France is braced for World Cup violence
France kick off their World Cup campaign today against Senegal – and it seems almost inevitable that, win or lose,…
Should Europe shelter Sudan’s refugees?
The Sudanese man who is in custody in Belfast settled in the city after travelling through Paris and Dublin. In…
Why would France help Britain stop the boats?
It is nearly a year since Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron agreed their ‘ground-breaking’ deal to stop the small boats…
France’s migration crisis will outlast Emmanuel Macron
France has maxed out on migrants. It’s a message that Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party has been pushing for…
France could block Britain from rejoining the EU
Labour’s dream of rejoining the European Union may be an ambition to warm the heart of Emmanuel Macron but it…
The EU is in terminal decline. Why would Britain rejoin?
Wes Streeting believes it was a ‘catastrophic mistake’ for Britain to leave the EU. If he becomes prime minister, Streeting…
Was Macron slapped because of this Iranian actress?
It was the slap that shook the world. Not so much from shock but laughter, as cameras caught the Macrons…
France is throwing a tantrum at Trump
France is intensifying its counter-offensive against what it calls misinformation. Earlier this month, Paris prosecutors confirmed they have opened a…
France isn’t ready for its first openly gay president
France is ready to elect its first openly gay president. That is the belief of Gabriel Attal, who discusses his…
Starmer and Macron’s desperate bid for global relevance
Iran has declared that the Strait of Hormuz is ‘completely open’ in an announcement that has been welcomed by Donald…
Europe must play the small boat people smugglers at their own game
Belgium is becoming the new point of departure for the gangs who traffic migrants across the Channel to England. It…
France’s migration hypocrisy
Four migrants drowned in the Channel yesterday when they were swept away by strong currents. The two men and two…
Britain should brace itself for a small boat surge
According to a report in the French press today, the border between France and the United Kingdom is ‘at risk…
Old France defies the far-left – but for how much longer?
The left achieved a rare success in Paris on Sunday with the victory of Emmanuel Grégoire in the capital’s mayoral…
Marine Le Pen’s rise seems unstoppable
The first round of voting in France’s municipal elections has laid bare the country’s deep fractures. In a turnout of…
Labour’s lawfare has broken British army morale
A French soldier was killed on Thursday evening in the Erbil region of Iraq. In announcing the death of chief…
Revenge of the cheese-eating surrender monkeys
French President Emmanuel Macron’s approval rating rose by six points last week. It will likely continue to climb following his…
Americans are erasing European culture
Did Mariah Carey mime or not when she headlined the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan? That was…
Emmanuel Macron is having a good war
It is not just Donald Trump who believes Keir Starmer has failed to channel Winston Churchill. Now Cyprus have given…
Does Labour have the stomach for Mahmood’s asylum policy?
As of Monday, migrants arriving in Britain no longer have the right to claim permanent asylum. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood…
Why Europe is terrified of standing up to Iran
America’s war on Iran has revealed much about its allies. Israel is as steadfast as ever, as secretary of war…
British politics is turning French
An editorial in Friday’s Le Figaro (France’s equivalent to the New York Times) is headlined “Mélenchon or the moral suicide…
The killing that has divided Washington and Paris
Washington’s warning last week about the spread of far-left violence in France did not go down well in Paris. In…
France can no longer ignore the menace of left-wing violence
Police in France arrested nine people on Tuesday evening in connection with the death of a 23-year-old student in Lyon…
Epstein has brought down France’s Peter Mandelson
The news in France over the weekend was dominated by the resignation of Jack Lang as head of the prestigious…
