Patrice de Beer is former London and Washington correspondent for Le Monde.

Recent articles

The campaign by Ségolène Royal to gain control of France's main opposition party has failed. But the search for a new style and model of politics in France will continue, says Patrice de Beer.

The ambitions of France's president extend to a dominant role in Europe and a powerful position on the global stage. But he is bound to discover that all politics is local, says Patrice de Beer.

The burden of France's foreign-policy reorientation under Nicolas Sarkozy may be too heavy to bear, says Patrice de Beer.

The failure of judgment towards China among the French political class is all the more reason to reaffirm universal standards of human rights, says Patrice de Beer.

The French president's Mediterranean Union initiative is a perfect example of his hectic and performative style of leadership, says Patrice de Beer.