How Eurosceptics seized power over the French left
In Britain it was the Tories who tore themselves apart over Europe, but in France it is the left for…
Riven gauche
Can Mélenchon unite the French left?
Forget Le Pen 2027
If Emmanuel Macron has any sense he will be back in the office this morning. Sunday night’s celebratory shindig was…
The gloves are off for Macron and Le Pen
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen clash tomorrow evening in an eagerly anticipated live television debate. The president has been…
Who would want to lead such an angry France?
It was a day of protest in Paris on Saturday and I made it to four of the five demonstrations.…
The French elite are playing into Le Pen’s hands
The cry of ‘aux barricades’ is reverberating around France as the country’s political elite rush to form a Republican Front.…
French election: The country is divided
So it’s Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen once again, and for many millions of French that is a deeply…
The strange revival of France’s Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Jean-Luc Mélenchon is on the march once more, rising up the polls and laying bare the ineptitude of the Socialist…
The faultline
It’s the progressives vs the populists, Macron vs Orban
Macron has taken this election for granted
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?
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?
Not for the first time in France the death of a Jew is dominating the news, and not for the…
Macron is the Messiah for French millennials
Emmanuel Macron welcomed the faithful to Paris on Saturday at a rally in the west of the capital. I know…
What progressives can learn from France’s straight-talking communists
The latest poll has France’s socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo on 1.5 per cent. This is the party that won the presidential…
Could Le Pen snatch victory from Macron?
When the attacks commence it’s clear that Marine Le Pen’s enemies are unnerved. For months – actually make that five…
Will Macron surrender to the mob?
It has been a torrid few days in France. In the early hours of Saturday morning, a former Argentine rugby…
France is strong where Britain and America are weak
Emmanuel Macron unveiled his campaign manifesto in a carefully orchestrated press conference on Thursday and his pledges to cut taxes…
Could France’s ‘forgotten’ voters hand Le Pen victory?
A short war in Ukraine would not suit Emmanuel Macron. The longer it lasts the longer the president of France…
Why are British soldiers deserting to fight in Ukraine?
When my brother was an infantry officer in the early 1990s the soldiers under his command were hard men. Most…
British fighters in Ukraine are brave but misguided
The first British volunteers have arrived in Ukraine to ‘do their bit’ in thwarting the Russian invasion. According to reports…
Putin’s invasion has collapsed the French right
At the time it probably felt like a good idea for Marine Le Pen’s campaign team. A photo of her…
What’s behind the wave of French police suicides?
Since Russia invaded Ukraine last week the western media has focused on little else. In Britain this concentration is understandable:…
Is the New York Times right to say Muslims are fleeing France?
Has the New York Times found a new bête noire? It was for a number of years Britain, damned for…
Why the French right prefer Putin to progressives
Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Moscow last week was reminiscent of a trip made by Charles de Gaulle to the Russian…
Might Macron’s future rest with the England rugby team?
After two rounds of the Six Nations, France is the only unbeaten team. Their victory against Ireland in a ferocious…
