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Colin Randall

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Colin Randall began his career on newspapers in northern England before joining the Press Association and then the Daily Telegraph, where he worked as reporter, chief reporter, executive news editor and Paris bureau chief. He was The National’s executive editor for its 2008 launch and has written regularly for this newspaper and others since returning to Europe in 2009. He has Anglo-French nationality and specialises in French politics.
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Protesters wearing yellow vests (gilets jaunes) set cars and barricade on fire as they clash with riot police. EPA
Damage to French economy mounts as 'yellow-vest' protests continue

The Bank of France estimates losses to the economy at €4.4 billion, figure some analysts fear could more than double

EconomyDecember 27, 2018
Colin Randall
Demonstrators near the Arc de Triomphe / AFP
Can Macron address France's concerns without bowing to the mob?

If a disgruntled population no longer settle for the right to vote out governments or presidents who displease them, western notions of democracy are in danger of unravelling

CommentDecember 04, 2018
Colin Randall
A Paris city worker passes by a graffiti sprayed on the side of the Arc de Triomphe which reads 'the yellow vests will triumph' as police and city employees assess the damages of the 'Yellow Vests' protest on Saturday. EPA
Macron calls crisis meeting as unrest spreads across France

French government considers new state of emergency after worst outbreak of violence for years

EuropeDecember 03, 2018
Colin Randall
French President Emmanuel Macron on a visit to Zitouna mosque in Tunis earlier this year. AFP
Macron's vision for French Islam may present him with his biggest challenge yet

Reported plans to provide state funding for places of worship mark a radical and contentious departure from secular republican principles

CommentNovember 17, 2018
Colin Randall
A Muslim prays during Ramadan at the Mosquee Ennour, one of the most important mosques in the city of Le Havre, north-western France. AFP
French Muslim youth the dominant group seeking isolation from society

Senior Catholic figure says mainly 15-year-olds to 30-year-olds rejecting French values

November 12, 2018
Colin Randall
The town sign of Ecquevilly in France. Colin Randall for The National
The ‘quiet Salafist’ town resisting French integration

While there are signs of hope in this commune west of Paris, a radical preacher’s influence lingers

EuropeNovember 11, 2018
Colin Randall
Emmanuel Macron meets with US President Donald Trump in New York on September 24, 2018, a day before the start of the UN General Assembly. AFP Photo
Macron's foreign adventures are an escape from domestic strain

UN General Assembly 2018: The French president was overwhelmingly voted into office, but he has failed to deliver a common touch

EuropeSeptember 26, 2018
Colin Randall
epa07012756 French President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting with representatives of Human rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and members of a commission to draft an 'International Declaration on Information and Democracy' at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, 11 September 2018. EPA/PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL MAXPPP OUT
Macron urged to adopt ‘Halal Tax’ for new counter-extremism body

Report calls on French leader to back levy on halal products, pilgrimages and donations

EuropeSeptember 14, 2018
Colin Randall
Judges of the International Criminal Court hear closing statements in the trial of Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda on August 28, 2018. AFP
International Criminal Court finds itself in the dock

Despite successful war crimes convictions, the court has been accused of overreach and colonial bias

EuropeSeptember 11, 2018
Colin Randall
French pop star Jain has managed to achieve the notoriously tricky with ‘Souldier’, the follow-up to her debut album. Getty
French pop star Jain on Abu Dhabi: 'The song is my homage to the city'

For Sinatra it was New York. But the city that inspired Jain to sing is Abu Dhabi. The French pop sensation tells us about her memories of life in the Emirates

MusicAugust 18, 2018
Colin Randall
FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron walks ahead of his aide Alexandre Benalla at the end of the Bastille Day military parade in Paris, France, July 14, 2018. Picture taken July 14, 2018. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo
Macron's security man puts him in a tight spot

The French interior minister is set to be questioned over handling of presidential security head’s reported rough conduct at a recent demonstration

EuropeJuly 22, 2018
Colin Randall
Antoine Griezmann, Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe celebrate after France won the 2018 World Cup. Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters
World Cup win a good start for French integration efforts

Diversity of origins in France's team reflects a multiculturalism still not widely accepted

EuropeJuly 16, 2018
Colin Randall
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives to attend a silent march to honour Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old woman stabbed to death in her Paris apartment, in Paris, France, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. AP
Le Pen’s party on the ropes after state seizes funding

France’s Rassemblement National needs to find 250,000 euro to pay obligations next month after government impounded 2 million euro in state funds

EuropeJuly 12, 2018
Colin Randall
France supporters celebrate Les Bleus 1-0 victory over Belgium during the semi-finals of the Football World Cup. AFP
France finds common cause in its multicultural football team

France's World Cup squad is evidence of the different roots and skin colours that make up the country's sometimes fractured society

EuropeJuly 11, 2018
Colin Randall
French writer and feminist activist Henda Ayari, poses during a photo session in Paris, on November 24, 2017. She told Le Parisien newspaper that she was raped by Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan. Joel Saget / AFP Photo
Accuser says Tariq Ramadan must 'recognise the truth'

Henda Ayari says Oxford professor's supporters may learn to regret their actions

EuropeJune 28, 2018
Colin Randall
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