Editorials

It is once again surprising to note how much autocrats fascinate democrats. As between the two world wars of the 20th century, a dictator who uses lies and violence, despite the denial of his word and his signature, finds defenders, even promoters, in the countries of freedom. After having put on...

The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army is a senseless criminal act that no one could reasonably foresee. Such a violation of its signature by a permanent member of the UN Security Council was previously unthinkable. Such an array of lies, duplicity and denials in no way befits the behaviour...

Putin has brought war back to Europe. He has used the customary weapons of dictators: revisionism, lies, nationalism and force. Europe knows what they are and has had to face them in the past. The Sudetenlanders of yesterday are the Ukrainians of today. Europeans have learned from their history...

A few months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a number of key figures created the Robert Schuman Foundation. Poher, Lecanuet, Barre, Monory, François-Poncet, Albert, Villepin, Rigaud, Jung, Seitlinger, these were the names of those who had been involved in the return of democracy to...