Gavin Mortimer

Europe is burning. From France to Spain, from Portugal to Greece, and even in Britain, the continent has been engulfed by flames this summer. In France, more than 117,000 hectares have been lost to a succession of wildfires and nearly a quarter of a...

Europe is burning. From France to Spain, from Portugal to Greece, and even in Britain, the continent has been engulfed by flames this summer.

European Union interior ministers will hold an emergency video conference on Tuesday to discuss last week’s events in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta. More than 60,000 Moroccans surged across the border, and although the majority have returned...

European Union interior ministers will hold an emergency video conference on Tuesday to discuss last week's events in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta.

Not long after Macron was elected to office in May 2017, the Economist magazine adorned its cover with a photo of Macron walking on water.

More than 190 hectares of coastal vegetation were destroyed by fire over the weekend in a region just south of the Channel port of Boulogne. Investigators have said some of the many migrants camped on this stretch of the Northern French coast as they wait to cross to England in a small boat could be

It has been a punishing summer in France. Heatwaves, drought and forest fires have driven away tourists and made life hell for firefighters.

Five million people live in Brittany but each summer the population swells to three times that figure. It seems that some locals have had enough. It’s not overtourism per se that is the problem but it’s the presence of Parisians that particularly grates. In recent days cars with Parisian number plates (ending in its departmental

France’s public debt is running at more than 117 per cent of GDP and borrowing costs are nearing crisis point.

The fight for France is underway. The 2027 presidential campaign began last night as the leading candidates clashed in a live debate on the centre court of Roland Garros.