Gavin Mortimer

There has always been a touch of snobbery in the way the French elite regard American politics. The word one reads and hears most often in the mainstream media is “vulgarity.” This is particularly true of Donald Trump, who is abhorred as much by the right-wing press as by the left. “Trump, vulgarity on the loose,” was the headline in a recent article in the center-right

In the last few years, the cartels have expanded their business into every department and just about every town in France.

Even by the bloody standards of what France has become under Emmanuel Macron, the carnage last week was horrific.

Von der Leyen was Germany’s defence minister during Trump’s first term in office, a time when the president regularly criticised Germany.

The reaction of Marine Le Pen and her party to the stunning triumph of Donald Trump in the US election was curiously flat

European farmers have called for a day of protest in Brussels on Wednesday, 48 hours before the EU is expected to sign the Mercosur trade deal. The agreement, which has taken two decades to negotiate, will give Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay access to EU markets. It will be good for the German car

In many ways Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the EU Commission and the most powerful politician in Europe, is the bloc's answer to Kamala Harris.

European farmers have called for a day of protest in Brussels on Wednesday, 48 hours before the EU is expected to sign the Mercosur trade deal.

France play Israel this evening in an international football match in Paris. The stadium has been transformed into ‘a bunker’.

France's celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist This article is taken from the November 2024 issue of The Critic.