In an interview last year, she stated that she was ‘one-third Margaret Thatcher and two-thirds Angela Merkel’
By Gavin Mortimer
The French president believes only his government can be relied on to tell the truth
By Gavin Mortimer
Painful as it is at times to listen to Abdeslam, France can be proud of how it is treating him
By Gavin Mortimer
The French president has good reason to sound tough on immigration
By Gavin Mortimer
Macron is aware that immigration will be at the heart of the 2022 election
By Gavin Mortimer
Those most supportive of the passport are baby boomers or, as the French call them, 68ers
By Gavin Mortimer
A troubling fissure is emerging between the generations in France
By Gavin Mortimer
As the resistance grows, Macron may come to regret his martial rhetoric
By Gavin Mortimer
Essentially Macron threatened to ground France because the country could no longer be trusted
By Gavin Mortimer
Only the most ardent supporter of Macron would fail to sympathize with those who are alarmed at what is unfolding in France
By Gavin Mortimer
On nearly every COVID policy, Le Pen has been meekly compliant
By Gavin Mortimer
‘Social difficulties are not uniquely structured by gender and the color of skin, but also by social inequality’
By Gavin Mortimer
The threat that the Greens pose to the Republic should not be underestimated
By Gavin Mortimer
From Bayonne to Brittany, from the Pyrenees to the Pas-de-Calais, the French I speak to are sick of the EU
By Gavin Mortimer