France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen faces the prospect of being banned from running in the 2027 presidential election if found guilty of embezzling EU funds. But a guilty verdict, if it comes, could be a blessing for Le Pen’s photogenic protégé Jordan Bardella, leaving the 29-year-old with a clear path to the Elysée Palace. … Read more
Nations have gathered in Azerbaijan for COP29, under the shadow cast by the re-election of climate change denier Donald Trump, who has pledged to row back on the United States’ carbon-cutting commitments. As the planet logs its hottest year on record, Charles Pellegrin and his guests discuss how the second Trump administration will impact the … Read more
A 64-year-old from Bavaria is under investigation for allegedly posting anti-Semitic images and slogans online, but also for allegedly insulting Deputy Chancellor Robert Habeck in a separate post. The public prosecutor’s office in Bamberg in northern Bavaria confirmed on Friday that the suspect’s flat had been searched, with a tablet device being seized, and that … Read more
The EU likes to underline that enlargement towards the east is a security priority. And indeed, since the war in Ukraine started, accession negotiations have begun with several countries, most of them in the Balkans. But in a shock referendum result, barely over 50 percent of voters in Moldova said Yes to pro-EU constitutional changes. … Read more
The EU Commission on Friday predicted a slight increase in growth in the eurozone currency union and a continued fall in inflation in 2025. However, the commission also pointed to risks arising from geopolitical tensions, as well as weak investment and a high cost of living. What was the commission’s 2025 forecast? The EU Commission’s … Read more
His risky market trades at French bank Société Générale saw Jerôme Kerviel convicted of breach of trust and forgery in 2008. Now, the docu-series “Breaking the bank: One trader, 50 billion” revisits his story. Director Fred Garson tells us why he wanted to hear Kerviel’s point of view, as well as accounts from his colleagues … Read more
A spike in violence in Sudan’s civil war sees a rise in the number of women and girls being raped by paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the east of the country. Also what happens when men outnumber women in some cases as high as 25 percent in parts of eastern Germany, where young women have … Read more
Unrest broke out before and after the Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv football match in Amsterdam on November 7. In the following days, international media coverage of the riots was criticized. Many outlets focused on anti-Semitic attacks, while overlooking anti-Arab or anti-Muslim behavior by Maccabi supporters. Part of this was because a video filmed by Dutch photographer … Read more
In between settling scores with his former finance minister during an occasionally hot-tempered speech in the Bundestag this week, Chancellor Olaf Scholz tried to take a conciliatory tone with the opposition: “My proposal, my appeal to this house: Where we are unified, “let us act unified. It would be good for our country,” he told … Read more
This week, FRANCE 24’s Valérie Fayolle takes us inside one of Paris’s most famous luxury hotels, the Hôtel de Crillon, and introduces us to Michelin-starred chef Paul Pairet, who heads up of one of the hotel’s restaurants, Nonos. We also meet Hélène in Paris, a fantastical singer whose voice places her among the most extravagant … Read more