France
The Bataclan trial is forcing France to confront some difficult questions
It’s a stroke of good fortune for France that Salah Abdeslam is a coward. Had he not been he would…
The case against Aukus
The case against Aukus
The beauty of the Normandy memorial
As the cross-Channel ferry noses into Ouistreham, I have a perfect view westward along the D-Day beaches. The excitement of…
The EU should keep out of France's spat with Australia
Ursula von der Leyen has demanded a full investigation. EU officials are considering pulling out of technology talks with the…
Biden is losing Nato
The forming of the Australia-UK-US (Aukus) military alliance in the Pacific shows how everything Trump can say, Biden can do.…
The real reason France was excluded from Aukus
The fallout from Australia’s cancellation of its submarine contract with France and the new trilateral Indo-Pacific security pact between Australia,…
Aukus is a disaster for the EU
It is hard to overstate the importance of the so-called Aukus alliance between the US, the UK and Australia —…
I rather enjoy my chemotherapy sessions
With a French health card everything is free for us cancer patients, even taxis to and from the hospital. ‘This…
Macron's ambitions have been torpedoed by Aukus
Today France is outraged. First, explicitly because Australia has broken a large contract to have a French company design their…
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…
A tale of refugees from ‘Brexit Britain’
In the New Year I was introduced to a couple who had fled Britain impulsively on New Year’s Eve with…
The West's Islamist capitulation
On Monday, Tony Blair addressed a military think tank in London and stated that the West should continue to intervene…
Was I the picture of evil incarnate?
Not long after Catriona and I first met, her husband painted my head and shoulders portrait in oils as I…
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…
Is the EU trying to hamstring the French military?
Much recent discussion has focussed on the collapse of Afghanistan and the decline of the West. The humiliating American-led Western…
Anne Hidalgo’s socialist reign of error in Paris
A photograph, taken in June 2014, has become emblematic of Anne Hidalgo’s Socialist rule of Paris. In the picture stands…
France is nervous about welcoming a wave of Afghan refugees
Emmanuel Macron has once more infuriated many in France, but this time it has nothing to do with Covid passports…
Liberté, égalité, vacciné: France’s Covid passport revolt is just beginning
France’s revolt against Covid passports is just beginning
From ferreter to animal-rights champion
I was sitting quite still at the typewriter when a plump mouse emerged from under the fridge and crossed the…
Macron's vaccine passport is uniting French anti-fascists and nationalists
Saturday was what is known in France as the Chassé-croisé, the busiest day of the year on the roads, when…
Turning the tide: how to deal with Britain’s new migrant crisis
How Britain can stem the stream of illegal arrivals
Foucault was shielded from scandal by French reverence for intellectuals
Consider the hare and the hyena. The hare, Clement of Alexandria told readers of his 2nd-century sexual self-help manual Paedagogus,…
Macron's war on Covid meets resistance
A manager of an attraction park in France was reportedly assaulted on Sunday after he denied entry to a customer.…
Emmanuel Macron’s dangerous infantilisation of the French
From St Tropez to La Rochelle to Deauville, there is a familiar sight this summer in many of France’s most…
