Jean-Luc Mélenchon is gaining ground as France’s 2027 presidential race takes shape, exploiting a divided Left and sluggish centrist campaigns. Still deeply unpopular, the chameleon-like Insoumis leader may yet prove far more dangerous than his current ceiling suggests.
The Jason Arday affair suggests that Britain’s academic establishment became so eager to celebrate an emblematic success story that it neglected the ordinary standards of verification expected of every scholar.
Two employees working in offices attached to the French PM took their own lives and two attempted suicide this year, prompting a preliminary investigation into working conditions.
The current disaster is the product of a combination of several factors: human-caused fires, extreme weather conditions, and inadequate public policies—driven by ideological choices—in the face of a risk that has become structural.
The government’s new social media law is presented as a safeguard for minors, but critics warn it creates the infrastructure for mass identity verification.
