Dear readers, welcome back to the Sunday Summary, where this week we will be talking about everything except Trump! If you have been feeling overwhelmed by the seemingly endless stream of Trump headlines lately, you are not alone. The news cycle has been moving at an unbearable speed, with one controversy constantly tumbling into the next. We seem to be experiencing a classic case of what Trump, himself, calls “Flooding the Zone,”  where one saturates the media space with so many statements...

On October 29, 2025, the French Senate passed a bill introducing the notion of consent into national law, marking a major reform of the country’s approach to sexual violence. The legislation now defines consent as “ free and informed, specific, prior, and revocable, ”  and clarifies that silence or lack of resistance cannot be interpreted as consent. This means that now, under the French Penal Code, any sexual act without such consent will constitute sexual assault. This reform marked a...