The gains made by Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in Sunday’s legislative election should not have surprised anyone.

The gains made by Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in Sunday’s legislative election should not have surprised anyone.

Why did the Senate recently try to make academic freedom in France conditional on respecting the values of the Republic?
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A recent anti-Islamophobia march in Paris has exposed deep divisions among French leftists on Islam.
