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      Colin Randall

      Colin Randall

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      Colin Randall began his career on newspapers in northern England before joining the Press Association and then the Daily Telegraph, where he worked as reporter, chief reporter, executive news editor and Paris bureau chief. He was The National’s executive editor for its 2008 launch and has written regularly for this newspaper and others since returning to Europe in 2009. He has Anglo-French nationality and specialises in French politics.
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      Bloomberg
      Radical associations to be disbanded in overhaul of French Islam

      French president Emmanuel Macron announced a flavour of his plans on Monday.

      EuropeOctober 28, 2019
      Boris Johnson's handling of the UK's departure from the EU has left British politics in a tumultuous state. EPA
      For those of us with lives in two countries, Brexit is a bureaucratic minefield

      I am British and my wife is French – so what happens to the hundreds of thousands like us when freedom of movement suddenly stops?

      CommentOctober 18, 2019
      A court sketch made on September 23, 2019 shows, from left, Ines Madani, Ornella Gilligmann and Sarah Hervouet at their trial. AFP
      Notre-Dame bomb plot: sentencing of female terror cell expected this week

      French trial reveals how four women were convinced to inflict more carnage on Paris

      EuropeOctober 12, 2019
      Former French president Jacques Chirac died aged 86 last Thursday. EPA
      Jacques Chirac: a flawed giant of French politics

      Combative and charismatic, the politician who died last Thursday was a statesman of many contradictions

      CommentSeptember 28, 2019
      French President Emmanuel Macron's rise to power and policies are the subjects of a course introduced by the Sciences Po university. via AP
      Top French university criticised over course on Emmanuel Macron

      Sciences Po says seminars explore 'phenomenon' of French president's meteoric rise to power

      EuropeSeptember 12, 2019
      The organisation was launched in January by prominent intellectual Hakim El Karoui. AFP
      French Muslim association to forge ahead with imam training plans despite Macron reticence

      Hakim El Karoui’s association plans to raise cash from taxes on halal products and Hajj trips

      EuropeAugust 14, 2019
      Boris Johnson poses for selfies with supporters during the Conservative leadership race earlier this month. Dylan Martinez / Pool via Bloomberg
      Profile: determination kept Boris on track for Downing Street

      Setbacks galore have not impeded his rise to the top of the greasy pole of British politics

      BrexitJuly 23, 2019
      Police officers examine the area outside the Pontanezen Sunna mosque in Brest, western France where the imam and another man were shot on June 27, 2019. AFP
      Mystery surrounds shooting of imam in France

      Suspected assailant, found dead after non-fatal attack, had claimed masked men ordered him to do it

      EuropeJune 29, 2019
      A man wearing face paint in a European Union flag design follows the results of the European Parliament elections in Brussels on May 26, 2019. Geert Vanden Wijngaert / Bloomberg
      Voters put a new face on European parliament

      Dominance of centrist parties is broken as liberals, Greens and far right make gains

      EuropeMay 27, 2019
      French gendarmes run through smoke of tear gas during a May Day demonstration in Paris. AFP
      Camera16
      Police suicides rising in France as yellow vest protests drag on

      The government has launched a hotline to offer more assistance

      EuropeMay 04, 2019
      Scholar Tariq Ramadan has admitted to sexual relations with the two women but said they were consensual. AP.
      Tariq Ramadan looms over French Muslim meeting

      The Swiss academic accused of rape continues to hold ideological sway over some attending the Muslims of France group meeting despite efforts by organisers to distance themselves from him

      WorldApril 24, 2019
      Firefighters trying to put out a fire burning the roof of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Benoit Moser / EPA
      Notre-Dame has managed to do what Emmanuel Macron couldn't and unite France

      It could take at least 40 years to restore the cathedral to its former glory

      CommentApril 16, 2019
      France's Emmanuel Macron greets UK leader Theresa May. Reuters
      France growing tired of Brexit chaos after second delay is agreed

      The prospect of another six months of uncertainty is worrying businesses on both sides of the Channel

      BrexitApril 11, 2019
      Protesters face riot police in Marseille during a 10th consecutive Saturday of Yellow Vests demonstrations. Christophe Simon / AFP
      As France's protests rage on, Macron has shown himself to be woefully out of touch

      As the principal target of protesters now demanding his resignation, the president now acknowledges his policies have inflicted pain and aroused discontent

      CommentJanuary 21, 2019
      A video grab made on January 7, 2019 shows former boxer Christophe Dettinger broacasting a message of apology for punching police officers. AFP
      France's yellow vest boxer sparks controversy and praise

      He has been filmed pummelling one gendarme with his fists and kicking another as he lay on the ground.

      EuropeJanuary 08, 2019
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