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PRESENTS

SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT

A SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEWSLETTER

“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” —H. W. Longfellow

Charles de Gaulle once asked, “How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?” The fate of Europe might depend on the answer. From the archive, authors reflect on France militant, diverse, and Christian.

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APRIL 2019 ● BY PETER HITCHENS

A CERTAIN IDEA OF FRANCE ([link removed])

De Gaulle represented the steely warlike France, summoned up by Bonaparte and again a century later at Verdun.

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SEPTEMBER 2016 ● BY VEERY HULEATT

BURKINIS, ANABAPTISTS, AND LIVING ONE’S FAITH ([link removed])

France is forcing a choice: To be French, or to be Muslim.

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JUNE/JULY 2025 ● BY ÉRIC ZEMMOUR

SAVING CHRISTIAN EUROPE ([link removed])
In Europe, and especially in France, wokeism has allied with Islam.

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