension of the socio-political climate in Catalonia. It is absurd that they thought 50% of the population […]
Guadeloupe: a French island somewhere between paradise and desperation
Guadeloupe: a French island somewhere between paradise and desperation Author: Pierre Scordia Arriving at Point-à-Pitre airport, Pôle Caraïbe, we are somewhat surprised, even slightly disturbed by the signs indicating which […]
Scotland re-modelled in the French style
Scotland re-modelled in the French style Let’s imagine for a moment a Theresa May government consulting French socialists who are looking around for something to fill their time since their electoral drubbing. […]
LE POUVOIR DES RÉGIONS OCCIDENTALES DE L’UKRAINE
8. Le pouvoir des régions occidentales de l’Ukraine à la Rada Point de vue de la revue britannique The Economist Auteur : Pierre Scordia Pour The Economist, la nouvelle majorité au parlement […]
Voices of Dissent
By Beverly Andrews How do you challenge the increasingly right-wing, authoritarian governments which are now appearing throughout Europe and currently in America? This is a question artists and political activists are […]