The Normandy prisoner escape shines a light on France’s criminal underworld
‘Sometimes when we turn on the television we get the impression that nothing’s going well in France,’ Emmanuel Macron said…
France is waking up to the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood. Is Britain?
Donald Trump made headlines this month when he claimed that London and Paris are no longer recognisable because ‘they have…
Macron is deluded if he thinks he can persuade Xi to change
Try as he might Emmanuel Macron and his party are unable to arrest the popularity of the National Rally. A…
Draft dodgers are undermining Ukraine’s plea for help
Emmanuel Macron warned recently that Europe is in ‘mortal danger’. The French president said that Russia cannot be allowed to win…
No, the war in Gaza is not like Vietnam
America’s National Public Radio (NPR) this week likened the 2024 student protests in campuses across the USA to those of…
Von der Leyen can’t buy her way out of the migrant crisis
Elections have a wonderful way of focusing a politician’s mind. So it is with Rishi Sunak and the Tories, who…
Why Britain’s Rwanda Bill has rattled Emmanuel Macron
Britain’s Rwanda Bill has exposed the deep divisions in France between how the people and the political elite regard mass…
Who asked France’s celebrities for political advice?
Since 2012, the French actor Omar Sy has lived in Los Angeles. One of his houses has included a sprawling…
A tide of Euroscepticism is sweeping France
Britons should be fearful of Tony Blair’s call to the Labour party to ‘reset’ relations with the EU. The former…
Have Londoners forgotten how to stand up to anti-Semites?
There are some among the tens of thousands who march through London each week who genuinely seek peace in Gaza.…
Iran should be banned from the Paris Olympics
Few would disagree with Ben Wallace’s description of Iran as a ‘bully’. The former defence secretary made his comments earlier…
Why is the mayor of Tehran welcome in Brussels but not Nigel Farage?
‘How do you think this looks to the rest of the world?’ asked Nigel Farage as police attempted to shut…
France and Britain have both shamefully neglected the white working class
Emmanuel Macron told a communist newspaper earlier this year that he didn’t consider Marine le Pen’s National Rally part of…
Germanophobia is growing in France
There was a time earlier this century when few politicians in France would dare criticise Germany. The country was the…
Macron vs Putin: this summer’s Olympic battle
Dixmont, Yonne Last summer, Emmanuel Macron lashed out at France’s constitution because it prevents him from running for a third…
The EU’s migrant pact is worthless
It has been a bloody April in France. Last week a 13-year-old girl of Algerian origin was beaten unconscious, allegedly by her…
The plot to bring down Emmanuel Macron
Last week Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the Olympic aquatic centre that will host the swimming and diving events at this summer’s…
France’s schools are succumbing to the Islamist threat
A 13-year-old Muslim girl was beaten unconscious outside her school gates in Montpellier in southern France on Tuesday. Her mother…
A leftist revolution won’t stop Marine Le Pen
A well-known French radio comedian recently suggested an armed revolution in the event Marine Le Pen is elected President in…
The alarming rise of the middle-aged terrorist
Police in Paris last week arrested a man suspected of planning an attack against a church. That in itself was…
The French want weed, not wine
Across France this Easter families will gather to eat, drink and, in many cases, smoke drugs. There are five million…
Europe must tighten its borders to combat the Islamist threat
Europe is on a state of high alert after Friday’s Islamist attack in Moscow that left 137 concertgoers dead. France…
Can Macron halt the ‘Mexicanisation’ of France?
Emmanuel Macron showed off his virility this week with the release of two photos in which he is seen giving…
Putin is as deluded about the Islamist threat as the West
From the outset it was obvious to seasoned observers who massacred more than 130 Russians at a concert hall Moscow…
