Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron’s dangerous infantilisation of the French
From St Tropez to La Rochelle to Deauville, there is a familiar sight this summer in many of France’s most…
Macron’s vaccine passports are a betrayal of French values
What a celebration of diversity I witnessed in Paris on Saturday as tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the…
Macron's Covid crackdown is a risky bet
Will the French accept compulsory vaccination against Covid? Health passports to get on a plane or train? Children of 12…
Is Marine Le Pen’s presidential bid doomed?
Nothing went as predicted in France’s regional elections. Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National did not win a single region and…
Why an EU-Russia summit was always going to fail
When Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel unilaterally proposed a European Union summit with Vladimir Putin, they managed to open deep…
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…
Boris Johnson's Northern Ireland problem
In an at times grouchy press conference, Boris Johnson tried to calm the row over the Northern Ireland protocol. The…
Macron is wrong. Nato must stand up to China
Joe Biden wants to use his visit to Europe for the G7 summit and the Nato meeting to rally democracies…
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…
The rapid rise of Pascal Blanchard, Macron’s favourite diversity tsar
In October last year Emmanuel Macron had a long list of around 300 to 500 names drawn up. These were no…
Is Macron the new Trump?
For the last three months journalists across the world have been missing the curious mix of bombast, arrogance, untruths and showmanship…
Emmanuel Macron’s vaccine muddle
In 2000, this magazine dipped its toe in murky Irish water. Stephen Glover wrote three articles, one provocatively entitled ‘The…
The provocative writer who could be the next French president
The French journalist who could unseat President Macron
Macron eyes up a new career
How is France dealing with its latest Covid wave? Not particularly well, if you listen to the director of epidemiological research…
Letters: How to revive Britain’s orchestras
Good conductors Sir: Yes, it is sad to see talents like Sir Simon Rattle and Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla leaving our shores…
Orban and Macron, Europe’s new power couple
The unlikely alliance of Orban and Macron
France would be foolish to veto a Brexit deal
Britain and France are heading for an almighty bust-up over Brexit. This morning the French junior minister for European affairs,…
French republicanism confounds American progressives
Can an entire country sue for libel? If so, France would have a strong suit against swathes of the American…
Macron is preparing for intellectual battle against Islamism
Muslim thinkers offer a remedy to fundamentalism
Macron alone: where are France’s allies in the fight against Islamism?
Where is the support for his fight against Islamism?
France vs Islamism: how does Macron hope to prosecute his war?
How does Macron hope to prosecute his war?
Macron isn’t Islamophobic
Sometimes a story does not receive the attention you think it should. Sometimes the news is too familiar or too…
Will Macron’s new sidekick help him get re-elected?
Is France’s latest prime minister just another fall guy?
Is a Brexit deal within reach?
Trade talks between the UK and the EU are in a better place than they have been at any point…