Lawyer Beatrice Zavarro defended the man at the center of a case that has shaken France and beyond, despite the ensuing isolation: ‘I did not hesitate for a second’
The leader of France’s far-right National Rally, facing a court sentence that could ban her from seeking public office, warns in an interview with EL PAÍS that she will seek a no-confidence vote against the government again if the newly appointed prime minister ignores her party’s demands
The head of La France Insoumise says they will keep using no-confidence votes against the French president, whom he accuses of ignoring the result of the election and of sinking the country into crisis
The veteran politician overestimated his own ability to reach deals in a devilishly complicated political situation. Both the left and the far right were on a mission to hunt him down in order to punish President Macron
In Marseille, the epicenter of drug trafficking gangs, the Ministers of Justice and Interior presented a project to prevent the ‘Mexicanization’ of the country, which includes the appointment of a liaison magistrate in Bogotá
Warren Buffett, Rupert Murdoch, Carlos Slim, Amancio Ortega, Juan Roig, Giorgio Armani and Bernard Arnault are facing one of the most critical moments for any family business: generational change. And in some cases, it is far from clear who will be their successor
The French thinker points out that confinement has given rise to a new generation of lazy people who are afraid to leave home and do not want to expose themselves to life
The man who drugged his wife for years so that dozens of men could rape her lived in a quiet village in Provence, a perfectly ordinary setting for scenes of horror. A conviction is a foregone conclusion, but the trial will serve as a laboratory for reflection in France
The man who spent a decade drugging his wife and offering her to dozens of men so he could watch them rape her has been described by psychologists as ‘a man with two faces’
A French rape victim who was drugged by her husband for 10 years and raped by 51 men decided that the trial should be public, turning it into an iconic fight against sexual assault and chemical submission
The movement on campuses is currently very limited in Europe, where authorities are torn between showing firmness and allowing dialogue
The Sicilian ‘instrument of God’ gathers hundreds of devoted Catholics at the top of a hill in Rome every third day of the month. She assures the public that her statue of the Virgin Mary cries blood and can multiply pizzas and gnocchi. The Church has prohibited her from hosting the monthly ceremony
A man trusted by the Pope, who is head of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, calls for a ceasefire in order to lay the foundation for reconciliation
The Holy See harshens the tone of its criticism of Israel and bolsters contacts in Kyiv in the face of stalemate in both conflicts it seeks to mediate
The political party Forza Italia has broken down, three decades after the famous televised speech given by the late businessman, in which he announced that he was entering politics to change the rules of the game. Today, the party is a shadow of its former self, a minor partner in PM Giorgia Meloni’s far-right coalition government
Germany’s Eike Schmidt is considering accepting a call from the far-right Brothers of Italy to try to wrest the Tuscan capital from the left, where it has governed for almost five decades. ‘Nothing’s been decided,’ he tells EL PAÍS
The Forza Italia politician, a junior minister in the Giorgia Meloni government, has been indicted for the alleged theft of a painting by Rutilio Manetti, a renowned 17th-century artist
Giorgia Meloni’s far right party has drawn up a controversial guest list for its debating jamboree in Rome
Prime Minister Meloni’s administration wants to evict Spin Time — the largest community center in the country — from its location. The organization shelters 450 vulnerable people and functions as a branch of Rome’s social services
The pontiff will also reduce the American prelate’s salary. Burke is the visible head of the internal opposition to Francis, financed by the Trumpist sector of the church
The murder of a young university student by her ex-partner has led to an unusual level of awareness about violence against women. This is occurring as a dramatic comedy about female emancipation is sweeping a country that, for the first time in history, is led by a woman
The pontiff asks to ‘pray a lot for peace’ at his weekly public audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican
Gonzalo Orquín — a Spanish artist based in Rome — portrays the migratory phenomenon through his realistic paintings, depicting the men and women who try to reach Europe by land and sea
The Italian prime minister often quotes the British author, creator of ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ whose works marked the youth movement of the neo-fascist MSI
The Holy See also opens the door for the children of same-sex couples to be baptized, stating that a priest’s decision must be based on the ‘well-founded hope that he or she will be educated in the Catholic religion’
At least five people have died in the blazes, which also left thousands of residents of Catania and Palermo without electricity or water
The U.S. president will meet with the Italian prime minister on Thursday, and try to persuade her to back out of China’s Belt and Road Initiative