Stephane Mechoulan (Dalhousie): France Bans the Veil: What French Republicanism Has to Say about It. What would it mean for France to accommodate Muslims? David Frum reviews Beyond Radical Secularism by Pierre Manent. Europeans greatly overestimate Muslim population, poll shows. So long, Marianne: From the bare breast to the burkini. France's obsession with decline is a booming industry. The introduction to The Discovery of the Third World: Decolonization and the Rise of the New Left in France, c.1950—1976 by Christoph Kalter. Joao Carvalho (IUL): The French Mainstream and the Front National's Electoral Fortune. The death of the elephants: With this year's elections, French politics has become less predictable than at any time since the founding of the Fifth Republic.
