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Giorgia Meloni gathered with US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and other European allies for peace talks in August 2025 following the Russia–United States summit. Kaua209 / Shutterstock

Italy: Middle East crisis pushes the Meloni government away from the US

Italy’s stance on the Middle East conflict reveals a tendency to tread cautiously to protect both its own and shared European interests while distancing itself from the United States.
Franck Allisio, candidate of far right Rassemblement National who was running to be mayor of Marseille, was defeated in the second-round of voting on March 22 2026. Thibaud Moritz/AFP

French local elections: political scientist on what’s next for the hard right and radical left

What’s the upshot of France’s 2026 local elections? Did the vote put the two front-running parties RN and LFI in a stronger position for the Presidential race?
Palma Nova beach - a popular European holiday destination in the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca, 1960. Antonio Verdugo, Legacy Luis Fernández Fuster, University of Zaragoza, Huesca.

Beyond the ‘Spain is different’ slogan: putting an end to tourist clichés about Spain

A fresh look at tourism in Spain revisits the “Spain is Different” slogan, revealing a longer, more complex and contested history than the 1960s boom suggests.
A US citizen spends €12,627 (€14,669) on annual medical care compared with €6,249 ($7,259) in France. MillaF/Shuttetstock

France’s National Health system explained to US citizens in 2026

France may not have oil reserves, but it does have a well-oiled public health service comprising doctors, state-funded hospitals, strong state regulation and medical expenses that are reimbursed.
Clearer remote-work legislation is needed to help HR managers cut through the red tape and put in place solutions that benefit productivity and employees’ work-life balance. LightField Studios / Shutterstock

Is legal uncertainty softly killing remote‑work innovation?

Flex work is proving a nightmare for HR managers in France. A new study carried out in Kazakhstan offers insight for negotiating the grey areas of “telework” legislation.
Using a pen or a keyboard has an impact on students’ written work. Shutterstock

Why we shouldn’t abandon handwriting at school

In today’s classrooms, pens and exercise books are increasingly having to make way for screens and keyboards. Does technology help pupils write as efficiently?
Opened in 1896, Bouillon Chartier (in Paris’ 9th arrondissement) carries on the well-oiled tradition of affordable dining. Head waitress Fati is on hand to deliver service with meticulous precision. Julien de Rosa/AFP

How Paris’ working‑class dining experience is reshaping restaurant economics in France

Bouillons are back! What’s behind the French revival of these cheap and cheerful eateries that started out as canteens for Paris’ hungry, blue-collar workers?
Ten years after the attacks of November 13, 2015, Paris opens a memorial garden on Saint-Gervais Square at the back of city hall. A symbol of a will to commemorate, it also highlights the memory lapse surrounding the dozens of attacks that have struck the capital in half a century.

Paris grapples with the remembrance of terrorist attacks, from 1974 to November 13, 2015

Of the nearly 150 attacks that have taken place in Paris since 1974, only a few have left a mark on its ‘urban memory’. Why do so many attacks remain absent from the public sphere?
A world map showing the extent of the British Empire in 1886. Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston Public Library/Wikimedia Commons

The rise and fall of globalisation: the battle to be top dog

In each era of globalisation since the mid-17th century, a single country has sought to be the clear world leader – shaping the rules of the global economy for all.

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