Macron is looking increasingly desperate
President Emmanuel Macron finally broke his silence and rediscovered the magical breath of his ‘baraka’ as he took to the…
Emmanuel Macron is cornered
They’re playing with a Rubik’s Cube in Paris trying to cobble together a government. An Italian-job technocratic government? A national government…
Le Pen is still the biggest winner in France’s elections
Ignore most snap verdicts from last night – the big winner in the French parliamentary election was still Marine Le…
Après Macron, le déluge
France is voting after three weeks of campaigning, backstabbing, attacks on more than 50 politicians so far, some light rioting,…
Is Macron considering using France’s emergency powers?
Does Emmanuel Macron have one more joker to play? Perhaps. His petulant decision to dissolve the National Assembly has been…
Will French voters be revolted by the new popular front?
The Nouveau Front Populaire has been formed to take on Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen in the French legislative…
Can Macron still outplay Le Pen?
Petulance, panic and performance. President Macron’s broadcast following the evisceration of his party in last weekend’s elections for the European…
French healthcare shows there’s another way for the NHS
Nigel Farage says the NHS ‘isn’t working’ and has suggested the UK adopt a French-style heathcare system. He’s evidently been…
The EU wants to make travelling to France a misery
Exciting developments may be in store for everyone travelling to Europe from this autumn onwards. That’s to say riots, gnashing…
Macron’s empire is falling apart
‘Maoré na Farantsa paka tcho!’, Emmanuel Macron declared five years ago campaigning in Mamoudzou, speaking the local language of Shimaoré…
The bizarre sexual politics of the French
‘More sex please, we’re French,’ declared, in effect, France’s president Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, demanding that his compatriots counteract a…
Will under-13 curfews really make France safer?
Rebecca, a British friend who taught theatre studies at a celebrated English public school before she was brutally sacked during…
French bureaucracy cannot be defeated
When Emmanuel Macron launched his campaign to win the French presidency eight years ago, he promised to cut the number…
The real reason French spies aren’t caught in honeytraps
French spies are impossible to blackmail in honeytraps because their wives already know they’re having affairs. And if you believe this,…
Will the Seine be safe for the summer Olympics?
Emmanuel Macron’s promise to strip off to his Speedos and swim in the Seine to prove it is safe for…
How Brigitte Macron captured the Elysée
As Emmanuel Macron approaches the end of the second year since his re-election, his presidency seems to have become a…
Macron has spied an easy win with his assisted dying Bill
Emmanuel Macron was predictably theatrical when he introduced his Bill on the end of life yesterday. In the proposed legislation,…
Journalists are out to censor the French GB News
Left-wing journalists have won a huge battle in France against CNews, the country’s most popular news channel. France’s Council of State,…
France’s farmers’ revolt isn’t all it seems
The toll station on the A9 motorway near the French-Spanish border is closed with cones and guarded by the local…
The endless narcissism of Emmanuel Macron
I watched Emmanuel Macron’s prime time press conference last night but I wish I hadn’t. It was meant to be…
Subsidies have defanged the French media
It’s not surprising that much mainstream French journalism is complacent, incurious and stenographic. The elite French media is lavishly subsidised…
The campaign to destroy the French GB News
The campaign to destroy GB News in Britain is precisely mirrored by a campaign to eliminate CNEWS, its French equivalent.…
Macron’s political relaunch was a masterclass in self-belief
After months of inbound slings and arrows, Emmanuel Macron, powdered by the star dust of the royal visit, relaunched himself…
Starmer’s Paris trip is based on a fantasy
One small trip on the Eurostar for Keir Starmer is one giant kick in the teeth for Rishi Sunak. The…
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic problem
Ladies and gentlemen, please make sure your seat belt is securely fastened and your seat backs and tray tables are…
