Macron’s big gamble rattles investors

France’s wealthy have a “new nemesis”, says Denis Cosnard in Le Monde. Economist Gabriel Zucman’s proposal for a new wealth tax is dominating public discussion about how the country can close its gapi

French president Emmanuel Macron has named Sébastien Lecornu as the country’s new prime minister. The former defence minister, who is a close ally of the embattled president, will become France’s fift

Sarkozy behind bars: the conviction dividing France ...

When conservative billionaire Pierre-Édouard Stérin caught the eye of Le Monde last year, the newspaper noted how stealthily he was “advancing his pawns” in the chess game of hard-right French politic

Libertarian president Javier Milei has been facing a gathering currency crisis after his party suffered a stinging defeat in local elections earlier this month. The peso has shed about a fifth of its

Age brings wisdom – or at least experience. MoneyWeek is approaching its 25th birthday (the first edition appeared on 3 November 2000), and is therefore in a better position than many publications to