David Lawday

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Danger man?

  • 14 May 2007

The one thing everybody knew they would get from Nicolas Sarkozy was change. So no one will be surprised if the new French president goes into pitched battle with the trade unions and gets tough on immigration. He might even fall out with Gordon.

Ségo: can she yet win?

  • 30 April 2007

Observations on the French elections

The days of grandeur are over

  • 09 April 2007
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Whoever wins France's presidential elections will enjoy more power than any other western leader. Expect big changes in foreign policy, from America to Africa

Ségo tilts towards the right

  • 13 November 2006
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Observations on the French elections

Marriage made in heaven

  • 31 July 2006

As France braces itself for next year's presidential election, all eyes are on two media creations, Sarko and Ségo. Both break the mould

A nation at war with itself

  • 27 March 2006

Observations on Paris

Vive la Terreur de la justice!

  • 20 March 2006

Thirteen people jailed for child abuse were cleared by a French court in 2004. Now, a parliamentary probe into the case is reviving fears about the fairness of France's legal system, reports David Lawday

A triumph of the right

  • 06 June 2005

Europe - The paradox of France's stunning No vote is that, while it leaves Chirac a lame duck, it damaged the divided Socialist Party even more. The PS now faces many years in the political wilderness

The French keep it in the family

  • 23 May 2005

Blair ruins the French dream

  • 01 November 2004

With Britain at its heart, the EU isn't what it once was - and now France is just as vitriolic about "English Europe" as the Tories are about Brussels. By David Lawday in Paris

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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