It’s stalemate in Ukraine but Putin is defeating the West in Africa
In the early hours of Saturday morning, police in Paris shot dead a Sudanese man who had threatened them with…
France’s anti-democratic streak
For the past week the airwaves in France have eulogised Robert Badinter, a name unfamiliar to many outside the Republic.…
Will the Tories be wiped out like the French Republicans?
Vote for me or you’ll end up with Keir Starmer. That was the threat from Rishi Sunak on Monday evening…
The sinister transformation of Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg spent her weekend in France supporting two environmental campaigns. On Sunday she appeared at a rally in Bordeaux…
The left can’t stand France’s new culture minister
France’s new minister of culture has promised to put an end to the creeping cancel culture that is threatening the…
Taylor Swift can’t save the EU
The EU hopes that Taylor Swift and other pop starlets will come to its rescue in June’s European elections. With…
Russia isn’t the biggest worry in Macron’s crime-ridden France
February has not started well for the European Union. On the first day of the month, furious farmers surrounded the…
France’s farmers will be back on Paris’s doorstep before long
In a week full of symbolism in France, the most striking image was the sight of armoured cars blocking the…
France’s furious farmers are marching on Paris
Paris will be under siege from 2 p.m. today as farmers intensify their protest action and attempt to cut off…
European voters are rebelling against the elites
A friend of mine intends to vote for the National Rally in June’s European Elections. That in itself is nothing…
Two weeks in, Gabriel Attal is already fighting fires
Gabriel Attal has only been in his job for two weeks but the youngest prime minister in the history of…
France’s protesting farmers have spooked Emmanuel Macron
The farmers of France are mobilising. Their anger will be an early test for Gabriel Attal; the countryside is unknown…
Katharine Birbalsingh and France’s own secularism battle
The row that has erupted at Katharine Birbalsingh’s Michaela school in north London highlights the difference in how Britain and…
Is Emmanuel Macron secretly hoping for a Trump victory?
The great and the good of this world met in Davos this week to tell each other how wonderful they…
Macron governs Paris but Le Pen rules France
There has never been a more Parisian government than the one selected by Emmanuel Macron last week. Ten of its…
How the World Economic Forum’s ‘Young Global Leaders’ find their way to the top
The French found out on Thursday evening that, under their new prime minister, nothing will change in the way their…
Gabriel Attal and the unstoppable rise of Klaus Schwab’s ‘global leaders’
The French found out on Thursday evening that, under their new prime minister, nothing will change in the way their…
France is suffering from Brexit derangement syndrome
The French media has been busy marking the third anniversary of Britain’s official departure from the EU by gleefully reporting…
Can Macron’s ‘Brutus’ PM stop Le Pen?
Emmanuel Macron has begun the new year by replacing one Socialist prime minister with another. Out goes Elisabeth Borne and…
The hypocrisy of France’s feminist movement
A cultural war has erupted in France over the iconic figure of Gérard Depardieu. The 75-year-old actor is considered one…
Why Europe’s centrists are terrified of 2024
New Year’s Eve passed off peacefully in France give or take the odd incident. There were 211 arrests in total,…
The EU isn’t serious about tackling the migrant crisis
Robert Jenrick is right: the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum is ‘not worth the paper it’s written on’.…
The slow death of Macron’s political dream
Where did it all go wrong for Emmanuel Macron? In his New Year’s Eve address of 2022, France’s president called…
Macron has been humiliated by Marine Le Pen
Marine Le Pen celebrated what she called ‘an ideological victory’ on Tuesday evening after Emmanuel Macron’s government finally had its…
