Is Isis preparing to exploit Europe’s open borders?
There is a growing sense of unease in France that a new wave of Islamist terrorism will soon break over…
Berlusconi was the first leader to glimpse the looming migrant crisis
Silvio Berlusconi should be remembered for more than just his passion for football and sex. He was the first European…
The betrayal of Annecy
The Green mayor of Annecy, François Astorg, declared a fortnight ago that his town in the south-east of France was ‘a…
France comes under attack again
What kind of man walks into a park on a summer’s day and randomly stabs and slashes at toddlers? That is…
The European left’s fascism fantasy
France, Sweden, Italy, Finland and now Spain. The demise of the left in western Europe continues apace and yet their…
France’s failure to tackle migration is a warning to the Tories
Perhaps the most illuminating comment made by Nigel Farage during his discussion with Fraser Nelson on Spectator TV earlier this…
French sport has been plunged into crisis
The head of the French Olympic Committee has resigned just over a year out from the Games’ opening in Paris.…
Does a ‘Pride progress’ flag really make rugby more inclusive?
The Rugby Football Union will fly the ‘Pride Progress’ flag at Twickenham this weekend, when a World XV team play…
Is a referendum the answer to solving France’s migrant crisis?
Paris has a problem. The city currently houses some 5,000 migrants in hotels, much to the chagrin of the capital’s…
Is Macron losing France’s war on drugs?
The story that dominated much of the French media last week was the vicious assault of a shopkeeper in Amiens. A…
Is Macron finally taking on the cult of Net Zero?
Hell hath no fury like an environmentalist scorned and Emmanuel Macron has felt a wave of green wrath since his…
Unrest is growing in Macron’s febrile France
Across Europe the numbers are soaring. In Britain, net migration figures are expected to near one million when the figures…
Macron remains in denial over Europe’s migrant crisis
Tuesday was ‘Europe Day’, or as the European Union proclaimed on its website, the occasion to ‘celebrate peace and unity’…
Macron, not Meloni, is to blame for Europe’s migrant crisis
France and Germany have fallen out again after the French interior minister Gérald Darmanin accused Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni of…
Does the UN want to defund the French police?
My first instinct was to check the date: was it actually April 1st on Monday? On realising there was no…
Marine Le Pen is revelling in the mayhem of Macron
It is almost six years to the day since Marine Le Pen went head to head with Emmanuel Macron in…
France’s crackdown on illegal immigrants comes unstuck
In the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, France is getting tough on illegal immigrants. Authorities launched Operation Wuambushu (Take Back)…
Can Meloni and Sunak unite to tackle Europe’s migrant crisis?
The number keep rising. Italy’s Interior Ministry announced at the weekend that 35,085 migrants have arrived on their shores this…
Macron has left Marseille at the mercy of violent drug gangs
Five months and counting until France hosts the Rugby World Cup. For England supporters, the tournament kicks off at the…
Does Macron regret celebrating Lula’s Brazilian victory?
The headline in the Guardian could not have spelt it out more clearly: ‘World leaders rush to congratulate Lula on…
The French left is becoming anti-woke
Nearly one in two left-wing voters in France believes the country has too many immigrants. When the same polling company…
Is Giorgia Meloni stoking Britain’s migrant crisis?
In the last week over 1,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel, which is twice the number of people that…
The French left is in thrall to violence
Since the middle of March in France, 1,247 Gendarmes, police and fire fighters have been injured in the line of…
France’s Boomers have a lot to answer for
Paris has banned e-scooters after the people were asked to vote in a referendum. Not many of the capital’s 1.38…
Did Brexit save Britain from France’s fate?
Stéphane Rozès, the author of a book entitled ‘Chaos’, was on French radio this week receiving congratulations for being a…
