Tag: Gilets jaunes

Total Results: 23


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04/12/2024 - 1:00am

French farmers are the new Gilets Jaunes They are possessed by the same spirit of rebellion

Olly Haynes

Friday, November 17

17.11

The Gilets Jaunes achieved nothing Their revolution became an absurdity

John Lichfield

Thursday, September 23

23.09

The French are dying to hunt It's a right that dates back to the revolution

John Lewis-Stempel

Tuesday, April 13

13.04

Macron’s fake war on the elites The French President's cynical rebranding will not convince anyone

John Lichfield

Wednesday, December 2

02.12

Macron turns on the liberals Once seen as the anti-Trump, France's president is now the bête noire of the American commentariat

Aris Roussinos

Monday, August 10

10.08

Could a comedian topple Macron? The French President is anxious that a charismatic non-politician will mess up his reelection strategy

John Lichfield

Thursday, May 21

21.05

When Asterix took on Covid-19 He's more than France's favourite cartoon character: he's an icon of Gaullish cussedness

John Lewis-Stempel

Monday, February 24

24.02

How France became the most anti-Semitic country in the West Forty years ago, violence against Jews was unknown but today huge numbers are fleeing

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Wednesday, February 5

05.02

Britain’s new class war A new democratic pluralism is needed to bring political peace to divided nations. Britain's post-liberals could blaze the trail

Michael Lind

Thursday, December 5

05.12

Emmanuel Macron’s alienating ambition The French President's popularity is tanking — at home and abroad

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Wednesday, November 27

27.11

Everything we do with tax is wrong Our hugely complicated tax system takes huge chunks of our cash — yet only makes inequality worse

Dominic Frisby

Tuesday, August 6

06.08

There’s no such thing as ‘the good old days’

John Lichfield