Marc Bassets

The party, second in the polls ahead of the February elections, closes ranks with its candidate following Musk’s support. It is seeking to square the circle: normalization without deradicalization

The Tesla boss’s support of the far-right AfD in Germany and the insults to the British government, are compounding nervousness on the continent

Thirty-five years after the fall of the German Democratic Republic, a ‘mental wall’ continues to divide the country, including in its literature. EL PAÍS took a trip through Berlin, Jena and Leipzig in search of the great German novel, written today by authors like Jenny Erpenbeck and Clemens Meyer

She was Germany’s chancellor for 16 years. After leaving office in 2021, she disappeared. Now she is back with her memoirs, in which she reflects on her time in power and her life in the GDR. And she defends her legacy. EL PAÍS interviewed her in Berlin where she sends a message: ‘Freedom cannot be taken for granted’

Germany’s most influential feminist sees the self-determination of gender as a madness stemming from a capitalist system in which everything can be bought

A talented actor, discreet man of calm spirit, Dillon stars in ‘Haunted Heart,’ the latest from Spanish director Fernando Trueba. The Oscar-nominated star is an example of how character is worth more than the fear of being typecast

The mobilization against Le Pen has given victory to the left in the second round of the legislative elections, followed by Macron’s party. The National Rally, which was the favorite, remains as the third-biggest force

The 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, with very few surviving veterans, takes place at a time when transatlantic unity is in danger

The American intellectual — one of the most influential of our time — returns to their flagship topic with ‘Who’s Afraid of Gender?’, a book in which they accuse anti-trans feminists of forming ‘an unconscious alliance’ with conservative currents, which have turned gender into a cultural battle

The movement on campuses is currently very limited in Europe, where authorities are torn between showing firmness and allowing dialogue

The breakdown in negotiations between Columbia administrators and student representatives has exacerbated a phenomenon sweeping higher education centers in the United States

The French capital is gearing up to prevent terrorist attacks during the Olympic Games with a massive police deployment and exhaustive checks. President Macron also warns of Russian interference

The crisis experienced by once-popular clothing brands such as Kookaï, Naf Naf, Pimkie and Camaïeu is partly due to Covid and inflation, but it also reflects deeper social changes

The French medieval scholar has dedicated the last few years to tracing a history of colors. He says that this year’s tone, ‘somber, disturbing and not too cheerful,’ is gray

The five newspaper editors who published the WikiLeaks revelations in 2010 warn of the risks to press freedom posed by Assange being turned over to the U.S. justice system

For the French thinker, some of whose family died in the Holocaust, anti-Semitism is real. He says that the behavior of the Israeli Government in the war is generating hatred towards Jews

From the Netherlands to Poland via Germany and France, the anger of Europe’s farmers has spread across the continent and is winning concessions from presidents and prime ministers

Scholar Olivier Gloag, author of an essay that attempts to dismantle the Camusian legend, is criticized for wanting to cancel the philosopher

At a time when French politics is showing signs of stagnation, the appointment of the new prime minister is a coup

At age 34, the until now education minister is taking over from the embattled Élisabeth Borne in a bid to relaunch the president’s popularity

New deportation laws in the EU and debates about immigration in the United Kingdom and the United States will mark the 2024 election calendar. Nationalists and populists appear to be advancing their agenda in the West

The bill received favorable votes in parliament from the far-right National Rally, putting France’s centrist president in an uncomfortable position

The French political scientist, an expert in Islamist extremism, cautions against becoming complacent about terrorism in Europe

The 2024 Olympic Games will hardly change the French capital, but they might transform the outskirts of the city, an area marked by unrest, poverty and exclusion, but also by youth and dynamism

The parliamentary wrangling over a law that combined conservative and progressive measures has shown up the limitations of the French leader’s centrist approach