Tag: France
Redesign Around Notre-Dame to Keep Tourists Moving and Lower Temperatures
PARIS — An overhaul of the area around Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris will open it up toward the…
France’s Far-Right Surges Into Parliament, and Further Into the Mainstream
PARIS — In 2017, after the far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her allies won only a handful…
French Nuclear Power Crisis Frustrates Europe’s Push to Quit Russian Energy
PARIS — Plumes of steam towered above two reactors recently at the Chinon nuclear power plant in the…
It’s Macron vs. the Left in a Fierce Battle for France’s Parliament
PALAISEAU, France — Five years ago, Amélie de Montchalin, a politician known more for her quiet technocratic skills…
What to Know About France’s Parliamentary Elections
PARIS — Weeks after re-electing President Emmanuel Macron, voters in France return to the polls on Sunday to…
Newly United, French Left Hopes to Counter President in Upcoming Vote
ALLEX, France — With its centuries-old stone villages nestled among lavender fields, cows and goats grazing in the…
It’s the French Open. Why Can’t the French Win?
PARIS — The most prominent feature of the French Open is that this Grand Slam tournament takes place…
Aristide Demanded French Pay Reparations to Haiti. He Ended Up in Exile.
A Painful ReckoningHaiti’s payments to its former slave masters added up for generations, costing its economy billions of…
Invade Haiti, Wall Street Urged. The U.S. Obliged.
‘The Triumph of the Wolf’An angry mob dragged Haiti’s president from the French Consulate and killed him in…
How Much Haiti’s Freedom Cost: Takeaways From a Times Series
The U.S. Treated Haiti Like a Cash RegisterWhen the American military invaded Haiti in the summer of 1915,…
The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers
In 1789, before the slave rebellion, the marquis bought 21 recently kidnapped Africans before leaving for France. But…
How a French Bank Captured Haiti
Yet Another LoanThe second half of the 19th century should have offered Haiti an enormous opportunity. Global demand…