Benjamin Griveaux is pictured as he announces his withdrawal from the Paris mayoral campaign at AFP headquarters in Paris, France. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images New details have emerged regarding the Franco-Russian couple accused of publishing the sex tape that sabotaged…

Ironically, Macron’s internal problems are mounting just at the point where some of his signature policies are starting to show clear signs of success. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images French president Emmanuel Macron might well have assumed his party’s preparations for…

Man with yellow vest protesting in France. The "Gilets Jaunes" movement in France protests what it … [+] Virtue signalling politicians compete with each other to bring forward the theoretical day when carbon dioxide (CO2) is eliminated from our cars, trucks, ships…

The Gilets Jaunes and other protest groups have been a thorn in President Emmanuel Macron for over a year as the demonstrators argue against his pension reforms. Over the weekend riot police were caught on camera being heavy-handed with protestors on the…

Boris Johnson poses with his new MPs, many of whom represent working class constituencies in the north of England. Picture: Getty The New Class War Michael Lind Atlantic Books, £14.99 Arguing with Zombies Paul Krugman Norton, £22.99 In the early hours of…

Gavin Green makes his motoring predictions for the 2020s Volkswagen Group: German car manufacturers will feel the heat in the new decade Volkswagen Group: German car manufacturers will feel the heat in the new decade Volkswagen Group: German car manufacturers will feel…

Gavin Green makes his motoring predictions for the 2020s Volkswagen Group: German car manufacturers will feel the heat in the new decade Volkswagen Group: German car manufacturers will feel the heat in the new decade Volkswagen Group: German car manufacturers will feel…

Emmanuel Macron in Brussels, Belgium, 5/25/2017 © Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock France is in chaos. For the last five years, the land of wine, cheese and chateaux has dominated headlines for all the wrong reasons: a series of terror attacks, the yearlong…

You’ve probably heard some version of it in recent years. Maybe you’ve even said or thought it yourself. “Politicians are always fighting!” “Politics has become totally irrational!” “Why can’t politicians just compromise, find some consensus and solve our problems?” For many people,…

You’ve probably heard of the “yellow vest” movement. It began in France in November 2018, when demonstrators wearing high-vis jackets took to the streets to protest against rising fuel prices and the government’s tax policies. The first weekend saw 280,000 people take…