Skip to content
Search
Human content, AI powered search.

Latest Stories

What We're Watching

Macron softens up and taps France’s future

Newly appointed French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal speaks with Mayor of Clairmarais Damien Morel during a visit to Clairmarais, northern France, January 9, 2024.

Newly appointed French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal speaks with Mayor of Clairmarais Damien Morel during a visit to Clairmarais, northern France, January 9, 2024.

Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS
Alex Kliment
By Alex KlimentJanuary 09, 2024
Alex Kliment

Alex wears a few different caps and tips them all regularly. He writes for the GZERO Daily, works as a field correspondent for GZERO's nationally syndicated TV show GZERO WORLD WITH IAN BREMMER, and writes/directs/voices GZERO's award-winning puppet satire show PUPPET REGIME. Prior to joining GZERO, Alex worked as an analyst covering Russia and broader Emerging Markets for Eurasia Group. He has also written for the Financial Times from Washington, DC, and Sao Paulo Brazil. In his spare time, he makes short films and composes scores for long ones. He studied history and Slavic literature at Columbia and has a Master's from Johns Hopkins SAIS. He's a native New Yorker, a long-suffering Mets fan, and owns too many bicycles.

See Full Bio
Make us preferred on Google

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday sacked Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne after 20 months on the job and appointed Gabriel Attal, a youthful, media-savvy former government spokesman and minister of education.

Attal, 34, is France’s youngest-ever prime minister. He is also the first openly gay man to serve in the post.

The move signals a shift for Macron, who has had a bruising second term since his 2022 reelection. After pushing through deeply unpopular pension reforms, as well as a tough immigration law that split his coalition, tapping Attal suggests Macron is moving to a milder phase of his presidency.

In the final three years of Macron’s term, experts say Attal will lead an effort to reinvigorate faith in France’s institutions by focusing on education and social issues. If Attal succeeds, he could give former PM Edouard Philippe a run for his money as the leading centrist candidate for the 2027 presidential election.

But he has a more immediate task at hand: fending off the challenge from the far-right National Rally party of Marine Le Pen ahead of this summer’s European Parliament elections. Le Pen’s campaign, run by a 28-year-old political phenom Jordan Bardella, currently leads Macron’s party by 10 points.
politicseurope

Latest Videos

The high stakes of the global AI raceplay icon
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

The high stakes of the global AI race

The race to control artificial intelligence
Ian Explains

The race to control artificial intelligence

The fight to bring Ukraine’s children home
GZERO Reports

The fight to bring Ukraine’s children home

Putin calls about the midterms
Puppet Regime

Putin calls about the midterms

The fallout from Jensen Huang’s exit from Nvidia
ask ian

The fallout from Jensen Huang’s exit from Nvidia

Can the US beat China at AI?
GZERO World Clips

Can the US beat China at AI?

More For You

Limited progress in Russia-Ukraine talks, South Africa’s AI push, Migrant caravan making its way to the US

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, November 12, 2026.

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, November 12, 2026.

REUTERS
A weak week in Ukraine diplomacyA whirlwind week of Ukraine diplomacy yielded only the faintest breeze of progress. First, US, Russian, and Ukrainian officials met in Abu Dhabi. Then US envoys met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, while Volodymyr Zelensky huddled with European leaders in Ireland. The most tangible breakthrough was a major prisoner [...]

Nvidia’s Huang resigns, Bombs threats grip Europe, Spain’s PM gets boost before election

U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang delivers a speech at an event on artificial intelligence in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024.

U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang delivers a speech at an event on artificial intelligence in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024.

Kyodo via Reuters Connect
Jensen Huang resigns as CEO of NvidiaThe co-founder of the chipmaking colossus resigned on Thursday, just days after admitting to an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. Huang’s exit sends shockwaves through the tech industry and the wider geopolitics attached to it. He was, personally, the force that made Nvidia a dominant player in AI, both as [...]

Protests in Spain ahead of elections, New Congress takes shape, El Salvador angers US officials

November 11, 2026, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain: Protesters march through Barcelona during a nationwide general strike over Spain’s housing crisis and demands for higher wages.

November 11, 2026, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain: Protesters march through Barcelona during a nationwide general strike over Spain’s housing crisis and demands for higher wages.

ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters Connect
Spaniards go on strike over housing costsSpanish workers are taking to the streets today for the country’s first general strike in 14 years, protesting against a severe housing crisis and soaring living costs. The timing might seem bad for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez – who faces snap elections on November 29 – but his government actually [...]

Exxon’s potential return to Venezuela, China’s growing influence in Papua New Guinea, Indonesian VP’s potential resignation

An Exxon gas station located at 46 Main St. in Holmdel. Gas prices are at record highs for this time of the year. Monday, September 14, 2026.

An Exxon gas station located at 46 Main St. in Holmdel. Gas prices are at record highs for this time of the year. Monday, September 14, 2026.

USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect
Venezuela: Guess who’s back?Nearly 20 years after leaving the country, Exxon is returning to Venezuela under a preliminary deal to explore production possibilities. Exxon left in 2007 after then-president Hugo Chávez changed oil contract terms and seized some of its assets. But since the US ousted Chávez’s successor, Nicolás Maduro, back in [...]