Roger Cohen

Paris

Chief Paris Correspondent at The New York Times

Chief correspondent Paris and former Op-Ed columnist The New York Times. New book, “An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics,” Feb 2023 from Knopf.

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Europe Makes a Pitch to Attract Scientists Shunned by the U.S.

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Catherine Porter |Roger Cohen

EDITORS NOTE: EDS: SUBS to expand and revise throughout.); (With: EDUC-VIEWPOINT-DIVERSITY PARIS -- As the Trump administration slashes support to research institutions and threatens to freeze federal funding to universities such as Harvard and Columbia, European leaders are offering financial help to U.S.-based researchers and hoping to benefit from what they are calling a "gigantic miscalculation." "Nobody could imagine a few years ago that one of the great democracies of the world would...
Europe Makes a Pitch to Attract Scientists Shunned by the U.S.

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Catherine Porter |Roger Cohen

Share As the U.S. government slashes support to research institutions and threatens universities like Harvard and Columbia with the freezing of federal funds, European leaders hope to benefit from what they are calling an American “error” and a “gigantic miscalculation.”“Nobody could imagine a few years ago that one of the great democracies of the world would eliminate research programs on the pretext that the word ‘diversity’ appeared in its program,” President Emmanuel Macron of France said...
As Trump Targets Researchers, Europe Makes a Pitch to Attract Scientists

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Catherine Porter |Roger Cohen

The continent's leaders are hoping to benefit as the Trump administration cuts support for research and threatens universities such as Harvard and Columbia with the freezing of federal funds.
Macron Surprises a Provincial Bar

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Roger Cohen

The French president, often seen as remote, wants to get closer to the French people. "Bonjour, Macron!"At Le Prem's, a small bar in western France that sells lottery tickets and tobacco, this greeting has become a running joke since President Emmanuel Macron dropped by unannounced the other day and bought a round of coffee for everyone, save the customers who opted for a bracing midmorning sauvignon blanc.
Student Stabs 4 Others, One Fatally, at a French High School

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Roger Cohen

The motive was unclear for the attack, which occurred at a time of heightened concern in France about knife attacks in schools. A teenage student at a French high school in the western city of Nantes stabbed four other students during a lunch break on Thursday, killing one of them and injuring the others before he was overpowered and arrested, the authorities said.
Rubio dice que EE. UU. decidirÃ¡ en dÃas si es 'posible' poner fin a la guerra en Ucrania

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Roger Cohen

"Si no es posible poner fin a la guerra en Ucrania, tenemos que pasar a otra cosa", dijo el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio al salir de unas reuniones en París. Estados Unidos abandonará sus esfuerzos por poner fin a la guerra en Ucrania si resulta imposible lograr avances significativos en los próximos días, dijo el secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, al partir de París el viernes en unas declaraciones que aumentan la presión sobre Kiev.
Francia reconoce el efecto devastador de la deuda impuesta a HaitÃ por su libertad

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Roger Cohen |Ségolène LE STRADIC

El presidente Macron pidió la creación de una comisión conjunta franco-haitiana de historiadores para examinar "dos siglos de historia, incluido el impacto de la indemnización de 1825 en Haití". El presidente de Francia, Emmanuel Macron, dijo el jueves que había llegado el momento de "reconocer la verdad de la historia", 200 años después de que el rey Carlos X reconociera la independencia de Haití, pero exigiera que se pagara a sus antiguos colonos franceses una enorme suma por esa libertad.
Rubio Says U.S. to Decide in Days if End to Ukraine War Is 'Doable'

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Roger Cohen

"If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on," the American secretary of state said as he departed meetings in Paris. The United States will abandon efforts to end the war in Ukraine if it proves impossible to broker meaningful progress in the next several days, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he departed Paris after a meeting on Thursday with President Emmanuel Macron of France.
Europe and America, at odds over Ukraine, try talking to each other

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Roger Cohen

PARIS — With diplomacy on the war in Ukraine splintering in various directions, President Emmanuel Macron of France held meetings Thursday with top US officials that were designed to preserve at least the appearance of a united front. At a working lunch with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s envoy, Macron discussed “peace negotiations aimed at ending the Russian aggression in Ukraine,” a statement from the French presidency said.
France Acknowledges Devastating Effect of Debt Imposed on Haiti for Freedom

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Roger Cohen |Ségolène LE STRADIC

After two centuries, a contrite tone from President Emmanuel Macron, though no talk of reparations for French actions that thwarted the development of its former colony. President Emmanuel Macron of France said on Thursday that it was time to "recognize the truth of history," 200 years after King Charles X recognized the independence of Haiti but demanded that its former French colonists be paid an enormous sum for that freedom.