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Europe’s ‘Tormented History’ Drives an Ambitious Macron Protégé

Clément Beaune, who had a double coming out as a gay man with Jewish roots, wants to be mayor of Paris, revive the center-left and...

A Former French President Gives a Voice to Obstinate Russian Sympathies

Remarks by Nicolas Sarkozy have raised fears that Europe’s pro-Putin chorus may grow louder as Ukraine’s plodding counteroffensive puts pressure on Western resolve.

At Funeral for Nahel M. Near Paris, Anguish, Anger and Racial Tensions

For many in the crowd, including hundreds who could not fit in the mosque to mourn the teenager killed by a police officer, his story...

France Splits Into Rival Camps Over Police Shooting of a Teenager

Society is increasingly divided between a law-and-order faction and those who see racism in a pattern of police killings or mistreatment of minorities.

France Police Shooting Presents New Challenge for Macron

Protests over the fatal police shooting of a teenager come as President Emmanuel Macron seeks to restore a sense of calm after his pension overhaul...

Prigozhin, Putin’s Beast, Turned on Him Before Apparently Reversing Course

Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the paramilitary Wagner Group, has been driven to fury by a mismanaged war in Ukraine. He turned on his...

Russian Judge Agrees to Extend Evan Gershkovich’s Detention for Three Months

Mr. Gershkovich has been held at the notorious Lefortovo jail since his arrest on March 29 during a reporting trip to the central Russian city...

Macron Returns From China to Allied Dismay

Criticism of the French president’s performance in Beijing has been scathing among some allies, who saw him as cozying up to Beijing.

French Visit Undercuts U.S. Efforts to Control China

Allies don’t always see things the same way, as Emmanuel Macron’s cozy visit to Xi Jinping made abundantly clear.

Xi and Macron Call for Ukraine Peace Talks, but the Path Is Murky

It is not clear that the Chinese and French leaders — much less Russia and Ukraine — have compatible terms for talks or peace, and...
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