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As the Games get underway, President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo are vying for first place on the political podium. Read by Michael Bott.
Macron is courting his Waterloo over pension reform
10 min
The Paris Olympics’ Seine River plan is bold, audacious, and risky
16 min
Tales from the Beijing Winter Olympics bubble
11 min
The Observer view on why we’re paying a high price to host the World Cup
7 min
Do striking French workers want the 'right to laziness'?
8 min
Another threat to UK media freedom
5 min