The EU needs a unified approach to refugee policy, Le Figaro urges: “Italian Giorgia Meloni is emerging as a role model: the Germans, French, Swedes and even British Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer are closely observing the start of her Albanian experiment: the launch of reception centres for the processing of asylum claims. ...
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The country needs to get economically weak regions back on their feet, geographer Laurent Chalard urges in Le Figaro: “The state needs to roll up its sleeves a little more to relaunch a new regional planning policy worthy of the name, one that will inspire new hope in these areas and reduce drug use in the long term. The 'cosmetic' facelift ...
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Harris should make some strategic adjustments, says Le Figaro: “In this split America, the election will go in favour of the candidate who manages to mobilise their voter base and win over centrists in the seven swing states.
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The French are weary of the constant back and forth, Le Figaro fumes: “A political spectacle from which the citizens, whether exasperated or saddened, are increasingly turning away. ... After three intense and contradictory votes, the hopes and disappointments of the French have been exhausted. None of the proposals for a new government fully ...
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In Le Figaro writer Marguerite Stern calls for a clear differentiation between intersexuality and transsexuality: “The question was already posed with Caster Semenya [intersex multiple Olympic medalist]. ... The issue will resurface in the future and will have to be settled again.
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Il est le plus vieux journal français encore publié aujourd'hui. Il passe aujourd'hui pour être le premier média conservateur du pays. Le Figaro appartient au groupe Dassault et la question de son indépendance rédactionnelle est régulièrement sujette à controverses. Le journal était proche du pouvoir sous le quinquennat de Nicolas ...
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France needs a politician like Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, writes Adam Hsakou of the US think tank German Marshall Fund in Le Figaro: “This 'political animal' has been able to rise to the occasion when the going got tough.
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Quite apart from the yellow vest movement, freedom of opinion is in a bad way right now, historian Maxime Tandonnet writes in Le Figaro: “Intolerance for other people's views is generally on the rise at the moment, and this is restricting the freedom of expression. The scope for what one can say without risking a beating is increasingly ...
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Deputy headmistress and essayist Fatiha Boudjahlat counters in Le Figaro: “There are failing parents who see themselves as their children's friends, let them use social networks from primary school onwards and are incapable of saying no or setting certain limits. ...
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Le Figaro was originally founded as a satire newspaper in 1826 and is France's oldest newspaper still in print. It has been printed every day since 1866 and is considered France's most important conservative paper. Owned by the Dassault Group, Le Figaro is frequently embroiled in controversies over editorial independence.
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