Douglas Herbert

Paris

World Affairs Commentator and Columnist at France 24

World Affairs Commentator @France24 in Paris. Fighting #disinformation and false equivalency. Lecture at @assasuniversite & @IjbaOfficiel

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War in Ukraine: Donald Trump wants the Nobel peace prize

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Douglas Herbert

1 hour agoZelenskyy hits back at Trump's comments, says Ukraine is not for saleThe pugnacious response followed Trump’s suggestion that Ukraine was responsible for Russia’s invasion three years ago. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hit back at Donald Trump's accusation overnight that Ukraine started its war with Russia, saying that the American president is trapped in a …NowThe Supreme Court gave Trump immunity. He’s using it as a blank check.
At AI Summit, 'Macron puts EU in front of contradiction: Falling behind yet fearful of accelerating'

Feb 11, 2025 | flipboard.com | François Picard |Douglas Herbert

17 hours agoFrance: More than 100 countries participate in AI summit in Paris to avoid US-China duopolyParis, France - February 10, 2025 Representatives and experts from a hundred countries are participating on Monday and tomorrow in Paris in a summit on artificial intelligence (AI) at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, to put his country on the map of this technological revolution and avoid the duopoly of the United States and China.
Enrico Letta to Europe: 'Now is the time to act'

Feb 7, 2025 | flipboard.com | Douglas Herbert

Listen, no history book can cover everything. Despite what it might feel like sometimes, publishers are aware that you’re going to have to carry this …
A flood of fake stories: EU sees surge in disinformation ahead of June elections

May 23, 2024 | france24.com | Douglas Herbert

A Polish prime minister saying he's ashamed of his Polish identity. A flood of migrants assaulting people on the streets of Bulgaria's capital. The grandmother of a top European official shaking hands with Adolf Hitler. All of these are fake stories; part of what European officials say is a surge in disinformation ahead of next month's European elections. Much of it comes from Russia, without love.
Germany and France express deep worry about Georgia's controversial "media law"

May 19, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Douglas Herbert

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'Vladimir Putin will not stop in Ukraine', says French Minister Delegate for Europe

Mar 7, 2024 | france24.com | Douglas Herbert

Just days after French President Emmanuel Macron provoked a backlash among allies by declaring he could not rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine, a senior minister has doubled down on the message, saying Europe must thwart Vladimir Putin before he presses his military drive further into Europe. "Vladimir Putin will not stop in Ukraine, so this is the reason why we need to make him fail," Jean-Noël Barrot, the newly appointed French Minister Delegate for Europe told FRANCE 24.
Italy: pushing Europe to the right?

Mar 7, 2024 | france24.com | Douglas Herbert

In the spotlight this week in our whistle-stop debate series featuring each of the EU's 27 member states ahead of June's European elections: Italy. Europe's third-biggest economic power has seen a growing rivalry between the right-wing Brothers of Italy party, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and her even further right coalition partner, Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini, who heads the far-right League party.
Europe braces for US elections: Is the EU ready for President Trump 2.0?

Feb 29, 2024 | france24.com | Douglas Herbert

The spectre of a second Donald Trump presidency is stalking America. Depending on whom you believe, the world's biggest superpower is either sleepwalking into dictatorship, or everyone just needs to chill out. Eight months before the US presidential election, there are many unknowns. But America is rife with dystopian warnings that Trump's return would spell the last rites of American democracy. Europeans, meanwhile, are bracing for the impact of a President Trump "2.0".
'No country is able to cope alone': EU Commissioner for Crisis Management

Jan 26, 2024 | france24.com | Douglas Herbert

Call it the "crisis crisis". A record surge in the number and frequency of extreme climate events afflicting millions of human beings is stretching Europe's disaster response system to the limit, a top EU official has warned.
Can Europe protect its women? EU members at odds over gender-based crimes

Nov 23, 2023 | france24.com | Douglas Herbert

The statistics are as damning as they are grim. In the EU, one in three women aged 15 or over has experienced physical or sexual violence - or both. More than half of all women in Europe have been sexually harassed. Only a fifth of women in the EU go to the police when an intimate partner assaults them. Meanwhile, EU member states have failed to agree on how to address the worst crimes against women.