Macron has unleashed political chaos on France
It is difficult to see how France will emerge from next month’s election peacefully. Flames are licking at the edges…
Can a ragtag coalition stop Marine Le Pen?
The left in France may not be much good at winning elections but they are excellent when it comes to…
How France’s shy Le Pen voters caused a political earthquake
Emmanuel Macron visited Oradour-sur-Glane on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary since the village in central France was liquidated by SS…
French voters have delivered a damning verdict on Macron
I sensed something significant was going to unfold on Sunday as I took my morning coffee at our village café.…
Macron’s snap election is his biggest gamble yet
Emmanuel Macron tonight dissolved France’s National Assembly and announced there will be new parliamentary elections with the first round of…
The 28-year-old who legitimised Marine Le Pen
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally – formerly the National Front – is expected to triumph for a third time running…
Why are Europe’s progressives often intolerant?
For Robert Fico it was a bullet, for Nigel Farage it was a milkshake. The targeting of both men demonstrates the…
The political appropriation of D-Day
If there is one place to avoid this week it is Normandy. The global elite are in town to commemorate…
Was Farage inspired by the rise of Le Pen?
The last time Nigel Farage stood for parliament was in 2015. He wasn’t elected, and it was his seventh failure…
Bashing Brexit won’t help Macron defeat Le Pen
The Prime Minister of France has warned his people that any form of Frexit would leave them weeping into their…
Why are French politicians obsessed with world war two?
War talk is all the rage in France. The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza are often cited, but the war…
France has become Europe’s Wild West
New Caledonia must not become the ‘Wild West’ declared Emmanuel Macron last week during his flying visit to the Pacific…
Why Le Pen is happy to cut ties with the AfD
This evening French television broadcasts a live debate between prime minister Gabriel Attal and Jordan Bardella. The president of the…
Men in tights: football’s next problem?
It was 21° celsius in London on Sunday so it was curious to see Everton’s Idrissa Gueye wearing tights underneath…
The far right isn’t the only threat ahead of the European elections
In France, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Hungary and Austria parties described by their foes as ‘far-right’ are on course for…
Is Putin causing trouble for Macron in New Caledonia?
Five people have now been killed and scores wounded in the New Caledonia insurgency as Emmanuel Macron struggles to restore…
France is spiralling out of control
The cold-blooded execution of two prison guards at a Normandy motorway toll on Tuesday has shocked France. It is for…
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…
