FRANCE – ISLAM: Trying to Put Lipstick on a Pig.

Should we be worried that nearly half the Muslims in France privilege Islamic Law to the laws of the Republic and that the figures among Muslim youth born in France are much more radical? Or should we be relieved that half do not?

Does it change the meaning of the figures if we say ‘Islamic Law’ rather than ‘Sharia’?

The left, counting on their Muslim electorate, and a few Muslim associations, are striking back at an IFOP poll which shows Muslims in France are growing more and more radicalised and hostile to the host country. Some are saying this is Samuel Huntington’s revenge. Is the Clash of Civilisations paper proving true?

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FRANCE – ISLAM: Was S. Huntington Right?

Paris, November 28, 2025, by S.G. Kazolias.

Marianne, the symbol of Liberty and the French Republic

Nearly half the Muslims in France, 15 and older, believe Islamic Sharia Law should be applied in the countries where they live, according to a study published in November by the French polling institute, IFOP.1  This adhesion to rigorous Islam is higher among those aged 15 to 24, that is to say, youth born in France of recent Muslim migration and holding French citizenship. The French model of integration does not work.2

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France: Wokeism about to get a Rude Awakening?

Paris, Oct. 8, 2025. By Socrates George Kazolias

France is in crisis. But France is not alone. The French (possibly the British too) will probably go to the polls within a year. The chaos may grow violent when, as predicted, the hard right anti-immigrant and EU sceptics come to power. After Marx’s The Civil War in France, the new version of the book could well be written from the other side of the aisle this time.

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Civil War in France Coming?

By Socrates George Kazolias, August 24, 2025.

France and Britain are on the cusp of a civil war and preparations must be made now to minimize the damages. This is the dystopian prediction by a leading scholar at King’s College, London, Department of War Studies. The French right and press went to town with the story. After all, it is August.

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True American Exceptionalism: We, Us, Our vs THEM

Paris, France. July 4, 2025. by Socrates George Kazolias

Why do we Americans say “We” or “Us” or “Our” when referring to our country’s actions even when we deeply disagree with them while the Germans and French, for example, distance themselves from that collective identity when critical?

At least this is the case for my generation and my father’s generation, a period of European immigration and descendants of slavery with a solid Anglo-Saxon education and environment. I can’t say whether this is true of post 1970s immigration from other parts of the world.

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Trump: A Pathetic Child With a Baseball Bat

Paris, June 2, 2025 by S.G.Kazolias

Yes, Donald Trump is a fascist. This is not a word I use lightly. This autocrat is very busy gutting the Judicial and Legislative branches of their oversight power so that that power will reside solely in his hands.  Like all good autocrats, Trump got his enablers in both branches to allow him to destroy what was left of American liberal ‘democracy.’

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Thank God for Trump!

Paris, May 7, 2025. By Socrates George Kazolias

Donald Trump is doing the world a great service. He has pulled back the curtain which had hidden from view for those in the West the true, evil, nature of the United States for all to see. At last, they understand what those on the receiving end of ‘America’s good will’ have known for decades.

“I thought we shared common values,” said Roger (pronounced Ro-jay). “What is wrong with Americans?” the retired, well-read and highly educated French engineer asked me. “How could they elect such an ass like that?“

“What values are those?” I asked.

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France: ‘Lawfare’ Backfires & Le Pen Fires Back

Paris, April 2, 2025, by Socrates George Kazolias

The French lower Court decision March 31 to bar the 2027 presidential election favorite, Marine Le Pen, from running has angered millions throughout the country, sparked fears of social unrest and widespread political condemnation, including from the far left.

The ripples have been felt to the summit of the state and the system looked desperately on April 1 for a way to backtrack, if not stave off, at least put off, a social confrontation.

The  Appeals Court, which usually takes two years to hear a case, said it will begin the trial next January for a decision upholding or invalidating the lower court’s ruling in June 2026, which would give Marine Le Pen, and her far right National Rally party, if the first ruling is overturned or reduced, nine months to prepare for the 2027 ballot.

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Germany’s Firewall Tumbles over Migration

Stuttgart, Germany. January 31, 2025. By S.G. Kazolias

German Lawmakers held a riotous debate over immigration on January 31 which was more reminiscent of parliamentary mayhem in Paris or Rome rather than the well-disciplined Bundestag.  Tempers are running high in Germany. The country is deeply divided.

Germany goes to the polls on February 23, at the height of the Carnival: the Catholic festival of partying, heavy drinking and debauchery. Usually, the clowns and monsters are reserved for the parades and beer halls. But the election campaign at the end of January brought the clown world to the fore where lawmakers were yelling, shouting, huffing and puffing, over immigration and whether or not it is ‘Catholic‘ to accept the votes of the ‘extreme right.’

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