The electoral humiliation of Macron and Le Pen
Five years ago, Emmanuel Macron was ‘en marche’ to his improbable ascent to the presidency of France. Last night, having…
France's silent majority has rejected Macron – and Le Pen
I popped down to the Salle du Peuple on Sunday to see how the voting was going in the departmental…
Why Boris is loved by the French
Boris Johnson is more popular in France than Emmanuel Macron, which might not be a high hurdle to overcome, since…
Boring Barnier won't be the next French president
Let me go out on a limb here and predict that Michel Barnier, who is trying to rekindle his modest…
The real problem with Macron’s elite school
President Emmanuel Macron announced today the closure of the notorious École Nationale d’Administration, the elite finishing school for the senior…
Macron's latest lockdown fiasco
On New Year’s Eve, Emmanuel Macron promised France an economic revival by the Spring. Cancel that. Instead, as the intensive…
The provocative writer who could be the next French president
The French journalist who could unseat President Macron
Nicolas Sarkozy and a very French corruption scandal
Nicolas Sarkozy, 66, President of France from 2007 to 2012, currently a valued member of Emmanuel Macron’s informal council of…
#MeTooInceste: has France’s code of silence finally been broken?
The sex abuse scandal rocking the French elite
France vs Islamism: how does Macron hope to prosecute his war?
How does Macron hope to prosecute his war?
Terror in France: the beheading of Samuel Paty
The decapitation of middle school teacher Samuel Paty, 46, by an Islamist in a suburb of Paris yesterday is not…
Tiphaine Auzière and the panic inside the Élysée
Will the presidency of Emmanuel Macron open the door to a political dynasty in France? He has no children, so…
Will Macron’s new sidekick help him get re-elected?
Is France’s latest prime minister just another fall guy?
Is Macron Boris's best friend now?
If Emmanuel Macron is intending to extract a pound of flesh from the United Kingdom as the price of Brexit,…
Macron has lost the coronavirus war
France is to be locked down until 11 May, and possibly longer. Whether the credibility of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency can…
Coronavirus is pushing Macron’s government to breaking point
Coronavirus is taking Macron’s government to breaking point
Le bromance: Macron has fallen under Boris’s spell
Macron has fallen under Boris’s spell
Could this self-made billionaire become France’s first Muslim president?
The French writer Michel Houellebecq has a disconcerting habit of correctly predicting unsettling events. In 2001 in Plateforme he predicted…
Emmanuel Macron has united his country – against him
Montpellier An embattled, incompetent leader distrusted and disliked by a vast majority of voters. A wobbly economy that might be…
Let them buy Teslas! How Macron became the enemy of the French
Emmanuel Macron is supposed to be the cleverest man in France but he has painted himself so completely into a…
The nowhere man of France: Corbyn’s new pal Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Jeremy Corbyn is promising to forge closer ties with his French counterpart Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of the hard-left La…
Macron’s summer of discontent
‘It could be argued that getting out of the office to beat up some leftists is a good way to…
Macron marches on
The rentrée politique in France next month promises to be the most exciting in decades as the dynamic superstar president…
A little too perfect
Emmanuel Macron is going to be the next president of France. I know people are saying Marine Le Pen isn’t…
Faute de mieux
Who will win the French presidential election? Does it even matter? Nothing in the programmes or personalities of the leading…
