Natalie Nougayrède
Natalie Nougayrède is a columnist, leader writer and foreign affairs commentator for the Guardian. She was previously executive editor and managing editor of Le Monde
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The EU should rebrand itself as the protector of its nationsPopulist nationalists see the union as the enemy of cultural and ethnic belonging. It’s time for those who support Europe to debunk their myths
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America must lead the free world – the alternative is chaosFor all Europe’s misgivings about the new president’s isolationism, we will need him to ensure our security
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Human rights now face their gravest threat – TrumpismWith a populist in the White House, only resistance can protect rights the world struggled to enshrine
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Watch out, Europe. Germany is top of Russian hackers’ listThe Bundestag was hacked in 2015. Angela Merkel should expect this year’s election to be targeted too
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With Trump and Putin, Europe is now between a rock and a hard placeEuropean uncertainty over the US president-elect’s strategy will make it easier for Russia to exploit cracks in EU solidarity
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Can France resist the far right? – videoGuardian columnist Natalie Nougayrède asks how France’s presidential election will play out across the country and Europe
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François Fillon is as big a threat to liberal values as Marine Le PenFillon’s victory in the presidential primaries reflects the rise of the new reactionaries – who share many ideas with the far-right Front National
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Europe will miss Barack Obama. But maybe he didn’t care for usMr President, we bid farewell to you with mixed feelings: your lack of interest in our continent has cost us dear
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Trump’s triumph strikes at the roots of the European projectThe psychological and political link with America undermines the liberal values that have sustained the west since the second world war
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Refugees aren’t the problem. Europe’s identity crisis isAs the balance of migration tips, Europe could learn a lot from the positive narrative of the New World
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I see light in the darkness – a backlash against bigotry is under wayFrom Hillary’s resurgence to centrist fightbacks in Europe, there are signs that xenophobic populism is on the wane
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We are watching the destruction of Aleppo. Where is the rage?Russia used these carpet bombing tactics to massacre civilians in Grozny. The west can’t stay silent: we know how this ends
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Europeans no longer want what their parents aspired toThe generation gap is the continent’s greatest divide, linking populism in Hungary and the Czech Republic to discontent among French Muslims
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The devastation of Syria will be Obama’s legacyThe US president badly misread Putin. Only a tough approach with Russia can secure any kind of peace
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Angela Merkel’s refugee policy must succeed – for Europe’s sakeMerkel might be changing her emphasis, but the importance of her message remains constant
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European Muslims are not new. Nor are they all the sameIn all the panic about terror and immigration, we have lost sight of our continent’s complex history
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Angela Merkel and Marine Le Pen: one of them will shape Europe’s futureThe two women have fiercely conflicting visions, and their battle for the continent’s soul will be crucial
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The burkini ban ruling is a start, but France has more issues to deal withThe nation has still not found a way to ensure its Muslim population are equal citizens of the republic
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The attacks in France show that its colonial past enduresIn new talk of a war against terror with no frontline, the legacy of empire in north Africa and its impact on the French Muslim community is ever present
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As horror strikes again, all eyes are on how France reactsAfter the atrocities on Nice’s waterfront, a country reeling from multiple attacks in recent months teeters on the edge of political upheaval
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Britain will still be unable to define its global role without EuropeAs US isolationism grows, a post-Brexit UK should look to a new special relationship – with the EU
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Europe can’t rescue Britain. It’s too busy trying to save itselfThere is sympathy but if the EU offers concessions on immigration, the entire project could unravel
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With this shock a new, EU-friendly Britain is bornThe nation voted to leave. But its citizens are beginning to realise – too late – what it means to be part of the European Union
Anti-German, soft on Putin – Mélenchon is no saviour of the left