Macron may well win. But Macronism is dead
President Emmanuel Macron was in an expansive mood this week as he commandeered the splendid beaux arts Grand Palais in…
Power fail: French tantrum diplomacy is wearing thin
It’s hard for tabloid journalists to engage in mad hyperbole when politicians seem all too willing to do it for…
Eric Zemmour is eating Marine Le Pen alive
French opinion polls are best taken with a generous bucket of sel de Guérande but this evening’s drop of a…
Macron is playing Eric Zemmour’s tune
In a big speech yesterday, Macron presented himself in almost Nixonian terms as guardian of law and order. He said…
Hidalgo has trashed Paris. Can she do the same for France?
Anne Hidalgo, the socialist mayor of Paris, whose reign has submerged the city in debt and rubbish, is the latest…
Macron is terrible. Nobody can beat him
At the beginning of the pandemic, I advanced here the theory that having declared war on Covid, the virus could…
France's provocateur is coming to London
Five years ago, London’s affluent French poured their dosh into the campaign of Emmanuel Macron. This time around, supporters of…
Liberté, égalité, vacciné: France’s Covid passport revolt is just beginning
France’s revolt against Covid passports is just beginning
No vax, no vote? Macron's vaccine passport plan sparks fury
Will it be necessary to produce a passe sanitaire (vaccination passport) to be allowed to vote in France? With 221…
Macron's Covid crackdown is a risky bet
Will the French accept compulsory vaccination against Covid? Health passports to get on a plane or train? Children of 12…
The electoral humiliation of Macron and Le Pen
Five years ago, Emmanuel Macron was ‘en marche’ to his improbable ascent to the presidency of France. Last night, having…
France's silent majority has rejected Macron – and Le Pen
I popped down to the Salle du Peuple on Sunday to see how the voting was going in the departmental…
Why Boris is loved by the French
Boris Johnson is more popular in France than Emmanuel Macron, which might not be a high hurdle to overcome, since…
Boring Barnier won't be the next French president
Let me go out on a limb here and predict that Michel Barnier, who is trying to rekindle his modest…
The real problem with Macron’s elite school
President Emmanuel Macron announced today the closure of the notorious École Nationale d’Administration, the elite finishing school for the senior…
Macron's latest lockdown fiasco
On New Year’s Eve, Emmanuel Macron promised France an economic revival by the Spring. Cancel that. Instead, as the intensive…
The provocative writer who could be the next French president
The French journalist who could unseat President Macron
Nicolas Sarkozy and a very French corruption scandal
Nicolas Sarkozy, 66, President of France from 2007 to 2012, currently a valued member of Emmanuel Macron’s informal council of…
#MeTooInceste: has France’s code of silence finally been broken?
The sex abuse scandal rocking the French elite
France vs Islamism: how does Macron hope to prosecute his war?
How does Macron hope to prosecute his war?
Terror in France: the beheading of Samuel Paty
The decapitation of middle school teacher Samuel Paty, 46, by an Islamist in a suburb of Paris yesterday is not…
Tiphaine Auzière and the panic inside the Élysée
Will the presidency of Emmanuel Macron open the door to a political dynasty in France? He has no children, so…
Will Macron’s new sidekick help him get re-elected?
Is France’s latest prime minister just another fall guy?
Is Macron Boris's best friend now?
If Emmanuel Macron is intending to extract a pound of flesh from the United Kingdom as the price of Brexit,…
Macron has lost the coronavirus war
France is to be locked down until 11 May, and possibly longer. Whether the credibility of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency can…
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