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…
Michel Barnier’s government has fallen
France was plunged into another political crisis on Wednesday evening when the government of Michel Barnier lost a vote of…
Blame the EU for what’s happening to France
Michel Barnier’s government is likely to be toast by teatime when a vote of no confidence is tabled in France’s…
Is this the end for Barnier – and Macron?
Emmanuel Macron arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday for trade talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Having signed a…
Is Marine Le Pen ready to bring down Macron?
There is a deadline today in France. It was set by Marine Le Pen last week for Michel Barnier. Show…
France is still fighting the tyranny of Islamophobia
It is almost ten years since I and two million Parisians walked through the French capital on a cold Sunday…
The strange sanctification of Angela Merkel
When the history of the twentieth century is written, one of the questions that will puzzle historians is the sanctification of…
Don’t expect an end to Europe’s migrant crisis any time soon
Nearly a year ago the EU unveiled what it called its ‘New Pact on Migration and Asylum’ with much fanfare.…
Why Jaguar’s rebrand is doomed
Jaguar’s disastrous makeover has left many people wondering if it isn’t April Fool’s Day. It’s not, of course. After 89…
Banning Marine Le Pen from politics would be a grave mistake
Paris prosecutors last week recommended that Marine Le Pen be jailed and banned from public office for five years. The…
Donald Trump’s style of politics originated in Europe
A headline in a recent Washington Post op-ed declared that: ‘The Trump contagion is already in Europe – and it’s…
Will Jewish football fans dare come to Paris tonight?
France play Israel this evening in an international football match in Paris. The venue is the Stade de France although…
Ursula von der Leyen is Europe’s Kamala Harris
European farmers have called for a day of protest in Brussels on Wednesday, 48 hours before the EU is expected…
