The dark horse who stands to benefit from France’s riots
Marine Le Pen is the political winner from the anarchy that erupted in France at the weekend. A poll conducted…
France is far too soft on crime
France experienced its first night of calm since the weekend on Monday evening after the imposition of curfews in several…
The truth about the anarchy in France
France has had its share of riots in recent years but the scenes of urban warfare that erupted on Saturday…
France’s schools protest has been hijacked
This is not going to be an easy week for the French police. More than 200,000 people are expected on…
Do France’s pupil protestors have a point?
On 21 September, pupils at the Lycée Saint-Exupéry in Créteil, south-east of Paris, staged a protest. They had a list…
Will France’s school protest movement spread?
The government of France held a crisis meeting yesterday afternoon as a school protest movement intensified in violence. On Wednesday,…
The ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal was always doomed to fail
So the ‘one in, one out’ deal is dead. Quelle surprise – as the French might say. Since the initiative was…
Will anti-Semitism allegations bring down Jordan Bardella?
Jordan Bardella has described as ‘delusional’ accusations he railed against Jews at the start of his political career. The 31-year-old…
Marine Le Pen’s Muslim headscarf ban is popular, not populist
Marine Le Pen has promised to ban women wearing Muslim headscarves if she becomes president next year. The leader of…
The fight for France’s future is underway
The fight for France is underway. The 2027 presidential campaign began last night as the leading candidates clashed in a…
Why the French hate Parisians
Five million people live in Brittany but each summer the population swells to three times that figure. It seems that…
Will the heatwaves make this year’s French wines better?
It has been a punishing summer in France. Heatwaves, drought and forest fires have driven away tourists and made life…
Why are more women trying to cross the Channel?
More than 190 hectares of coastal vegetation were destroyed by fire over the weekend in a region just south of…
Emmanuel Macron is an embarrassment to France
France’s under-15s can carry on using social media after a parliamentary ban was struck down by the Republic’s constitutional council…
The Ceuta chaos could make Marine Le Pen president
European Union interior ministers will hold an emergency video conference on Tuesday to discuss last week’s events in Spain’s North…
The EU has failed to get a grip on Europe’s wildfires
Europe is burning. From France to Spain, from Portugal to Greece, and even in Britain, the continent has been engulfed by…
Macron and his diplomats can’t help talking down Americans
Diplomatic relations between France and the USA are more strained than ever following a row at the United Nations. The…
Europe is under attack
Three women were stabbed in central Paris on Monday by a man who allegedly told police he had been ‘sent by Allah’.…
Macron could’ve done more to stop the Bordeaux fires
Firefighters in France have spent the weekend trying to save Bordeaux from an immense conflagration. On Monday morning, the city’s…
Macron won’t stop at a social media ban for children
France has become the first EU country to ban social media access for under 15s. The National Assembly passed a…
Will assisted dying be Macron’s final legacy?
France’s National Assembly passed a bill on Wednesday granting terminally ill adults the right to end their lives with medical…
France’s World Cup failure will devastate Emmanuel Macron
Few in France will have been as devastated by their team’s defeat in last night’s World Cup semi-final as Emmanuel…
The violent rage of North African hooligans
A police officer was hospitalized on Thursday night in London as Moroccans vented their fury at losing to France in…
Will Le Pen run for president wearing an ankle tag?
Marine Le Pen has failed to overturn her conviction for misusing EU funds. On Tuesday afternoon a court in Paris…
Why is Giorgia Meloni courting Emmanuel Macron?
Emmanuel Macron has lost a friend in Keir Starmer. The French President paid tribute to the outgoing British Prime Minister…
