In an apocalyptic atmosphere, the repercussions of his win beyond America's borders are alarming: it will undermine democracies, women and minorities worldwide, while at the same time helping to embolden the far-right and dictators of all kinds, writes Mediapart's publishing editor Carine Fouteau in this op-ed article.
All we can do, she argues, is resist — and strengthen the bulwarks of democracy. French president Emmanuel Macron was one of the very first heads of state to congratulate the new American president after his election win. Seen from Paris, the return to power of the far-right leader does not provoke fear or any particular reaction.
Mediapart's Ilyes Ramdani reports. The trial of eight people accused of various roles in the October stabbing murder and beheading of school teacher Samuel Paty began this week in Paris. The killer, an year-old Chechen, was shot dead by police at the scene of the attack, in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.
Paty was murdered after showing cartoons of the prophet Muhammed, published by Charlie Hebdo magazine, to a class he held on the subject of free speech. The vast majority of them follow a treatment of dopaminergic drugs to compensate for their lack of the chemical messenger dopamine, a condition which causes many of the debilitating symptoms of the disease.
But the drugs, and in particular dopamine agonists, can have alarming side effects, ranging from making compulsive purchases, daily gambling, the pursuit of sexual obsessions and, in one of the several cases detailed here, a murderous rampage against animals.
