Monday’s paper
May 19, 2025
Calling things by the wrong name…
Should we or should we not refer to what is happening in Gaza as ‘genocide’ and should we recognise Palestine without further delay? These are the two questions that are now impossible to discuss in Paris without the tone inevitably rising. So let us try to address them calmly and with all cards on the table.
Should we or should we not refer to what is happening in Gaza as ‘genocide’ and should we recognise Palestine without further delay? These are the two questions that are now impossible to discuss in Paris without the tone inevitably rising. So let us try to address them calmly and with all cards on the table.
Monday’s paper
May 12, 2025
It’s Time
I assured them that the European Parliament would press for this. I promised that France would recognise Palestine. I expressed my hope that she would not do so alone. Perhaps I spoke too boldly too soon, but I did so because it is time.
I assured them that the European Parliament would press for this. I promised that France would recognise Palestine. I expressed my hope that she would not do so alone. Perhaps I spoke too boldly too soon, but I did so because it is time.
Monday’s paper
March 10, 2025
Five failures, not a single success
Donald Trump never stops singing his own praises. He probably really does believe he is truly brilliant, but apart from having caused global chaos in just seven weeks, what has he actually achieved?
Donald Trump never stops singing his own praises. He probably really does believe he is truly brilliant, but apart from having caused global chaos in just seven weeks, what has he actually achieved?
Monday’s paper
October 7, 2024
Westerners must relearn what it means to speak out
Emmanuel Macron was not wrong. When Joe Biden called for the fighting in Gaza to stop, coherence would dictate that he no longer supply the weapons that sustain the fighting. Even a child would understand this, but where is the coherence when this same Emmanuel Macron postpones the recognition of Palestine until who knows when, even though France has always…
Emmanuel Macron was not wrong. When Joe Biden called for the fighting in Gaza to stop, coherence would dictate that he no longer supply the weapons that sustain the fighting. Even a child would understand this, but where is the coherence when this same Emmanuel Macron postpones the recognition of Palestine until who knows when, even though France has always defended the idea of coexistence between two states, Israel and Palestine, and he has himself endorsed this idea?
