Most economists believe that strict rent controls deter the production and maintenance of rental housing. In a Métropolitiques essay, Loïc Bonneval challenged this consensus. Bonneval claimed that France’s severe interwar rent controls had little effect on the profitability of real estate...

This chapter covers the Empty Chair crisis, the context of events leading up to the crisis, and its impact and implications on European integration. It begins with an account of the events leading up to the crisis, which was triggered by the 1965 EEC Council meeting. The issue to be solved was...

The French academic landscape has been increasingly confronted with contentious debates surrounding the concept of "Islamo-leftism" and the potential influence of foreign states in higher education and research institutions. This paper intends to provide a snapshot introduction to these issues,...