08/10/2020 - 1:00am

Could a comedian topple Macron? The French President is anxious that a charismatic non-politician will mess up his reelection strategy

John Lichfield

09.07

The everlasting saga of the Le Pen family The fractious clan has run the French far-right for 50 years. Is it about to be usurped?

John Lichfield

04.07

Macron’s pointless green gestures The President hasn't realised France is more worried about the economy than the environment

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

04.06

Will Macron dump his Prime Minister? The new-found popularity of Edouard Philippe comes at an awkward time for the President

John Lichfield

25.05

What is the Mona Lisa worth to France? Flogging the beloved artwork for the sake of a few billion euros would be a national disgrace

Agnes Poirier

21.05

When Asterix took on Covid-19 He's more than France's favourite cartoon character: he's an icon of Gaullish cussedness

John Lewis-Stempel

21.04

Can Emmanuel Macron reinvent himself? The French President's willingness to wrestle intellectually with the Covid crisis sets him apart

John Lichfield

17.04

Will rural France recover from Covid? In the tiny village of La Roche, conversation was the first victim of Macron's lockdown

John Lewis-Stempel

27.02

Forget the Elgin Marbles — give the North East its treasures back London should return the relics it robbed from the regions

James Barr

24.02

How France became the most anti-Semitic country in the West Forty years ago, violence against Jews was unknown but today huge numbers are fleeing

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

17.02

The slow death of French cheese The real battle for the immortal soul of France is about something far more important than pension reform and yellow vests

John Lichfield

10.02

What Boris Johnson could learn from Emmanuel Macron There is an increasingly post-liberal drift to the French President's strategic vision

Aris Roussinos