France’s dilemma: what to do with jihadists who say sorry
Patrick Jardin lost his daughter when Islamist terrorists attacked the Bataclan in November 2015. Nathalie was one of 130 people…
Is France on the verge of class war between Yellow Vests and Red Scarves?
The first thing that struck me when I emerged from the metro station onto the Place de la Nation was…
The strange love-in between Michel Houellebecq and Emmanuel Macron
Houellebecq’s new novel predicted the unrest in France
The gilets jaunes have become a symbol of resistance worn with pride by the downtrodden
A progressive President has pushed his people too far
Is Emmanuel Macron having a meltdown?
Emmanuel Macron is becoming isolated in both France and the EU
Why French kids don’t get fat – and British ones do
Why are French kids thin and British ones fat?
France is fracturing but Macron remains in denial
As chalices go, few are as poisoned as the one Emmanuel Macron has just handed Christophe Castaner. Minister of the…
What happened to Je Suis Charlie, Prime Minister?
On January 11 2015, I was one of two million people who marched slowly and silently through Paris to honour…
Football, not rugby, is now the gentleman’s game
Rugby used to be civilised – but no longer. Now it’s footballers who know how to behave
Emmanuel Macron’s challenge for French lesbians
The man who brought France’s Socialist Party to the brink of ruin has no sense of shame. In recent weeks,…
Macron's Thatcher moment has arrived
The French President is facing his ‘Thatcher moment’
The golden girl of the French right
The news that Marion Maréchal-Le Pen will share a stage this week with US conservatives, addressing the annual Conservative Political…
Is Macron’s vanity presidency already falling apart?
The French president’s embarrassing attempts to reinvent himself as the new Tony Blair
Who dares lies: why do so many men pretend to have been in the SAS?
Why do so many men (including Sir Christopher Lee) fib about serving with the SAS?