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The silence from decision-makers regarding the consequences of the unprecedented heatwave in the summer of 2026 and the solutions that need to be implemented could only be interpreted as either an inability to act, or worse, a lack of will to do so.
In response to Israel's policy of occupation and destruction, around one hundred former representatives of France and the United Kingdom urge their governments to act through a series of sanctions aimed at safeguarding the rule of law.
Social democrats and Greens have so far failed to compete with radical left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Doing so is essential to avoid the 2027 presidential election becoming a showdown between anti-establishment parties.
In a bid to win back his party's traditional base, the new Labour prime minister is focusing on domestic policy. However, his ambitions for industrial revival could pave the way for closer ties with the European Union, observes political scientist Sébastien Maillard.
In 2006, at the height of the Sri Lankan civil war, 17 Action Against Hunger workers were executed at point-blank range while providing drinking water to local communities. Since then, humanitarian work has been profoundly disrupted, write two legal advisers, calling on states to protect the profession.
Twenty-nine US states have taken legal action against Mark Zuckerberg's company, Meta. This trial signals a crucial societal wake-up call, reminiscent of the shift in public opinion against tobacco giants 30 years ago.
Hard-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon hopes to lead in the polls on the left and rally voters to reach the runoff. Yet left-wing voters are divided over both his personality and his ability to beat the far right, writes political scientist Antoine Bristielle.
Romanian political scientist Cristian Pirvulescu argues that, by once again choosing a politically divisive subject while refusing to deliver a moral verdict, filmmaker Cristian Mungiu cultivates ambiguity that serves reactionary circles.
Five years after the Taliban seized power by force and began systematically erasing women from public life with extreme violence, what can justify the international normalization of the regime? Europe must uphold its principles and act collectively, or risk moral bankruptcy and geopolitical decline in the region.
While a large majority of French people still view paying taxes as a civic duty, a massive hacking operation against the tax authority, affecting several hundred thousand taxpayers, is dangerously fueling public distrust of the government.
In the occupied territories, scenes of looting and murder have multiplied over the past two months. As elections in Israel and Palestine approach, the historian calls for France to impose sanctions.
Public figures including UN Women France President Sophie Pouget and Afghan Women of France President Chela Noori call for urgent action to support Afghan women who, five years after the Taliban's return to power, are both victims and resisters.
Following the expulsion order issued against the Russian propagandist at the end of July, Jean-Noël Barrot emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between opinion, which seeks to persuade; information manipulation, which aims to deceive; and interference, whose objective is to exert outside pressure on our freedom of choice.
Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has racked up several failures in the region, from the war he launched against Iran alongside Israel to how he has handled the Palestinian issue, demonstrating his incompetence.
In an interview with Le Monde, the author of the cult novel 'Into the Forest' calls for thinking beyond infinite growth, which she sees as incompatible with protecting the living world.