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Cinema

Cannes Film Festival announces its 2026 selection: between the vertigo of the world and creative anxiety

When the Cannes Film Festival unveils its selection, it never merely lines up titles. It maps the present, redefines the balance between world cinemas, and, in subtle ways, sketches a certain idea of the times. The announcement of the 79th edition (May 12–23, 2026), made in Paris, was no exception to this rule: it reads less like a program than... When the Cannes Film Festival unveils its selection, it never merely lines up titles. It maps the present, redefines the balance between world cinemas, and, in subtle ways, sketches a certain idea of the times. The announcement of the 79th...
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News

Exclusive Survey | Ban on the Muslim Brotherhood: 53% of French People in Favor of Banning MB-Affiliated Organizations

According to an exclusive poll conducted by Ifop for the magazine Screen Watch, published by Global Watch Analysis, a majority of French people are in favor of banning organizations linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. Among French citizens of Muslim faith, opinions are divided. The idea is viewed favorably by 48% of Muslims in France, who believe it could reduce the...
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Confidentiel

USA - Iran | A Russian Mediation to End Iranian Missile Attacks Against Arab Countries

According to a diplomatic source citing a confidential American memo, Russia reportedly proposed a secret mediation to the United States aimed at reducing tensions in the Middle East, notably by securing an end to Iranian missile attacks against Arab countries.
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Expertises

French Municipal Elections | Metropolises, Suburbs, Rural Areas — The clash of the 3 Frances!

There are elections that, beyond the numbers, tell the story of a country. Municipal elections in France belong to that category. Because they delve into the everyday lives of citizens, they capture with particular sharpness the underlying forces — and fractures — shaping society.
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Investigations

Islamism | Muslim Brotherhood gathering at Le Bourget: preaching, victimhood and communitarian mobilization

Despite an attempt by the Ministry of the Interior to ban it, political Islam made a major comeback at the Bourget Exhibition Center. For this annual Muslim Brotherhood fair, the first in seven years, calls to mobilize the Muslim electorate, victimhood narratives, denunciations of secularism, and the promotion of the veil and Islamic clothing, including for young girls, drew a...
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Interviews

War of Influence | Raphaël Chauvancy: The ‘Social-fabric Wars’ threaten to dislocate French society

A senior officer in the Troupes de marine (French Marine Troops), Raphaël Chauvancy is a lecturer at the École de Guerre Économique (School of Economic Warfare). An expert in modern conflicts and a specialist in strategic influence, he published in February “Winning Without Violence: A Handbook of Influence and Information Warfare” (VA Editions). There he details the influence strategies used...
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Culture

Cinema | Cannes Film Festival announces its 2026 selection: between the vertigo of the world and creative anxiety

When the Cannes Film Festival unveils its selection, it never merely lines up titles. It maps the present, redefines the balance between world cinemas, and, in subtle ways, sketches a certain idea of the times. The announcement of the 79th edition (May 12–23, 2026), made in Paris, was no exception to this rule: it reads less like a program than...
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Videos

Exclusive Video | 76th Cannes Film Festival: The Palm of suspicion and guilt!

At the end of a selection marked by a majority of films dealing with the duality of suspicion / guilt, the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival went to ‘‘Anatomy of a Fall’’, a French family drama which dissects the mechanisms of suspicion (and the resulting guilt) weighing on a wife after the (accidental?) defenestration of her husband....