Sophie Pedder
Paris Bureau Chief at The Economist
Paris Bureau Chief, The Economist. Author of Revolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the Quest to Reinvent a Nation (Bloomsbury 2018) https://t.co/wobZMXbZ8M
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Jan 7, 2025 |
economist.com | Sophie Pedder
The far-right provocateur has died, aged 96IN HIS 19th-century mansion on a bluff overlooking Paris, Jean-Marie Le Pen kept in his cluttered office a collection of nautical memorabilia, including a huge pair of brass, stand-mounted binoculars. It is easy to imagine the far-right French leader, who died on January 7th at the age of 96, training his angry gaze at the city below: overrun, he would rant, like the country, by immigrants, Muslims, Jews, gay people and all others he judged undesirable.
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Nov 20, 2024 |
economist.com | Sophie Pedder
France looks increasingly unstableBy Sophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief, The Economist France is heading for a bumpy 2025. Michel Barnier, the new conservative prime minister, runs a precarious minority coalition. If he can impose a steady hand, he may last the year. But he is up against aggrieved opposition on both the left and right. Divided, these two blocs can merely block his legislative plans. Together, they could bring down his government.
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Aug 10, 2024 |
economist.com | Sophie Pedder
Europe | Le feel-good gamesIt marks a shift away from sporting gigantism Aug 10th 2024THE PARIS games are drawing to a close on a note of ferveur olympique in the French capital. Once sceptical, the French have been won over, both by the performance of their athletes, who won more medals than at any previous Olympics, and the sheer beauty of the capital’s backdrops.
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Jul 8, 2024 |
economist.com | Sophie Pedder
Europe | The French parliamentary election The country is scrambling to find a new prime minister Photograph: AFP Jul 8th 2024|PARISA BLACK OFFICIAL car swept into the courtyard of the Elysée Palace on July 8th carrying Gabriel Attal, the 35-year-old French prime minister. He went to tender his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, as tradition dictates after a parliamentary election.
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Jun 26, 2024 |
economist.com | Sophie Pedder |Thomas Lee-Devlin
Business | Keeping the lights onThe French election imperils a remarkable commercial renaissancePhotograph: Alamy Jun 26th 2024|ParisIn recent years Paris has undergone an astonishing revival. Global businessmen, financiers and techies casually drop into conversation that they are spending more time in the City of Lights. Wall Street banks have expanded their offices there; venture capitalists are signing more cheques for French startups.
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