Gavin Mortimer

Macron is wrong if he thinks Isis is finished

27 October 2023 6:28 pm

Emmanuel Macron has suggested the formation of an international coalition to combat Hamas similar to the one deployed against the…

Why does Macron think France should learn to live with terrorism?

24 October 2023 7:02 pm

When an Islamist extremist charged into his school in Arras, northern France, with a knife, Christian Berroyer could have hidden…

Belgium’s cowardice is preventing it from tackling its terror threat

22 October 2023 5:30 pm

Last year, a French broadcaster asked if Belgium was in danger of becoming a narco state. The question was posed…

Macron’s worrying dilemma

21 October 2023 1:37 am

For a man so keen to thrust himself onto the international stage, Emmanuel Macron has been surprisingly quiet over the…

When naivety meets terror

18 October 2023 6:55 pm

On Monday evening a service of remembrance was held in Arras cathedral in northern France. The congregation was there to…

France’s teachers are scared

16 October 2023 8:21 pm

Rarely has the publication of a book been so providential. The Teachers Are Scared was released in France last Wednesday,…

Horror in Arras: France comes under attack again

14 October 2023 1:07 am

Emmanuel Macron’s appeal for France to unite has not been heeded. Barely 12 hours after the president made his address…

France’s Jews are afraid

13 October 2023 7:22 pm

Emmanuel Macron addressed France on television on Thursday evening. It was an opportunity for the president to reiterate his support…

Qatar, Hamas and the West’s shameful silence

11 October 2023 12:40 am

The political class in France have rounded on Jean-Luc Mélenchon for his failure to condemn Hamas’s attack against Israel. The…

When will the EU take France’s Islamist concerns seriously?

6 October 2023 11:57 pm

The European Parliament hosted an event in Brussels last week entitled ‘Close Guantanamo’. It was hosted by two Irish left-wing…

Where is the western outrage at this migrant crisis?

5 October 2023 7:02 pm

Pakistan has told all unauthorised Afghan migrants that they must leave the country by the end of October. Imagine if…

Does Germany want to bring down Giorgia Meloni?

3 October 2023 5:00 pm

Is there a plot afoot to oust Giorgia Meloni as Prime Minister and replace her with someone more to the…

Paris has become the city of love, rats and bugs

1 October 2023 5:00 pm

There are said to be six million rats in Paris. I met one last week when I was retrieving some…

The war against the French police is just getting started

29 September 2023 5:49 pm

Last Saturday in Paris a police officer leapt from his car and levelled his handgun at a baying mob. The…

The Pope is wrong to criticise Europe over the migrant crisis

25 September 2023 5:19 pm

Pope Francis spent the weekend in Marseille where he admonished Europe for their attitude towards migrants. Specifically, the Pontiff took…

Oh, how Emmanuel Macron wishes he was a king!

21 September 2023 1:33 am

King Charles arrived in Paris today on the first stage of a three day state visit to France, a country…

Macron and Starmer are made for each other

19 September 2023 4:49 pm

It is Keir Starmer’s misfortune that he arrives in Paris today for a meeting with Emmanuel Macron at the moment…

Why rugby fans love to hate Macron

15 September 2023 8:53 pm

Emmanuel Macron was in Lille on Thursday evening to watch France defeat Uruguay as the Bleus made it two wins…

Europe’s migrant crisis is only going to get worse

14 September 2023 6:20 pm

It is almost three years to the day since Ursula von der Leyen gave her inaugural State of the Union…

The Colombian cartels are coming to Europe

12 September 2023 8:23 pm

In May this year 87,000 asylum applications were lodged with the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA). This was a…

Will a French coalition join forces against Le Pen at the next election?

10 September 2023 4:30 pm

Emmanuel Macron is not happy. He would love to run for a third term as president but the French constitution…

Why Macron wants to put French schoolkids back in uniform

8 September 2023 5:00 pm

The details of King Charles’ state visit to France later this month were announced on Wednesday. His Majesty’s deputy private…

What France’s rubgy racism row reveals about the French left

5 September 2023 6:45 pm

Emmanuel Macron spent Monday morning in the presence of the French rugby team and for once he spoke without ambiguity.…

Will Paris’s ban stop e-scooters killing people?

2 September 2023 6:49 pm

Rental e-scooters have been banned from Paris since Friday after residents of the French capital were asked to decide their…

The truth about the backlash to France’s abaya school ban

30 August 2023 6:47 pm

The intellectual infirmity that has laid low much of Europe’s left this century had been painfully exposed this week in…