The Trump days are ending. What will Biden mean for Europe?
We take a quick break from our Focus on France to go through and break down EU Commission President Ursula van der Leyen's annual SOTEU speech. Climate, social policy, foreign policy, and other challenges facing the EU.
Will France's €100 billion stimulus package be enough to jumpstart the economy of the future? And what's France's endgame in the Mediterranean stand-off between Greece and Turkey?
Edouard Philippe is out and Jean Castex is in. Wait...who?
150 randomly chosen citizens were charged with finding ways to cut France's emissions by 40% by 2030, all while promoting social justice. After 9 months of meeting with experts, their conclusions are in. Have they found a real path forward in the fight against climate change?
Jean-Marie Bigard floats the idea of a presidential run as a French version of the Italian movement, 5 Star. Is the sometimes-crude comedian on the verge of upending the next French presidential race in a profoundly populist way?
Merkel comes around to the European agenda Macron has been pushing for years...just as the French president loses his absolute majority in France's legislature.