Roger Cohen

Farm protests are changing not only Europe’s food system but also its politics, as the far right senses an opportunity.

Aya Nakamura’s music is one of France’s top cultural exports. But reports that she might perform at the Paris Games have prompted fierce debates over identity and language.

The leaders of France and Germany tried to heal an increasingly public rift over their approach to the war, holding talks alongside Poland’s prime minister on support for Kyiv.

A fraught relationship has recently turned bitter, with insults and barbs threatening European unity at a critical moment.

The French president attempted to forge a united front on a harder line against Russia. But few were persuaded.

The French president’s openness to Western troops in Ukraine signaled a quest for military resolve. But some allies felt blindsided.

The new prime minister wants to succeed President Macron. But first he must see off the far right and define himself before a restive public.

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy of France saw an appeals court uphold his conviction for illegally financing an election campaign, but he received a lighter sentence.

Robert Badinter, the former minister who abolished the death penalty, was honored in Paris after his death on Friday, but members of the far left and right were told they were unwelcome.

Israel, Hamas, the United States, Qatar and Egypt are involved in negotiations, which will go on for days. Officials called them promising, but an accord did not seem imminent.