Refugee vetting vs humanitarian urgency: Lessons from France’s Gaza evacuation suspension
The move by France to stop evacuations in Gaza in August 2025 has sparked off debate both in local and international waters. The interruption is prompted by the revelation that a Palestinian student accepted into a French university posted antisemitic messages on social media that praised terrorism activities. The event begs the question of how […]
From crypto ban to state mining: France’s far-right party’s radical blockchain turn
In 2025, French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) positioned itself on the issue of cryptocurrency differently than it had a few years earlier, as it took the side of state-sponsored Bitcoin mining, unlike its previous idea of a total ban. The shift has been symptomatic of a broader reorientation of how the party evolves in terms […]
