A Journal of Ideas

France

COVID-19, France, and Me

How I learned that it’s cheaper to be uninsured in France than to be insured in America.

By Sophia Crabbe-Field

When the President Is King

As the French opposition has failed to oppose Macron, can the resistance on the streets find its way back into the institutions of power?

By Daniel Nichanian

Reuniting France's Plural Left

In the wake of Emmanuel Macron's centrist victory and the overwhelming defeat of the Socialist Party, what is to become of the French left?

By Daniel Nichanian

Bastille Day Terror in Nice

With each attack, the once-unthinkable—President Le Pen—becomes more and more thinkable.

By Arthur Goldhammer