March 2023
Here are the odd ways Paris has changed 10 years after I lived there
The City of Light is always the same – but not this time. This writer returned after a decade to behold his former home through fresh eyes.
May 2022
May Day rallies in Europe urge more help as inflation bites
Tensions erupted in Paris, as demonstrators smashed windows at some banks, a fast-food restaurant and a real estate agency.
June 2020
Black Lives Matter hijacked by anti-Semitism
Extreme anti-racists see Israel as the world's single biggest problem.
January 2020
Why BlackRock is facing backlash in France
The world’s biggest fund house has become a prime target as questions are raised over its political lobbying role.
Class is at the heart of France’s strikes
Beyond the latest unrest over pensions reform is a much larger conflict over class, privilege and money amplified by 200 years of French history.
Macron bows to pressure and scraps proposal to raise retirement age
The government has agreed to scrap, for now at least, a proposal to raise the full-benefits retirement age from 62 to 64.
The Paris tech hub seeking to capture UK talent
Iranian American Roxanne Varza, the boss of Station F, is looking past strikes in her adopted city to offer a refuge for start-ups fleeing Brexit.
October 2019
In depth: The global age of fury
Hong Kong, Chile, France, climate...People have been protesting across the globe on a scale not seen in decades, driven by inequities and injustice, setting up a test for democratic institutions, write the Financial Review's network of foreign correspondents.
August 2019
Moscow and Paris protests: no comparison
France's poor and Moscow's educated class feel their voices aren't being heard but that's where the comparison ends.
April 2019
Yellow vest protesters march on in Paris
French leaders had called for solidarity in the wake of the Notre-Dame blaze, which destroyed the roof and spire of the 850-year-old church.
March 2019
Paris police chief sacked after 'yellow vests' riot, torching shops
The police chief of Paris was fired after protesters in yellow vests swarmed the city for an 18th straight weekend, torching shops and fighting police.