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Left, Right, and Centre: do French correspondents get lost in translation? Part 3 of 3

While Anglo journalists have botched political labels on the French left, their worst mistakes have been about Macron, especially when choosing words…

Dec 19, 2025 • Comte de Saint-Germain

November 2025

Left, Right, and Centre: do French correspondents get lost in translation? Part 2 of 3

Did you know that “politics” and “the apolitical” sound exactly the same in French? That we have two very different types of communistes, and that a…

Nov 16, 2025 • Comte de Saint-Germain

October 2025

Left, Right, and Center: do French correspondents get lost in translation? Part 1 of 3

As Macron’s rhetoric and policies keep moving towards the far right, I am increasingly baffled by the way some English-speaking journalists describe the…

Oct 5, 2025 • Comte de Saint-Germain

June 2025

Nazis marched in Paris —again. Now what?

If you thought Nazi parades in Paris ended in 1944, think again. There has been one nearly every year since 1994, and Macron's police make sure it…

Jun 9, 2025 • Comte de Saint-Germain

October 2024

"The whole ceremony was very *you*" Part 6: The End

Can you believe that, three months later, the Olympics Opening Ceremony is still making waves? So much that it triggered a parliamentary hearing? Time…

Oct 21, 2024 • Comte de Saint-Germain

August 2024

"The whole ceremony was very *you*" Part 5: Fraternité, Sororité, Sportivité

Does "frater", meaning "brother" in Latin, include women? The Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony creative team provided a very clear answer to this question…

Aug 19, 2024 • Comte de Saint-Germain

“The whole ceremony was very *you*" Part 4: Égalité

You haven't seen a flame-war until you've seen a flame-war about the French language. That night, at the Opening Ceremony, France won.

Aug 12, 2024 • Comte de Saint-Germain

“The whole ceremony was very *you*” Part 3: Amour Libre

Here comes the first scandal! Liberté, the third act of the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony, combined two very Parisian activities: overthrowing tyrants…

Aug 8, 2024 • Comte de Saint-Germain

"The whole ceremony was very *you*” Part 2 : Secrets of Synchronicity

Why did the second act include a Louis Vuitton ad, and so many French 1980s references? Why did it almost *not* happen due to a dancers' strike? Also…

Aug 2, 2024 • Comte de Saint-Germain

July 2024

“The whole ceremony was very *you*“ Part 1: Enchanté, really?

Like Paris itself, the 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony had many layers: some visible, many hidden, and a few misunderstood. Yes, there was Joan of Arc…

Jul 31, 2024 • Comte de Saint-Germain

#EwoksDeLaRepublique

France’s democracy may just have been saved by short, seemingly harmless creatures who took the fight to the woods.

Jul 9, 2024 • Comte de Saint-Germain

Can right-wingers be antifascist?

No time for introductions: I am trying to prevent a fascist takeover in France, and my readers have questions.

Jul 3, 2024 • Comte de Saint-Germain

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