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France faces political crossroads after Lecornu’s resignation: dissolution or early presidential vote?
PARIS (Realist English). Following the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government, France is entering uncharted political...
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigns hours after unveiling new cabinet
PARIS (Realist English). France’s newly appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned on Monday, just hours after naming his cabinet, plunging...
Macron under pressure as French parliament ousts Prime Minister Bayrou
PARIS (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron is facing his deepest political crisis yet after lawmakers voted on Monday to...
The pension reform in France puts an end to the social state project in Europe
PARIS (Realist English). In France, we are now witnessing a new broad social movement after the "yellow vests" of 2018-2019....
France is preparing to raise the retirement age
PARIS (Realist English). On January 10, French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne will announce the government's plans for pension reform, France...
Macron’s neoliberal policy will provoke new mass protests in France
PARIS (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron managed to be re-elected for a second term for the first time since...
France’s political ruins: Macron’s victory did not bring stability
PARIS (Realist English). Emmanuel Macron won the second round of the French presidential election. He won 58.54% of the votes....
Emmanuel Macron: A Rothschild Group banker who became President of France
PARIS (Realist English). The second round of presidential elections has been held in France. The French were choosing between Emmanuel...
A funny incident in the French presidential election of 2002
PARIS (Realist English). The TV channel France 24 reminded the viewers of one of the significant episodes of the 2002...
«The Kurdish card is a weapon of major powers»: Yaşar Yakış on why Turkey missed its chance to solve the Kurdish issue
ANKARA (Realist English). Yaşar Yakış — a Turkish diplomat and statesman who served as Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs, ambassador to Saudi...
Dmitry Novikov on his path to politics, the intelligentsia, the left movement, and why US aggression against Iran is a threat to Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Dmitry Novikov, Deputy Chairman of the CPRF Central Committee and First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma...
“We Are Witnessing the Messianic Footsteps”: Avigdor Eskin on Israel’s War with Iran
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli public figure and publicist Avigdor Eskin argues that we live in an era of “incredible acceleration,” when...
“Israel is not fighting the Iranian people, but the regime”: Alexander Tsinker on the goals of the operation against Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). The war in the Middle East, which began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, has entered its fifth...
3.6 million Christians were killed in Ottoman Turkey: marking the anniversary of an unrecognised genocide
YEREVAN / ATHENS (Realist English). On April 24, 2026, the Armenian people, the worldwide diaspora and many other nations commemorated the...
Venezuela after Maduro: oil instead of democracy?
CARACAS (Realist English). When U.S. forces swooped into Caracas in January 2026 and seized President Nicolás Maduro, many Venezuelans inside and outside...
The deal was close, but Trump blew it up with social media posts
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Toward the end of last week, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal...
The story of Russian girl Kristina Romanova: a Mexican thriller with a terrible ending
MEXICO CITY (Realist English). Tatyana Poloskova, Doctor of Political Science, First Class State Advisor of the Russian Federation, based on her...
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