À l'issue d'un second tour marqué par une forte abstention, le paysage politique reste très éclaté. Le RN progresse dans les villes moyennes, la droite et le PS se partagent les grandes villes, LFI progresse. Au sein des gauches, les échanges sont de nouveau à couteaux tirés à un an de la présidentielle. La victoire pour tous et toutes : c'est l'enseignement qu'ont tiré les principales formations politiques au soir du second tour des élections municipales, dimanche 22 mars. À un an de la (…)

After the second round of the municipal elections on Sunday, marked by a high rate of voter abstention, the French political landscape remains highly fragmented. The far-right Rassemblement National has made inroads in medium-sized towns, the Right and the Socialist Party share the major cities, and the radical-left La France Insoumise is gaining ground. Within the Left internal frictions have re-emerged, a year ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Mediapart's co-editor Lénaïg Bredoux (…)

The already unbearable horrors engulfing the peoples of the Middle East exploded into U.S. domestic news on March 12 with the attack in suburban Detroit at Temple Israel, the country's largest Reform Jewish congregation. Ayman Ghazali By the grace and luck of the quick security-team response inside the building, and that the explosives reportedly in the attacker's truck didn't detonate, a potential mass casualty catastrophe was averted. The building filled with smoke, but evidently there (…)