Emmanuel Macron’s climate change virtue signaling
The French president is addicted to the ecstasy of gratuitous self-righteousness
France
Sunday
Thursday
On D-Day, Macron has learned nothing and forgotten everything
He embodies the corruption of liberal democracy into elite managerialism
Tuesday
Notre-Dame is a sign of the times
When it reopens, Notre Dame will be even more a museum, even less a shrine
Monday
Donald Trump’s Notre-Dame fire solution would ‘destroy’ the building, says French fireman
Why using a super-scooper is a bad idea
Monday
Emmanuel Macron is toxic and Paris is burning
The French president’s leadership is undermined by his ever-more radical obnoxiousness
Tuesday
I would drink Trump wine if it were available in France
Mr Trump should be warned that the French have a history of responding violently to attempts to open the wine market
Monday
Trump had an opportunity to redefine American foreign policy. He blew it
President Trump ought to have used his Saturday platform to tell Europeans what an awful idea American intervention in World War One really was
Wednesday
What is Marion Le Pen doing in America?
The news that Marion Maréchal-Le Pen will share a stage this week with US conservatives, addressing the annual Conservative Political Action Conference event shortly after vice-president Mike Pence, has caused much excitement within the French right. The 28-year-old Maréchal-Le Pen, niece of Marine, the leader of the National Front, withdrew from political life in June after her party’s disastrous result in the second round of the presidential election. Allegedly disillusioned with the direction the party had taken in the previous months, focusing more on the economy and the EU, than on social conservative issues that are close to her heart, the departure of the golden girl of the National Front
Thursday
I like Donald Trump — but don’t tell anyone
I arrived for lunch a bit late and was led to the dining table. Our hostess disappeared back into the house to bring out the food, leaving me to acquaint myself with the other guests, an Englishwoman and an American. The Englishwoman said that yesterday she had fallen off the wagon after eight weeks and today she was terribly hung over. She didn’t feel guilty, however, because she had enjoyed herself very much. The American man’s eyes were hidden behind sunglasses but he had a warm smile and great teeth and an easy, open manner. He introduced himself by saying that this was his first time in France, and that
