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4 days ago | 
france24.com | François Picard |Alessandro XENOS |Théophile Vareille |Elisa Amiri
We’ll ask if time's soon up for the swing of two years ago in favor of the reformist coalition led by center-right prime minister Donald Tusk and draw conclusions from the defeat of Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski. Could there even be a snap general election? What about that ongoing battle over the independence of the courts, culture war issues like abortion and what attitude towards Ukraine and European defense. Historical rivalries with Kyiv were talked up on the campaign trail?
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1 week ago | 
france24.com | François Picard |Rebecca GNIGNATI |Elisa Amiri
Donald Trump dispatching his director of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to stump for nationalist right candidate Karol Nawrocki. The Law and Justice party of the outgoing Andrej Duda hopes to rally the 20-percent of voters who veered further to the right in the first round. In a nation where living standards have skyrocketed since joining the EU two decades ago, why are so many citizens eager to elect Eurosceptics?
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1 week ago | 
france24.com | François Picard |Rebecca GNIGNATI |Elisa Amiri
With the United Nations out of the loop, and Gaza residents forced to travel vast distances mostly for what look like rations, the international community warns it's a bid to force the displacement of a population that's only seen a trickle of aid since a March Second embargo. What's Israel's ultimate goal? And will the United States sign off on a move condemned by some of the Jewish State's closest allies like Germany and Italy?
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2 weeks ago | 
france24.com | François Picard |Rebecca GNIGNATI |Elisa Amiri
At the time, allies insisted on Israel’s right to respond. But now, even nations with historical reasons for giving the Jewish state a wide berth are critical, the likes of Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK which has just summoned Israel's ambassador while suspending free trade talks. It's signed a communiqué with Canada and France which may recognize a Palestinian state next month.
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4 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Annette Young |Yong Chim |Stéphanie Cheval |Elisa Amiri |Aline Bottin
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all of their library books that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues by May 21, according to a memo issued to the force on Friday. It is the broadest and most detailed directive so far on …
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2 months ago | 
france24.com | Rebecca GNIGNATI |Elisa Amiri |François Picard
Francesco SARACENO Deputy Director, OFCE & Professor of Macroeconomics, Sciences Po Paris Veronique DE RUGY Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University Edward FISHMAN Author of 'Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare' Nicolas MEILHAN Former scientific advisor to France Stratégie
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2 months ago | 
france24.com | Rebecca GNIGNATI |Elisa Amiri |François Picard
For now, the mayor of Istanbul’s center-left CHP party calling for weekly Wednesday rallies and consumer boycotts to keep up the pressure, this despite a widening crackdown. What makes this movement different to all the others which have tried and failed to unseat a leader of 22 years, who despite inflation and incumbent fatigue retains a solid base. So, going forward, is time on Recep Tayep Erdogan’s side?
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2 months ago | 
france24.com | Rebecca GNIGNATI |Elisa Amiri |François Picard
Injustice is in the eye of the beholder: take Romania and Turkey where front runners have also been recently barred under very, very different circumstances. Whenever a politician's convicted, it's a stress test for institutions and rule of law. In the case of Marine Le Pen, she's got the backing of a growing media echo chamber. How far will crying foul carry the far-right in France? Donald Trump never went to trial for allegedly trying to forcibly overturn his 2020 loss.
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2 months ago | 
france24.com | Rebecca GNIGNATI |Elisa Amiri |François Picard
Leela JACINTO Senior Editor, France24.com Dominique TRINQUAND Former Head of the French UN Military Mission John HARDIE Deputy Director, Russia Program, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Olena TREGUB Secretary General, Ukrainian Watchdog Group NAKO
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2 months ago | 
france24.com | Rebecca GNIGNATI |Elisa Amiri |François Picard
Even if it means taking on traditional allies. Denmark’s an E-U and NATO member that equips its military with hardware made in the USA. What does Trump's hard bargaining say about the times we live in? New imperialism, melting polar ice caps, housing and social challenges, we’ll ask how changing times are impacting the life of Greenland’s 56 865 inhabitants and what lessons we can all draw from the global attention they're suddenly getting. Produced by Rebecca Gnignati, Elisa Amiri, Ilayda Habip.
