The Irish Times
Two weeks after his victory in the legislative elections, Dutch populist Geert Wilders is still looking for coalition partners.
Jean-Pierre Stroobants
Argentina had everything it needed to remain one of the world's most powerful economies but ended up marginalizing itself through its many mistakes over more than a century. Le Monde columnist Stéphane Lauer explains that the choice of populism is a way of giving the finger to a system that has lost all credibility.
Stéphane Lauer
Claire Hédon writes that Emmanuel Macron's immigration bill, which was rejected by the Assemblée Nationale on Monday, would on flout the dignity and equality of foreigners in France.
Claire Hédon
Philosopher Pierre Zaoui urges Israel not to lose its soul and to demonstrate human justice by stopping the bombardments.
Pierre Zaoui
A return of American naval forces to the Middle East and attacks by Iranian-backed Houthist rebels in the Red Sea: Admiral Alain Oudot de Dainville analyzes the maritime dimension of a conflict with multiple fronts.
Alain Oudot de Dainville
A leading figure of the 'Women, Life and Liberty movement, the activist and journalist, incarcerated in Tehran, will begin a new hunger strike on Sunday, as she is to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Stockholm. Her speech, published by Le Monde, will be delivered by her two children, Kiana and Ali Rahmani.
Narges Mohammadi
Taking it out on the poorest will not solve social problems, argues the economist in his column, after a Le Monde investigation into the algorithm used by France's welfare agency to decide which households to audit for benefit fraud.
Thomas Piketty
The Israeli Prime Minister is not in the best of positions to oppose the American vision of 'a revitalized Palestinian Authority,' observes 'Le Monde' columnist Gilles Paris.
Gilles Paris
The hyper-focus of museums' exhibitions on a few well-known names, for the sake of profitability, is to the detriment of more experimental programming, and therefore of current creative artwork.
Philippe Dagen
World affairs must be watched keeping in mind that Donal Trump could return to the White House, writes Le Monde columnist Alain Frachon.
Alain Frachon
The meeting between the two powers in the Chinese capital on December 7 and 8 is unlikely to ease their mutual grievances, writes Frédéric Lemaître, Le Monde's Beijing correspondent.
Frédéric Lemaître
Faced with the violence of Israeli bombings and intervention in Gaza, writes Al-Ghoul, there is now only one enemy: The occupation. As a result, for her 'it is impossible to separate the people from a movement like Hamas.'
Asmaa Al-Ghoul