France

Portrait of the week: Twitter takeover, late nights for pubs and a row over leg-crossing

30 April 2022 9:00 am

Home Ben Wallace, the Defence Secretary, said Britain assessed that 15,000 Russians had been killed in the war against Ukraine…

The relentless march of Europe’s zombie centrists

26 April 2022 4:00 pm

Journalists rarely had it so easy as when it came to writing up the final result of the French presidential…

France is eternally divided

25 April 2022 11:30 pm

A lot happened in France last night. After a lacklustre performance, long disillusioned supporters were unable to summon any enthusiasm…

Where does Macron go from here?

25 April 2022 6:00 pm

The French do not want Emmanuel Macron’s party to win in the National Assembly, at least according to polls taken at…

Forget Le Pen 2027

25 April 2022 5:30 pm

If Emmanuel Macron has any sense he will be back in the office this morning. Sunday night’s celebratory shindig was…

Apres Macron, the radical left?

25 April 2022 6:29 am

Bof! That useful French word – an older and slightly less irritating version of the American-English ‘meh’ – is how…

The French have voted for the lesser of two evils

25 April 2022 4:30 am

Few scenes of jubilation as Emmanuel Macron was re-elected President. French voters held their noses and voted without evident enthusiasm…

Is this the end of Marine Le Pen?

24 April 2022 4:00 pm

Today’s election in France is likely to be a joyless, miserable affair for the electors who will dutifully turn out.…

Will Russia sink Le Pen?

23 April 2022 8:00 pm

Paris, France Marine Le Pen has changed her image. Five years ago, the veteran far-right leader lost her second bid…

Narcissist vs fantasist: France’s gruesome choice

23 April 2022 9:00 am

France faces a gruesome choice

Macron vs Le Pen debate: le verdict

21 April 2022 8:30 am

Who won Wednesday night’s debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen depends on who is doing the scoring. In…

Le Pen drives Paris mad. That’s why her voters love her

21 April 2022 1:30 am

When asked to define Marine Le Pen in a single word, a majority of French people came up with ‘cats’…

How much did Emily Maitlis cost licence fee payers?

16 April 2022 9:00 am

Off duty How many non-doms are there in the UK? – In the year ending 2020, 75,700 people filled in…

The French election should be a warning for Boris

16 April 2022 9:00 am

In just over a week’s time, Emmanuel Macron will most likely win a second term. He has the opponent he…

The real danger Marine Le Pen poses to the EU

15 April 2022 4:00 pm

As the French Presidentielle hots up for the final vote on Sunday week, both Macron and Le Pen are fighting…

The French elite are playing into Le Pen’s hands

13 April 2022 8:12 pm

The cry of ‘aux barricades’ is reverberating around France as the country’s political elite rush to form a Republican Front.…

Even if he wins Macron could be facing disaster

13 April 2022 4:00 pm

Unaccustomed as political scientists are to florid language, they have nevertheless come up with the ‘theory of the dyke’, to…

French election: The country is divided

11 April 2022 4:28 pm

So it’s Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen once again, and for many millions of French that is a deeply…

Like him or loathe him, Macron is Europe's driving force

11 April 2022 5:48 am

If you want to know why Marine Le Pen almost certainly won’t win the French presidency on 24 April, listen…

The mysteries and rituals of French democracy

10 April 2022 4:00 pm

Montpellier I have never voted in an election for president of France, not being French. But as a councillor in…

The strange revival of France’s Jean-Luc Mélenchon

9 April 2022 8:50 pm

Jean-Luc Mélenchon is on the march once more, rising up the polls and laying bare the ineptitude of the Socialist…

Progressives vs populists: Macron, Orban and Europe’s faultline

9 April 2022 9:00 am

It’s the progressives vs the populists, Macron vs Orban

Macron has taken this election for granted

7 April 2022 5:11 pm

Things are going from bad to worse for Emmanuel Macron, and for the first time political commentators in France are…

Could Marine Le Pen actually win?

6 April 2022 5:34 pm

Emmanuel Macron is worried. This wasn’t how he had envisaged the election. A month ago the president of France held…

Was another tragic Jewish death covered up in France?

5 April 2022 10:49 pm

Not for the first time in France the death of a Jew is dominating the news, and not for the…