From @WSJFreeEx: The polls for the April-May 2027 French elections are Charles de Gaulle’s nightmare: a Napoleonic presidency in the hands of his enemies, writes @DrDominicGreen
From Cartier's golden gift to American astronauts to Madonna's breast-baring Gaultier dress: Comité Colbert's new exhibit celebrates France's friendship with the US
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" has a worthy French opponent in Antonin Baudry's two-part movie "La Bataille de Gaulle," argues @LionelRALaurent (via @opinion)
French trade unions were warned about a shipment of aviation parts made by Liebherr Aerospace Toulouse and bound for the Israeli arms company Elbit Systems via Charles de Gaulle Airport. They were called on to block it amid demands for a full arms embargo.
Odysseus? Non! Mais oui, de Gaulle! A French movie epic is an un-American look at World War II and is giving “The Odyssey” a run for the money in France (via @opinion)
Kremlin:
The good, warm, and very cultured Europe still exists.
But it is under enormous pressure from a new generation of politicians.
Therefore, we sincerely wish Europeans to have a new generation of wiser politicians—a new generation of De Gaulles, a new generation of Chancellor Kohl, and so on.
Source: Die Weltwoche