Why is the French left so willing to excuse Hamas apologists?
One hopes that the arrest of seven suspected members of Hamas last Thursday by European police has embarrassed numerous politicians…
Why won’t Macron agree to an immigration referendum?
It is a peculiarity of the age in France that the subject that most divides the political class is the…
The ECHR has become a danger to Europe
Rishi Sunak will never stop the boats, just as Giorgia Meloni won’t nor Emmanuel Macron, not that the president of…
Macron suffers a ‘stunning’ setback over his immigration crackdown
Emmanuel Macron refused to accept the resignation of his interior minister on Monday evening after the government’s immigration bill was…
Does Macron want to make France more multicultural?
Emmanuel Macron will address France in the coming weeks in what is being billed as a ‘Message of Unity’ speech.…
Is terrorism really a mental health problem?
When news first broke of the terrorist attack last Saturday in Paris, the French government rushed out a statement describing…
France isn’t buying Macron’s excuses after the Eiffel Tower terror attack
There was more bloodshed in Paris this weekend, this time involving a man who, prosecutors claim, had pledged allegiance to the…
Hell is the 2024 Paris Olympics
The motto for the 2024 Paris Olympics is ‘Games Wide Open’, which as far as irony goes is worthy of…
The EU is in denial about stopping the boats
The Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling is the latest EU initiative to address the continent’s migrant crisis. Unveiled in…
Macron’s France is trapped in a cycle of violence
On Monday, the spokesman for Emmanuel Macron’s government, Olivier Véran, visited the village of Crépol in south-eastern France. A fortnight…
The EU has only itself to blame for Geert Wilders
On the same day that the Dutch went to the polls my teenage daughter went to Strasbourg on a school…
The ugly side of the European left
Dutch politics got a blast from the past on Monday when a right-wing politician was assaulted. The country goes to…
What France gets right about assimilation
Among the crimes of Suella Braverman, the now former Home Secretary, was a speech she gave in Washington at the…
Is Nigel Farage having a Marine le Pen makeover?
In the week that David Cameron returned to government and Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan came a cropper, Nigel Farage has…
Macron has lost all credibility on Israel-Palestine
It has been a bruising few days for Emmanuel Macron. It began last Friday when he gave an interview to…
The shallow solidarity of saying ‘we’re all Jews’
Over 100,000 French citizens marched peacefully through their cities on Sunday. They did so to show their support for the…
Britain must stand up for its Jews
In his speech to parliament on Tuesday, King Charles declared that Britain was ‘committed’ to tackling anti-Semitism. His remarks were…
The frightening bigotry of the French left
France’s most infamous antisemite is back in the headlines. At the weekend, the president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella,…
French Jews live in fear of the far left
One of the most shocking images in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in 2001 was the sight of Palestinians…
Macron is wrong if he thinks Isis is finished
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?
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
Last year, a French broadcaster asked if Belgium was in danger of becoming a narco state. The question was posed…
Macron’s worrying dilemma
For a man so keen to thrust himself onto the international stage, Emmanuel Macron has been surprisingly quiet over the…
When naivety meets terror
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
Rarely has the publication of a book been so providential. The Teachers Are Scared was released in France last Wednesday,…
