Tag: political
In China, a new very political craze for “hanfu”, the traditional costume
Young women dressed in “hanfu” in Beijing, February 19, 2021. WANG ZHAO / AFP BEIJING LETTER In Beijing, the district of Sanlitun is the Mecca of a golden youth who…
“Denmark, political laboratory of an isolationist and torn Europe”
Tribune. For decades, Denmark has often been seen as a political laboratory. In the 1990s, he owed this reputation to the Danish People’s Party [Dansk Folkeparti, DF], the first nationalist…
Date fixed now – Political bomb: Graz election on September 26th!
Political bang in the Styrian capital – as the “Krone” has learned from ÖVP circles, will be elected in Graz on September 26th! This has now been confirmed by Mayor…
Before the Germany-Hungary match, the “Rainbow Gate” recalls the political tensions of Euro 2021
The controversy grew to the point where the Germans now call it the “Rainbowgate” (for rainbow, “Rainbow”, the symbolic colors of the lesbian, gay, bi and trans, LGBT community). UEFA…
“No political symbol”: UEFA changes logo to rainbow colors
Wednesday June 23, 2021 “Not a political symbol” UEFA changes logo to rainbow colors After the increasing criticism, UEFA has announced a turnaround: the rainbow is “not a political symbol”.…
Euro 2021, a sounding board for European political tensions
The Munich stadium lights up in the colors of the rainbow for Chrisotpher Street Day, a day of celebration for LGBT + causes, on July 9, 2016 in Germany. TOBIAS…
“The request for extradition of political exiles by the Italian government has the bitter taste of revenge”
Tribune. Is it possible to face the story, to work on his traumas, to heal his wounds, by posthumous arrests? Isn’t obsessive justice the real obstacle to rebuilding the past…
kneel down, automatism or real political gesture?
The Irish kneel before a friendly against Hungary in Budapest on June 8. BERNADETT SZABO / REUTERS The question of whether or not to perform this gesture has become common…
Political crisis deepens in Northern Ireland
DUP leader Edwin Poots following the appointment of Paul Givan (foreground, right), in Parliament in Belfast on June 17, 2021. BRIAN LAWLESS / AP The political crisis is deepening in…
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, between political paralysis and new perceptions
In Gaza, on June 9, 2021, near the rubble of houses destroyed in Israeli airstrikes. MOHAMMED SALEM / REUTERS What’s new in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Put in a trivial way,…
“The Lebanese cannot be hostages to endless political negotiations”
Tribune. Since October 2019, Lebanon has been facing one of the world’s worst economic crises, against a backdrop of political deadlock and the exhaustion of a system. The Covid-19 pandemic,…
From political chronicle to far-right activism, Eric Zemmour in “Le Monde”
Eric Zemmour, in Paris, April 22. JOEL SAGET / AFP Une time again, on June 2, the question was asked in the editorial staff of the Figaro : what to…