Last weekend, student-led cost-of-living protests devolved in some places into violent riots and looting. This weekend, the interior ministry increased its police presence, deploying some 70,000 officers across the country on Saturday. The protests drew support from various groups and organizations, including the gilets jaunes, or yellow vests. On Saturday morning, military officers and a
Photos also showed luxury goods outlets — including the Galeries Lafayette — being looted. Thierry Guibert, CEO of Lacoste, posted a statement on Instagram on Saturday about the “images of violence and destruction” he had seen from the protests. “When our Lacoste and Aigle stores are looted, like so many other businesses across France, it’s
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leah Young, a 34-year-old from Dallas who moved to Spain in 2015. Young is the founder of Fearless Abroad, a company that helps Americans working remotely relocate to Europe. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. A lot of people love the idea of
I moved to Paris from the United Kingdom in 2017, and while I expected some challenges along the way, I was surprised to discover that many of the things I’d been worrying about turned out not to be issues at all. However, in their place were several other unforeseen obstacles that I wished I’d been
Bernard Arnault, the 77-year-old billionaire founder and chief executive of LVMH, rarely participates in lengthy interviews. “Why give information?” He joked when Guillaume Pley, host of the French podcast “LEGEND,” mentioned how little is known about him. In a rare conversation lasting more than an hour and a half, published earlier this month, the man
