Anniversary —
6 June 2024: the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings.
di Massimo LavenaThe first German soldiers that screened the horizon in the early morning hours of 6 June 1944 from bunkers where…
ANNIVERSARY —
80 years since the Normandy landings: “Operations that changed the course of history”
di Andrea RegimentiApproximately 5,000 ships, 13,000 aircraft, 2 million men, and about 3,500 soldiers killed in the first hours of the landings.…
FRANCE —
Access to abortion enshrined in the Constitution. Msgr. Hérouard: “Life is not a problem, we must ensure it is supported and welcomed”
di M. Chiara BiagioniWith a parliamentary vote, France will become the first country in the world to explicitly include the right to abortion…
DIALOGUE —
Anti-Semitism in France. Hoffner (La Croix): “The thread uniting the social fabric is strained, but fortunately it is holding strong and has not snapped”
di M. Chiara BiagioniIn an interview with France 2 on Sunday evening, November 5, the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, said that…
FRANCE —
Pension reforms adopted under French law. Vignon: “Street protests echo the unheard cries of the unseen masses”
di M. Chiara BiagioniUrban guerrilla warfare in Paris, Nantes and Rennes. Tear gases, attacks on the police, torched rubbish bins, crowds breaking into…
Climate: EU Joint Research Centre, drought alert. Italy, France and Spain affected. “Appropriate use of water” crucial
SOCIETY —
France: Secours-Catholique publishes annual report. Poverty caused by pandemic “could become chronic”
Synod: a European map of the “listening” stage. Syntheses of the Bishops’ Conferences expected to be sent to Rome by August 15th now published or being prepared
ANALYSIS —
Macron a “lame duck”, France and the future of the EU. Meanwhile, Putin sneers…
di Gianni BorsaIn France’s legislative election the French president failed to win an absolute majority in Parliament. His Ensemble coalition must now…
France: La Croix, a “shattered” country. Macron downsized, left and far right soaring up. A broken Assemblée national
ANALYSIS —
Macron won, but sovereignisms are far from vanquished. Renewed wake-up call for European politics
di Gianni BorsaIncumbent French President Emmanuel Macron wins re-election defeating his opponent Marine Le Pen. France is divided, alongside many other countries’…

