Savoring @HenriAstier's thoughtful piece on identity & dual-culture belonging. French-Uruguayan writer Jules Supervielle 100 years ago: “You would like sunbeams to bridge countries that are separated by oceans & climate & will always remain strangers.”

Pertinente analyse du tollé autour de l'enquête de l'IFOP sur l'islamisme et les jeunes musulmans. Certaines critiques d'universitaires se résument à celles des ennemis de Darwin: c'est sans doute faux mais même si c'est vrai, il faut le taire https://t.co/MfiU71o7VM @telos_eu

French media are a gold mine for @secondmentions aficionados. In today's Figaro newsletter, Lebanon becomes "the country of the cedar"

No mention of oil, coal or gas in the #COP30 statement. But on the bright side...

Pierre Boncenne is a French writer with Colombian ancestry. His illuminating memoir, Colombiennes, reveals what it means to be Franco-something in a country that doesn't do hyphenation. My review here👇 https://t.co/FSRBloTM5X #France #Identity #Memoir

Je ne comprends pas. Si la boulangerie Sanzot refuse de me vendre des croissants, en quoi boycotter son pain pourrait-il arranger mes affaires? Merci d'avance à tout économiste de m'éclairer

Harare today, GOP tomorrow...

Excellent analysis of Putin's "multipolar" world, which points to rest of Europe as the decadent enemy. This vision jibes with Trump's anarchic world order where everything is up for grabs as big powers cut deals and bully small ones @telos_eu

By jailing Nicolas Sarkozy, France has done what few democracies dare. But does the punishment fit the crime? My latest Substack 👇 https://t.co/gS9J4rcDfL #France #Sarkozy #Justice

A rare exhibition of Turner sketches and experimental studies shows the artist's raw genius. My latest: https://t.co/Oe4r810gO2 #JMWTurner @PetworthNT @nationaltrust

Macron tasks the same man with the same impossible job. How will it end? My take on France's presidential tragedy https://t.co/mpWhB7F1kr #France #Macron #Lecornu2

Moldovan voters defeated a Russian-funded propaganda onslaught last weekend. But the victory of the pro-EU camp remains fragile and the gap between urban elites and neglected peripheries persists. Strong piece by @FlorentParmenti @telos_eu #Moldova

Macron gets blamed for #France's political chaos. But as I explain in @TheAmPurpose, that's mostly unfair - and misses the deeper problem https://t.co/ud6dDZ38Oj #Macron #Lecornu #CrisePolitique @JoinPersuasion

On @TheEconomist's great Espresso app, you don't just catch up with the news, you sometimes read from authors you'd never heard of

My latest Substack is about fears of civil war in #France and the #UK - partially agree with @DavidBetz_KCL's warnings about fragmentation https://t.co/XeBbIqQ7dS

1/4 Le Figaro commet ici une faute de traduction. Trump a dit: Poutine "has really let me down". Or "to let someone down" ne signifie pas "laisser tomber quelqu'un"… @Le_Figaro #fauxami

Aid to businesses isn't the main cause of France's budget woes. @MPNathalie debunks this political talking point

When a country seethes with discontent, is it better for prime ministers to waltz out every six months - or cling on for dear life? #StarmerOut #Lecornu #Macron My thought on political stalemate in #France and #Britain ↓ https://t.co/QffzfpyVA2

"French pensioners now have higher incomes than working-age adults" - extraordinary By @jburnmurdoch

France is on its fifth prime minister in two years. Are its politicians clueless or is the country simply impossible to run? My take on France's institutional breakdown ↓ @Persuasion #Macron #Lecornu