FRANCE / POLITICS

France: rebellions, referendums and regicides

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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.

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POLITICS / SPAIN

Catalonia and other identities in our common home

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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 […]

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FRANCE / POLITICS

The cardinal regions and the farce of the Pays-de-la-Loire

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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.

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POLITICS / SPAIN

A Sad Day for Spain

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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 […]

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CARIBBEAN / POLITICS

Guadeloupe: a French island somewhere between paradise and desperation

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  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 […]

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FICTION / POLITICS

Scotland re-modelled in the French style

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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. […]

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POLITICS / UKRAINE

LE POUVOIR DES RÉGIONS OCCIDENTALES DE L’UKRAINE

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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 […]

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CINEMA / POLITICS

Voices of Dissent

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  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 […]

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