The former senior French government minister had been under mounting pressure after Mediapart's revelations about his family's financial and business links with the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein. Jack Lang announced his resignation as president of the Institut du Monde Arabe on February 7th, the day after financial crimes prosecutors in Paris opened an investigation into aggravated money laundering linked to tax fraud, targeting both him and his daughter, Caroline Lang. Former (…)

Des sociologues ont enquêté sur les élus de Seine-Saint-Denis entre 2014 et 2024. Leur livre « Élus des banlieues populaires » décrit les mécanismes de sélectivité du personnel politique local, et la relation ambivalente qu'entretiennent les élus racisés à la gauche. Dans Élus des banlieues populaires (Puf, 2026), les sociologues Marie-Hélène Bacqué et Jeanne Demoulin ont enquêté sur les élu·es de Seine-Saint-Denis entre 2014 et 2024. Et elles pointent les limites de l'ouverture des partis (…)

The dismissal of General Zhang Youxia was officially announced on January 24. This is another step in the purges that have been taking place within the Chinese army's general staff. Zhang was considered “untouchable” given his supposed closeness to Xi Jinping. As for the Central Military Commission (CMC), it is now a hollow shell, having lost five of its seven members. Xi continues to clear the field around him, contrary to any form of collegiality. The only remaining member of the CMC, (…)