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…
Why is the New York Times celebrating slave-trading Vikings?
Norway play the Ivory Coast later today in the first knockout phase of the World Cup, and one suspects the…
France’s ideological war on air conditioning
America is to blame for the heatwave that has caused so much misery in France in the last fortnight. Audrey…
Britain has become the weak man of Europe on border control
Britain and France have rewritten the ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal nearly a year after it came into effect.…
France is braced for World Cup violence
France kick off their World Cup campaign today against Senegal – and it seems almost inevitable that, win or lose,…
Should Europe shelter Sudan’s refugees?
The Sudanese man who is in custody in Belfast settled in the city after travelling through Paris and Dublin. In…
Why would France help Britain stop the boats?
It is nearly a year since Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron agreed their ‘ground-breaking’ deal to stop the small boats…
France’s migration crisis will outlast Emmanuel Macron
France has maxed out on migrants. It’s a message that Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party has been pushing for…
France could block Britain from rejoining the EU
Labour’s dream of rejoining the European Union may be an ambition to warm the heart of Emmanuel Macron but it…
The EU is in terminal decline. Why would Britain rejoin?
Wes Streeting believes it was a ‘catastrophic mistake’ for Britain to leave the EU. If he becomes prime minister, Streeting…
Was Macron slapped because of this Iranian actress?
It was the slap that shook the world. Not so much from shock but laughter, as cameras caught the Macrons…
France is throwing a tantrum at Trump
France is intensifying its counter-offensive against what it calls misinformation. Earlier this month, Paris prosecutors confirmed they have opened a…
France isn’t ready for its first openly gay president
France is ready to elect its first openly gay president. That is the belief of Gabriel Attal, who discusses his…
Starmer and Macron’s desperate bid for global relevance
Iran has declared that the Strait of Hormuz is ‘completely open’ in an announcement that has been welcomed by Donald…
Europe must play the small boat people smugglers at their own game
Belgium is becoming the new point of departure for the gangs who traffic migrants across the Channel to England. It…
France’s migration hypocrisy
Four migrants drowned in the Channel yesterday when they were swept away by strong currents. The two men and two…
Britain should brace itself for a small boat surge
According to a report in the French press today, the border between France and the United Kingdom is ‘at risk…
Old France defies the far-left – but for how much longer?
The left achieved a rare success in Paris on Sunday with the victory of Emmanuel Grégoire in the capital’s mayoral…
Marine Le Pen’s rise seems unstoppable
The first round of voting in France’s municipal elections has laid bare the country’s deep fractures. In a turnout of…
Labour’s lawfare has broken British army morale
A French soldier was killed on Thursday evening in the Erbil region of Iraq. In announcing the death of chief…
