As soon as Michel Barnier was named France's new prime minister, critics found a skeleton in his closet. Back in 1981, the 30 ...

French media and some political opponents of freshly appointed Prime Minister Michel Barnier quickly dug up that, while ...

Although French Revolutionaries of 1789 abolished the crime of sodomy ... lawmakers who voted against that change in the National Assembly in December 1981. “Their argument was that it was ...

For as long as the center fails to make its case in a way that galvanizes, there will be many more like Sahra Wagenknecht.

Quick Facts National Constituent Assembly Assemblée nationale constituante, Type ... Le serment de Jeu de Paume. Copper plate by Pierre-Gabriel Berthault after a drawing by Jean-Louis Prieur (1789).

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Ten monumental golden statues representing French women from the worlds of art, literature, sport and politics are shortly to ...

The Founders abhorred a judiciary more loyal to the Crown than to the rule of law. But now the independent system they ...

Nicolas Calfuquir France’s parliamentary elections went better than expected for the Left. While polls predicted victory for ...