With more than 3.2 million ballots counted in France’s November 20 presidential primary, former president Nicolas Sarkozy accepted defeat. He acknowledged that he did not win over the majority of voters and respects the outcome of the elections, he said in a speech at his campaign headquarters in Paris.
Read MoreEric Portheault, financial director of Charlie Hebdo, told Agence-France Presse that the staff of the magazine has felt isolated despite the outpouring of support: “We had hoped that others would do satire, too. No one wants to join us in this fight because it’s dangerous. You can die doing it.”
Read MoreFollowing the attacks, France had an immediate military response, which harkens to its power as a European country, a member of the EU and NATO, and holder of secure ties with the United States, the world’s most powerful military force. All of these attributes play out in a cold-war revision era where Russia is once again becoming a dominating and conflicting player in the Middle East. This cannot also be said for Iraq or Lebanon.
Read MoreHuman rights groups have strongly condemned Israel for its harsh immigration policy towards African asylum-seekers, citing hypocrisy between their immigration bans to non-Jews and the open, streamlined process of immigration of European Jews.
Read MoreHollande commended a high-level meeting with his German, Russian, and Ukrainian counterparts. The meeting was held in September, prior to the inauguration of the United Nations’ General Assembly in New York City. “I’m not for the policy of attaining goals by making things worse,” Mr. Hollande expressed in an interview on France’s Inter Radio. “I think that sanctions must stop now.”
Read MoreBy Keith Barnes Staff Writer Considering the degree of integration among European states and the Schengen Agreement, movement by one
Read MoreA terrorist attack in Paris on January 7 left 12 French citizens dead.
Read MoreCherif and Said Kouachi’s actions shook France to its core on Jan. 7, when they forced their way into the office of French weekly satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo”, armed with assault rifles, and massacred eleven people, additionally injuring eleven, in hatred of the magazine’s constant lampooning of Islam.
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