Emmanuel macron

Americans demand that Europe take charge of its own defense yet chide the French for doing just that?

It’s past time for the continent to step up and take charge of its own defense

They claimed during Trump’s presidency that they were going to take charge of their defense, but they haven’t

America used a submarine deal to send a message to the freeloading Europeans

Paris is a target-rich environment for excitable racial separatists and merchants of grievance

America’s standing in the world doesn’t depend on elite opinions

Merkel fiddles while Rome goes bankrupt

Macron needs help and his new best friend, bizarrely, is Britain’s prime minister

Once again he chose the road of greater difficulty, through a terrain of predictable abuse

The French president is addicted to the ecstasy of gratuitous self-righteousness

He embodies the corruption of liberal democracy into elite managerialism

20 predictions for 2019

The French president’s leadership is undermined by his ever-more radical obnoxiousness

Mr Trump should be warned that the French have a history of responding violently to attempts to open the wine market

The two men have such a great personal connection, perhaps they can comfort each other