Is it too late to Make Europe Great Again?
A poll published last week by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) found that much of the world is relishing the…
How France’s Jimmy Savile also got away with his evil
This week nine more charges of sexual abuse were levelled against Abbé Pierre, the late French Roman Catholic priest who…
Why has Trump invited Zemmour – and not Le Pen – to his inauguration?
There will be two politicians from France in Washington next week to see Donald Trump sworn in as president –…
The plot to ban X in France
Clara Chappaz is the minister delegate for Artificial Intelligence and the digital economy in the government of Emmanuel Macron. At…
Spain is stoking Europe’s migrant crisis
The new year in Spain began much as the old one ended, with a huge influx of illegal immigrants arriving…
France’s problem is Algeria – not Elon Musk
Emmanuel Macron has a problem and its name is not Elon Musk. It is interference of an altogether more dangerous…
When will Britain wake up to the Islamist threat?
A poll this week in France found that 78 per cent of respondents are in favour of proscribing the wearing of Muslim…
Why do the left mock the dead?
It was party time in Paris and elsewhere in France on Tuesday evening as hundreds of people celebrated the death…
There’s something hypocritical about Macron attacking Musk
Europe’s leaders rounded on Elon Musk on Monday as the American tech billionaire continued to air his views on the…
Ten years on and is France still ‘Je suis Charlie’?
Today marks ten years since two brothers walked into the office of Charlie Hebdo and shot dead most of the staff. It…
Why is Gisele Pelicot a hero but not the girls of Rochdale?
A poll in France has named Gisele Pelicot as the country’s person of the year for the courage and dignity she displayed…
Could Emmanuel Macron be Elon Musk’s next target?
Days before Christmas, the BBC published an article on its website headlined ‘Elon Musk’s curious fixation with Britain’. The broadcaster…
Democracy is rotting in Europe
Last Friday, America announced sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili, a Georgian tycoon who made his fortune in Russia in the 1990s.…
The problem with rugby union
Rugby union has always attracted a certain type, the ‘play hard, party hard’ sort. I remember a former teammate –…
Is this Emmanuel Macron’s last Christmas as president?
Emmanuel Macron will deliver his traditional New Year’s Eve message to France next week, an event that one imagines is…
Le Pen’s success this year is a warning to the Tories
Nigel Farage was in fine fettle when he appeared on GB News on Tuesday evening. He boasted of his weekend…
The remarkable courage of Gisèle Pelicot
Justice was served on Dominique Pelicot today when an Avignon court found him guilty of raping his ex-wife, Gisèle, over a…
Macron has become a liability for the EU
It’s been a year to forget for Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz. The German Chancellor’s coalition collapsed last month and…
Macron is powerless against his enemies
So farewell Michel Barnier, the man who will now be best remembered not as the suave face of the EU…
How long will Macron’s latest prime minister last?
Emmanuel Macron has appointed the veteran centrist Francois Bayrou as his fourth prime minister of the year. First elected as…
Macron governs only for himself
Emmanuel Macron will this afternoon host the leaders of France’s political parties as he searches for his fourth prime minister…
France has had enough of Germany’s bullying
There was one person missing in Paris on Saturday evening as France celebrated the resurrection of Notre Dame cathedral. The…
Donald Trump was right about Paris
Donald Trump is in Paris today to attend the official reopening of the renovated Notre Dame cathedral. The president-elect has…
Emmanuel Macron is about to be humiliated – again
Emmanuel Macron addressed the French people on Thursday night and once again ruled out the possibility he will resign before…
Macron’s France is no longer fit for purpose
Emmanuel Macron will address the French people this evening, 24 hours after parliament passed a vote of no confidence in…
