On Saturday France withstood the thirteenth round of mobilisation from the movement “the Yellow Vests”, with 52,000 protesters turning out around the country. Since the movement began as an online …

The yellow vest (gilet jaunes) movement began last November and was named after the high-vis jackets worn by motorists who started the movement. Although the gilet jaunes started by protesting …

For three days, Paris was the capital of the world. On 11 November, over 70 world leaders gathered in Paris to celebrate the moment all guns fell silent on the …

The international agenda was quite intense for the French president in his very first months in office. A NATO summit, the G7, bilateral meetings with foreign state leaders at home …

The man finishes off his speech with a rebellious call: “For today, long live the Republic! For tomorrow, long live the left!” What he did not mean: long live the …

The Catalan elections on Thursday produced an expected result in an atypical election. The liberal anti-independence party Ciudadanos won the most representatives but the combined vote share of the pro-independence …

Two recent events epitomise what has been Ireland’s Achilles’ heel since gaining independence in 1922: the separation of religious beliefs from governance. Early on Friday 27th October, the Student Union …

Going back to France for a month (allegedly dedicated to revisions), I found myself enthralled by the political climate of the presidential elections to come this Sunday. French news certainly …

French students will need new textbooks: this is probably the only predictable outcome of the 2017 French presidential election as of now. 7 May 2017 will be a historic date …