Marine Le Pen
Could coronavirus lead to Frexit?
Is France flirting with the idea of Frexit again? Coronavirus is currently provoking a chorus of ‘reprendre le contrôle’ (take…
Europe is a continent in crisis – where lo-vis people now wear high-vis jackets
The ‘yellow vest’ protests against President Emmanuel Macron that swept through Paris and other French cities last month have evoked…
How Orbán duped the Brexiteers
To the inhabitants of the British Isles, the nations of central Europe have always existed in a semi–mythical space, near…
France’s new right
The result in France in the first round of the Les Républicains party’s primary elections marks the political death of…
The devil they know
You will, by now, be familiar with the argument: that Donald Trump’s triumph in the American presidential election represents a…
François Hollande has found a shameful saviour
France’s president is looking more hopeless than ever. But French politics is such a mess that he’ll probably survive
Two socialist triumphs (one of them for Marine Le Pen)
What a pleasure it was to see two socialist parties triumph in the most recent elections. First, Labour increased its…
François Hollande hasn’t seized the moment. Marine Le Pen might
Hollande isn’t seizing his chance. Marine Le Pen might
Is this the beginning of the end of liberal democracy?
As a graduate student in the Harvard Department of Government in the late 1980s, I became slightly jaded about the…
Meet the intellectuals leading France to the right
The nation’s intellectuals are being roiled by issues of immigration, sovereignty and freedom of expression
France’s divided centre-right must delight Marine Le Pen
The leaders of the Républicains avoid Le Pen’s coarse language, but many offer similar immigration policies
François Hollande could still win. And this is why
How France’s wobbly pudding of a president could still win again
The Heckler: down with the actor-commentariat!
I’ve never been terribly keen on actors. I prefer hairdressers and accountants. And teachers and builders and lawyers. I may…
How Marine Le Pen is winning France’s gay vote
Marine Le Pen’s unlikely rainbow coalition
Is Nicolas Sarkozy headed back to the Elysée – or to jail?
Destiny is calling Nicolas Sarkozy. But it’s not clear whether he’s heading back to the Elysée – or to jail
France's political system is crumbling. What's coming next looks scary
The desperate state of its politics seems to signal the end of the Republic
