The story of the country’s rise to dominance shows how it can step back.

“The Truth” builds subtly on the ambitious drama of “Shoplifters.”

The raucous francophone comic book series has been cleaned up for a new audience. Can it survive the edit?

His new book diagnoses a society obsessed with property rights.

The coronavirus crisis has turned its member nations against each other.

How Céline Sciamma’s new film envisions a relationship between equals

How much does the French author owe his popularity to the rise of virulent nationalism?

Trump's self-aggrandizing July 4th parade is neither in good taste nor the spirit of the holiday—and Congress should ensure it never happens again.

The precipitous decline of France's Yellow Vest movement—like the sputtering end to Occupy Wall Street—shows why political movements need more than inchoate anger.

In the race for the European Parliament, politics are becoming transnational—and threatening the union from within.

France’s gilets jaunes protests are the latest Western uprising against rule by technocratic insiders.

If citizens are encouraged to help shape climate justice, they will be far more likely to join the project.

Yes, French politics and society are in turmoil. But there's a simpler lesson from the cathedral's burning.

Civilization creates. Civilization endures destruction. Civilization builds again.

President Xi Jinping's visit to Europe has been a triumphant tour, resulting in major bilateral deals.

Édouard Louis confronts the French elite’s contempt for the poor.

It's coming from three very different sources. And it's extremely hard to combat online.

In Europe, governments are increasingly prosecuting people who help migrants.

Denis Diderot loved the things that made others uneasy: ambiguity, change, doubt, and the pleasures of the flesh.

The protests have combined legitimate economic grievances with the worst of far-right politics. And the French left has been happy to go along.