“The press has been covering these subjects for a long time, but it took time to put its finger on the fact that violence against women was systemic,” notes Thomas Heng, departmental director of the daily West France in Loire-Atlantique, which has long served as a news item in Nantes, a privileged observation post of … Read more
On November 23, across France, more than 6,000 people signed up to experience a less and less banal adventure: chatting, in real life, for an hour or two, with an unknown person, who has opinions. different, even opposed. It was the first edition in France of “Faut qu’on parole”, launched by The Cross and the … Read more
The meeting was to take place in the café of the Grand Mosque of Paris, but it is closed for renovations. We then try to enter that of the Galerie de l’Évolution, which turns out to be complicated to access. Frédérique, 51, and Sita, 68, one very verbose, the other more reserved, finally retreat to … Read more
At the time, she didn’t really hesitate. When she discovered the “We must speak” project, Anaïs, 40 years old, said to herself that it was an opportunity, by entering into a dialogue with a stranger whose ideas were opposed to hers, to build bridges in a “increasingly divided and divisive society”. While being perfectly aware … Read more
The phone call made on Friday, November 15 by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Russian President Vladimir Putin provoked a volley of greenhorns from his partners. “A very strange strategy”, tackled Gabrielius Landsbergis, the Lithuanian foreign minister. “This call was not coordinated between allies,” criticized his Estonian counterpart Margus Tsahkna. If France showed restraint in … Read more
She’s a little impatient. Subscribed to The CrossSita, a 68-year-old Parisian, signed up as soon as she saw an article in her newspaper on the “We need to talk” project. A few days later, she is already chomping at the bit to be put in contact with her debate partner. And, when she receives a … Read more