How EU funds enable North African countries to push back Europe-bound migrants into the desert

Long Read

Nathalie Guibert

New Caledonia: The three years that built up to the current crisis

Although the reform of the electoral body provoked the anger of the pro-independence faction before spilling over into violent riots, it was only the detonator of a long crisis marked by a dialogue in disarray, a questioned impartiality of the state, and the will to move forward despite a dwindling consensus.

Visual Story

Ivanne Trippenbach

'We counted the bodies around us': Narcotics Anonymous, the return from hell of ordinary people

Overdose. France under the influence | Across France, some 2,000 people damaged by drugs attend the discussion groups to help them overcome their addiction.

Column

Françoise Fressoz

'The far right hasn't become any less radical than it was in Jean-Marie Le Pen's day, but it's harder to fight'

The dividing line between the so-called 'yes' and 'no' sides of the 1992 and 2005 European referendums has become more porous, contributing to blurring the debate. This is to Marine Le Pen's advantage, writes Le Monde columnist Françoise Fressoz.