Tag: Democratic
France’s strategy in the Sahel: “It has cruelly lacked democratic accountability”
French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on September 7, 2023 that Parliament would be able to debate France’s strategy in Africa and the Sahel this fall, where its military presence is…
Coups in Africa: “A conservative wave rejects democratic and liberal values”
After Niger, a month earlier, it was Gabon’s turn to see a soldier seize power by force. General Brice Oligui Nguema has been designated “transitional president”, following the coup d’etat…
Social Democratic Speaker of Spain’s Congress
Updated 12:13 | Posted 12:02 p.m fullscreen Congress of Spain in Madrid. Archive image. Photo: Manu Fernandez/AP/TT Social Democrat Francina Armengol becomes speaker of Spain’s Congress. It is seen as…
Djo Ngeleka (Democratic Republic of Congo): “The Lake”
It’s morning, it looks like six o’clock, a crowd is claiming that a body has fallen into a lake, or what everyone has decided to call “lake” because there is…
Democratic elected officials at the US-Mexico border to denounce the floating barrier
A group of elected Democrats in Congress traveled to Eagle Pass, on the border between Texas and Mexico to see and publicize the floating barrier system in these waters of…
Oracles, shamans, witches: “The success of esoteric beliefs threatens democratic debate”
Can deciphering oracle and tarot decks really help us find meaning in our lives? By dint of seeing readers become passionate about esoteric practices, Thierry Jobard wanted to know more…
a democratic setback for some, a necessity for others
Senegal is still under the shock of the dissolution on July 31 of the Pastef party, an opposition party led by Ousmane Sonko, main opponent of President Macky Sall and…
Pensions: 884 billion hidden deficits, a democratic scandal, by Nicolas Marques
Since 2002, the reports of the Pensions Orientation Council (COR) have followed and resembled each other. They report relatively limited pension deficits (67 billion cumulative over 21 years) or even…
“Barbecue and take power”: Besançon Fine Arts under “democratic” occupation
“They’re closing the doors!” From the workshops where she and other students are busy, Astrid Gallois, 21 and in her fourth year at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in…
Gabriel Zucman, winner of the John Bates Clark Medal: “There is a democratic demand against tax evasion”
The French economist Gabriel Zucman is the new winner of the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal, awarded by the American Economics Association, for his work on tax evasion and the…