France is still bitterly divided and the President’s lack of a parliamentary majority is shaping up to be a colossal headache.
En Marche could lose its majority in June’s parliamentary elections. The landslide of 2017 was always a one-off.
There is much talk in the air in France about the “inexorable” decline and fall of Emmanuel Macron. The thesis is a simple one. Savaged
You know something has gone wrong when a French riot spontaneously stops. Early last Saturday afternoon I was outside the National Assembly building in Paris watching Gilets Jaunes, or
Suddenly, it’s all about listening. Trickle-down democracy has had its day – at least for the moment. France’s President Macron has been through a baptism
Reports in the press claim that a new party is about to be formed in the UK. The party will “break the Westminster mould” by coalescing opinion
For the Western commentariat, Emmanuel Macron’s election signalled a retreat from 2016’s populist electoral insurrections. So it may strike the British reader as bizarre that
La rentrée politique, coinciding with the re-opening of Parisian bars and restaurants after the long summer break, is traditionally the time when French Presidents seek
It was no coincidence that the first meeting on French soil between Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump should have been at Napoleon’s tomb
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