The world is watching as the country comes to terms with the end of an era and the start of an uncertain future
Six years ago, France was sad to have lost a friend from our union of European nations. Now, we French republicans feel sorrow once more – this time, coude à coude with our close neighbours as we collectively grieve not the monarchy but the passing of la Reine and the closure of this chapter in our shared contemporary history.
Agnès Poirier is a political commentator, writer and critic for the British, American and European press
