Gavin Mortimer

The Ceuta chaos could make Marine Le Pen president

3 August 2026 8:02 pm

European Union interior ministers will hold an emergency video conference on Tuesday to discuss last week’s events in Spain’s North…

The EU has failed to get a grip on Europe’s wildfires

1 August 2026 5:00 pm

Europe is burning. From France to Spain, from Portugal to Greece, and even in Britain, the continent has been engulfed by…

Macron

Macron and his diplomats can’t help talking down Americans

29 July 2026 1:09 am

Diplomatic relations between France and the USA are more strained than ever following a row at the United Nations. The…

Europe is under attack

28 July 2026 6:24 pm

Three women were stabbed in central Paris on Monday by a man who allegedly told police he had been ‘sent by Allah’.…

Macron could’ve done more to stop the Bordeaux fires

27 July 2026 5:08 pm

Firefighters in France have spent the weekend trying to save Bordeaux from an immense conflagration. On Monday morning, the city’s…

Macron won’t stop at a social media ban for children

22 July 2026 6:38 pm

France has become the first EU country to ban social media access for under 15s. The National Assembly passed a…

Will assisted dying be Macron’s final legacy?

17 July 2026 12:30 am

France’s National Assembly passed a bill on Wednesday granting terminally ill adults the right to end their lives with medical…

France’s World Cup failure will devastate Emmanuel Macron

15 July 2026 10:00 pm

Few in France will have been as devastated by their team’s defeat in last night’s World Cup semi-final as Emmanuel…

The violent rage of North African hooligans

10 July 2026 9:05 pm

A police officer was hospitalized on Thursday night in London as Moroccans vented their fury at losing to France in…

Will Le Pen run for president wearing an ankle tag?

8 July 2026 12:24 am

Marine Le Pen has failed to overturn her conviction for misusing EU funds. On Tuesday afternoon a court in Paris…

Why is Giorgia Meloni courting Emmanuel Macron?

4 July 2026 9:00 am

Emmanuel Macron has lost a friend in Keir Starmer. The French President paid tribute to the outgoing British Prime Minister…

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Why is the New York Times celebrating slave-trading Vikings?

30 June 2026 9:16 pm

Norway play the Ivory Coast later today in the first knockout phase of the World Cup, and one suspects the…

France’s ideological war on air conditioning

29 June 2026 10:30 pm

America is to blame for the heatwave that has caused so much misery in France in the last fortnight. Audrey…

Britain has become the weak man of Europe on border control

23 June 2026 4:00 pm

Britain and France have rewritten the ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal nearly a year after it came into effect.…

France is braced for World Cup violence

16 June 2026 11:52 am

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?

10 June 2026 10:21 pm

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?

1 June 2026 10:52 pm

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

27 May 2026 4:00 pm

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

23 May 2026 1:17 am

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?

18 May 2026 10:27 pm

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?

14 May 2026 9:34 pm

It was the slap that shook the world. Not so much from shock but laughter, as cameras caught the Macrons…

France misinformation

France is throwing a tantrum at Trump

13 May 2026 9:54 pm

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

23 April 2026 4:41 pm

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

18 April 2026 1:50 am

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

16 April 2026 10:56 pm

Belgium is becoming the new point of departure for the gangs who traffic migrants across the Channel to England. It…