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,…
Horror in Arras: France comes under attack again
Emmanuel Macron’s appeal for France to unite has not been heeded. Barely 12 hours after the president made his address…
France’s Jews are afraid
Emmanuel Macron addressed France on television on Thursday evening. It was an opportunity for the president to reiterate his support…
Qatar, Hamas and the West’s shameful silence
The political class in France have rounded on Jean-Luc Mélenchon for his failure to condemn Hamas’s attack against Israel. The…
When will the EU take France’s Islamist concerns seriously?
The European Parliament hosted an event in Brussels last week entitled ‘Close Guantanamo’. It was hosted by two Irish left-wing…
Where is the western outrage at this migrant crisis?
Pakistan has told all unauthorised Afghan migrants that they must leave the country by the end of October. Imagine if…
Does Germany want to bring down Giorgia Meloni?
Is there a plot afoot to oust Giorgia Meloni as Prime Minister and replace her with someone more to the…
Paris has become the city of love, rats and bugs
There are said to be six million rats in Paris. I met one last week when I was retrieving some…
The war against the French police is just getting started
Last Saturday in Paris a police officer leapt from his car and levelled his handgun at a baying mob. The…
The Pope is wrong to criticise Europe over the migrant crisis
Pope Francis spent the weekend in Marseille where he admonished Europe for their attitude towards migrants. Specifically, the Pontiff took…
