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🇫🇷 While I’m Away: Macron Snubs Farage, EU Crisis Deepens, Russia Targets France
Your favourite newsletter is going on holiday, but here are all of the articles from the week.
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Julien Hoez
🇫🇷France is Russia’s “First Enemy in Europe”, Warns Military Chief in Rare Briefing
General Thierry Burkhard warns of a “lasting, close and dimensional threat” as France prepares to counter hybrid warfare theatres, with President Macron…
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Julien Hoez
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🇪🇺Von der Leyen Survives EU No-Confidence Vote Amid Growing Political Dissent
Backed by centrists and socialists, the Commission President remains in power, but fractures in her pro-European coalition raise questions about her…
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Julien Hoez
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Dave and Julien talk European sovereignty, Trump's trade war, votes of confidence, and police raiding the far-right
Behind the headlines: defence ambitions, trade disputes, a fragile majority in the European Parliament, and the Rassemblement National gets raided by…
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Julien Hoez
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Dave Keating
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🇪🇺 Post-American Europe, Part II: Nomocracy and the European Model of Democratic Power
How the EU’s rule-based governance offers a viable blueprint for global cooperation in an age of authoritarian resurgence
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Arturo Macías
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🇬🇧Macron Snubs Farage During UK Visit - and He’s Right to Do So
French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting leaders with real political weight, not poll-chasing populists like Nigel Farage.
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Julien Hoez
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🇫🇷Le Pen’s Aircon Push, RN’s Legal Woes, Macron vs Iran, and a Youth Rebrand
As Marine Le Pen launches a campaign built on cool air, the RN faces fresh embezzlement charges, Macron warns Iran, and Macron’s youth wing rebrands…
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Julien Hoez
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🇪🇺Post-American Europe, Part I: The Deep Historical Logic of European Unity
From medieval rivalry to the Pax Democratica: why Europe’s unique political ecology was always destined for integration, and why it must now defend that…
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Arturo Macías
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June 2025

🇫🇷Bayrou Besieged, Le Pen on the Line: France’s Censure Crisis Unites Left and Right
François Bayrou’s reform conclave collapses, a far-left and far-right censure motion threatens his government, all while Marine Le Pen faces political…
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Julien Hoez
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🇪🇺Ursula von der Leyen Risks EU Majority over Green Claims Directive and Budget Fight
Tensions mount within Von der Leyen’s centrist coalition as backlash grows over the withdrawal of the Green Claims Directive and looming EU budget…
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Julien Hoez
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🇫🇷French Scandals: Fillon, Guerriau, Terraces
François Fillon condemned to four years prison, Guerriau accused once again, and Paris city hall in fight over terraces
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Julien Hoez
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🇫🇷Charles de Gaulle’s 18 June Appeal: the Spark of the French Resistance
What was the famous 18th June Appeal that forged Charles de Gaulle into a historic leader, and why did it change the course of the war?
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Julien Hoez
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