March 11, 2021

Why Macron had to take on Islamism The French president is now caught between Le Pen and Le Monde

John Lichfield

26.02

France can’t cancel Napoleon How will Emmanuel Macron mark the general's difficult bicentenary?

John Lichfield

03.02

Has Macron lost the plot? The pressure of next year's election seems to be skewing the President's political compass

John Lichfield

22.01

French cartoonists are in trouble again Le Monde, which defended the right to offend Islam, is more 'Anglo-Saxon' on the transgender issue

John Lichfield

19.01

Why French teachers are afraid Following the murder of Samuel Paty, many 'foot soldiers of the Republic' feel abandoned to extremists

Agnes Poirier

12.01

The French Left against Islamism Debate around extremism has been plagued by cringe-inducing naivety

Liam Duffy

11.01

How Macron made France a laughing stock He's a political novice with no ideas of his own, according to a new biography

John Lewis-Stempel

08.01

Will Brexit rob France of M&S? The clothes are deemed irretrievably English but Paris still loves the mini bites

John Lichfield

10.12

France will never be a nation of cowards Gallic courage, the harvest of centuries of battle, still beguiles the world

Dan Jackson

30.11

We all break lockdown in France Swerving the Covid rules has become the new national sport

John Lewis-Stempel

26.11

Macron is right about Islamism The political ideology that feeds terrorist violence cannot be explained away by religion or colonial history

Liam Duffy

16.11

France is infected with anti-vaxxers In the home of Louis Pasteur, nearly half of all adults are reluctant to get inoculated

John Lichfield