A leading television network fired Alain Finkielkraut, a prominent intellectual, after he spoke about the case of Olivier Duhamel, who was recently accused of abusing his stepson.
Author: Roger Cohen
U.S. Capitol Violence a Blow to America’s Troubled Democratic Image
The mob in Washington attempting to disrupt the peaceful transition of American power also posed a threat to all democracies.
Prominent French Intellectual Steps Down Amid Accusations of Incest
Olivier Duhamel, TV commentator and luminary of Sciences Po University, quits in a scandal involving the French literary and political elite.
Prominent French Intellectual Falls to Accusations of Incest
Olivier Duhamel, TV commentator and luminary of Sciences Po University, quits in a scandal involving the French literary and political elite.
An Embattled Public Servant in a Fractured France
Nicolas Cadène sees the failings of France’s secular model even as he upholds it.
Brexit’s Silver Lining for Europe
Both sides lost in Britain’s departure, but the European Union has been galvanized. And the Biden administration will encounter European allies bent on their own “strategic autonomy.”
French President Emmanuel Macron Tests Positive for the Coronavirus
European leaders who have been in contact with the French president will isolate and be tested. Mr. Macron has experienced symptoms, but showed no signs of illness in a video appearance.
Court Finds 14 Guilty of Aiding Charlie Hebdo and Anti-Semitic Attacks
The accused were sentenced to between four years and life imprisonment for their roles in the 2015 attacks on a kosher supermarket and the magazine that killed 17 people.
France Takes On Islamist Extremism With New Bill
The French government says draft legislation aimed at combating the extremist ideology that has taken many lives on French soil in recent years is a “law of freedom” necessary for peaceful coexistence.