Hélène de Lauzun is the Paris correspondent for The European Conservative. She studied at the École Normale Supérieure de Paris. She taught French literature and civilization at Harvard and received a Ph.D. in History from the Sorbonne. She is the author of Histoire de l’Autriche (Perrin, 2021).
French Constitutional Council Strikes Down Large Portion of Immigration Law

French Constitutional Council Strikes Down Large Portion of Immigration Law

France’s highest legal authority has become a political weapon for the ruling elite by preventing the enforcement of a firm migration policy.

January 27, 2024
Trèbes Terrorist Attack, Five Years On: A Trial and a Conversion

Trèbes Terrorist Attack, Five Years On: A Trial and a Conversion

The terrorism trial is an opportunity to recall the extraordinary heroism of Gendarmerie Colonel Arnaud Beltrame.

January 26, 2024
French Senate President Opposes Adding Abortion Rights to Constitution

French Senate President Opposes Adding Abortion Rights to Constitution

Gérard Larcher declared that “the Constitution is not a catalogue of social and societal rights.”

January 25, 2024
A Politics to Change Europe’s Destiny: An Interview with <strong>Marion Maréchal</strong>

A Politics to Change Europe’s Destiny: An Interview with <strong>Marion Maréchal</strong>

FROM THE WINTER 2024 PRINT EDITION:
My ambition is for Reconquête’s ideas to win in France and in Europe.

January 24, 2024
France: MEP Bellamy To Head Les Républicains List for EU Elections

France: MEP Bellamy To Head Les Républicains List for EU Elections

François-Xavier Bellamy’s position is difficult to defend since his party belongs to the EPP group whose positions are often at odds with his own.

January 23, 2024
French Farmers Join European Protest Movement

French Farmers Join European Protest Movement

“Physical hardship has gradually given way to moral hardship” as farmers struggle to survive under increasingly absurd ‘green’ EU regulations.

January 23, 2024
Sparks Fly Around French Education Minister

Sparks Fly Around French Education Minister

Education is the battlefield of a never-ending war between conservatives and progressives in France.

January 19, 2024
Macron’s Relaunch Press Conference Falls Flat

Macron’s Relaunch Press Conference Falls Flat

The French president has three-and-a-half years left at the helm, but there is already an end-of-reign atmosphere in the country.

January 17, 2024
France: Retirement-Age Voters Favour Le Pen Party in EU Election Polls

France: Retirement-Age Voters Favour Le Pen Party in EU Election Polls

Support for the Rassemblement National is also on the rise among professionals.

January 17, 2024
Catholic Church Turning Into Dante’s Inferno

Catholic Church Turning Into Dante’s Inferno

The moral corruption of the Vatican elites appears to have reached a new low with the revelations over a 1998 book written by Cardinal Fernández.

January 14, 2024
The New French Government: A Mixture of Bad Political Calculations

The New French Government: A Mixture of Bad Political Calculations

Nothing’s new in Macron’s world: lack of ideological consistency and mediocre political coups.

January 13, 2024
Forgotten Victims of Revolutionary Wars Finally Get a Proper Burial

Forgotten Victims of Revolutionary Wars Finally Get a Proper Burial

France is starting to come to terms with the Vendée massacres.

January 11, 2024