With the recent revolutionary wave that swept through the entire Arab world, leading to more instability in the world’s most volatile powder keg, the Maghreb and the Middle-East have acquired a central position in the international community’s priorities. Will the “change” promised by President François Hollande apply to his policy regarding this part of the […]
Opinion: Are French Politics Becoming Too Dirty?
June 11, 2012 By 1 Comment
The French political landscape has become soiled over the past few months as insults, lies and low blows flood the presidential and legislative campaigns. The most striking example may be the recent confrontation between Jean Luc Melenchon and Marine Le Pen. While Melenchon deemed Marine Le Pen to be a “semi-demented” person on national television, […]