Why rugby fans love to hate Macron
Emmanuel Macron was in Lille on Thursday evening to watch France defeat Uruguay as the Bleus made it two wins…
Europe’s migrant crisis is only going to get worse
It is almost three years to the day since Ursula von der Leyen gave her inaugural State of the Union…
The Colombian cartels are coming to Europe
In May this year 87,000 asylum applications were lodged with the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA). This was a…
Will a French coalition join forces against Le Pen at the next election?
Emmanuel Macron is not happy. He would love to run for a third term as president but the French constitution…
Why Macron wants to put French schoolkids back in uniform
The details of King Charles’ state visit to France later this month were announced on Wednesday. His Majesty’s deputy private…
What France’s rubgy racism row reveals about the French left
Emmanuel Macron spent Monday morning in the presence of the French rugby team and for once he spoke without ambiguity.…
Will Paris’s ban stop e-scooters killing people?
Rental e-scooters have been banned from Paris since Friday after residents of the French capital were asked to decide their…
The truth about the backlash to France’s abaya school ban
The intellectual infirmity that has laid low much of Europe’s left this century had been painfully exposed this week in…
Who’s more useless – the Tories or the England rugby team?
In a curious way the decline of English rugby mirrors that of the Conservative party. Four years ago there was…
France is spiralling out of control
It’s been a brutal month in France but one would barely know it from the reaction of much of the…
The developing world has grown tired of Britain’s hypocrisy
The timing could not have been worse for Rishi Sunak. Just days after it was confirmed by Downing Street that…
Enforce the borders, stop the boats, save lives
Rishi Sunak has failed in his pledge to ‘Stop the Boats’, and the £480 million deal he signed with France…
Macron doesn’t care about migrants crossing the Channel
The British government is reportedly ‘frustrated’ with France for its failure to stem the numbers of migrants making their way…
Europe’s migrant crisis is about to get much worse
The first time Mohamed Bazoum came to the attention of the European media was in the aftermath of the Great…
Macron can’t escape blame for France’s failures in Africa
Emmanuel Macron was the recipient of a letter on Monday from nearly 100 senators from across France’s political spectrum. The…
Macron is pushing France to tipping point
In the last three years, Mali, Guinea, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Niger have all undergone coup d’états. The most recent…
Is France’s loss Russia’s gain in Niger?
France is preparing to evacuate its citizens from Niger following the coup d’état in the west African country on 26…
The French police have lost faith in the judiciary
Emmanuel Macron broke his silence about the recent riots in France at the start of this week. In a speech…
What the French media can learn from the Farage banking scandal
Geoffroy Lejeune knows how Nigel Farage feels. Like the former Ukip leader turned TV host, Lejeune’s ‘values’ have made him…
Could Ulez lead to Sadiq Khan’s downfall?
Emmanuel Macron has spoken of his fear of France’s ‘fragmentation’ and of the nation’s ‘division’ following the riots that reduced…
Will the French riots spawn a new generation of jihadists?
Apart from the 96 arrests and 255 burned cars, Bastille Day passed off without a hitch in France. A bullish…
Where did it all go so wrong for Emmanuel Macron?
It is Bastille day in France but few people are in the mood for festivities. The riots of a fortnight…
What was Algeria’s role in the French riots?
In March 2012 a French Algerian called Mohammed Merah murdered three soldiers and shot dead three Jewish children and a…
Who really helped end the French riots?
It wasn’t president Macron who brought six days of rioting in France to an end, nor the brave bands of…
France’s riots have left the country more divided than ever
There is a myth of France, specifically of its banlieues, that has been frequently repeated in recent days. Descriptions of…
