Month: May 2020

Did Emmanuel Macron Just Save the European Union (and himself)?

Did Emmanuel Macron Just Save the European Union (and himself)?

On May 18, 2020, Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel, in a joint press conference, announced a plan to mitigate the enormous debts and economic losses suffered by European nations in fighting COVID-19, and thus to guarantee the strength of the eurozone and its members.  What 

#MeToo Comes For Valéry Giscard d’Estaing

#MeToo Comes For Valéry Giscard d’Estaing

 French prosecutors announced on Monday, May 11, 2020, that they have opened an investigation into former President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing on the charge of sexual assault (agression sexuelle), an action that had allegedly occurred on December 18, 2018.  The complainant is reporter Ann-Kathrin Stracke of