The Irish Data Protection Commission took the unprecedented decision to block all data transfers between Europe and the United States.
Mental confusion reigns in the minds of Anglican clergy. Language precautions and a deep-seated concern about crossing the boundaries of political correctness clearly distort common sense.
The symbolism of this vote is obvious: it is the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that the government faced major opposition on its health policy in the National Assembly.
Emmanuel Macron is not the only head of state involved. The investigation comes from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Based on a leak of 124,000 internal Uber documents, it reveals a wide-ranging strategy.
The situation may not be dramatic, but the #saccageparis movement has revealed that trust has long been broken with the Paris city authorities on heritage preservation.
On several occasions, Emma Watson has distinguished herself through deliberately militant and feminist statements, especially toward J.K. Rowling. This time she may have gone too far, since some of her detractors do not hesitate to call her a “woke brat.”
Elisabeth Borne seemed to willingly partake in the delicate exercise of navigating among oppositional factions, despite the electric atmosphere in the Palais Bourbon.
The attractiveness of the Commonwealth is a reflection of the deficiencies in French policy, which for several years has been unable to maintain constructive relations with its former colonies, both culturally and economically.
OPEC’s Secretary General, without executive power in the strict sense, usually plays a decisive diplomatic role in facilitating discussions between producer countries with often divergent interests.
Some political opponents of the Polish prime minister did not see this granting of EU funds as good news; indeed, they consider that it places the country in a dangerous dependency.
No leading personality stands out in the rather dull team that Emmanuel Macron has in place. Competent perhaps to manage current affairs—not so much to direct an ambitious political course.
The trial opened with a striking statement by the ‘mastermind’ Salah Abdeslam. “First of all, I would like to say that there is no God but Allah and Mohamed is his servant.” By explicitly declaring the religious dimension of his act, he embarrassed the judges and the media who, despite the horror of the attacks, still struggle to accept the notion of Islamist terrorism.
