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).
Macron Unveils His Drastic Plan for Euthanasia

Macron Unveils His Drastic Plan for Euthanasia

After enshrining abortion in the French Constitution, president comes out in favour of assisted suicide.

March 11, 2024
Macron Doubles Down on Unlimited Ukraine Support at Meeting With Party Leaders

Macron Doubles Down on Unlimited Ukraine Support at Meeting With Party Leaders

“We’ll see who’s for Zelensky and who’s for Putin,” majority leader said ahead of gathering

March 8, 2024
Senate Report Sounds the Alarm (Again) on Radical Islam in French Schools

Senate Report Sounds the Alarm (Again) on Radical Islam in French Schools

Teachers report living with students threatening to “faire une Paty”—in reference to the beheading of history teacher Samuel Paty—on a daily basis.

March 8, 2024
French Government Puts an End to Imams Paid by Foreign Countries

French Government Puts an End to Imams Paid by Foreign Countries

Many radicalising imams will not be affected by the ban, critics point out.

March 7, 2024
Constitutionalising Abortion: A Tragic Day for France

Constitutionalising Abortion: A Tragic Day for France

While the freedom to have an abortion is now guaranteed by the Constitution, the freedom of the health care provider not to carry out an abortion is not.

March 6, 2024
French President Fails To Rally Support at Politically Charged Paris Agriculture Show

French President Fails To Rally Support at Politically Charged Paris Agriculture Show

Farmers are a potent force in French politics and icons of traditional cuisine and lifestyle, especially this year.

March 5, 2024
Le Pen’s Party Downplays ‘Frexit’ in EU Election Campaign Launch

Le Pen’s Party Downplays ‘Frexit’ in EU Election Campaign Launch

The strategy of the French Right is to change the rules of the game from the inside.

March 4, 2024
Targeting Conservative French Broadcaster CNews: A Pandora’s Box

Targeting Conservative French Broadcaster CNews: A Pandora’s Box

CNews dares to talk about security, immigration, borders, and justice while public TV carefully avoids these topics.

February 27, 2024
Le Pen and AfD Meet To Clarify Positions on Remigration

Le Pen and AfD Meet To Clarify Positions on Remigration

Contrary to what Correctiv’s article claimed, AfD’s Alice Weidel rejected any idea of “withdrawing nationality from people who have acquired it on the grounds that they are of foreign origin.”

February 26, 2024
Macron’s Desperate Offensive Against the National Right

Macron’s Desperate Offensive Against the National Right

Obsessed with not appearing too far to the Right because of some of his reform ideas, the French president is pandering to the far Left by calling the Rassemblement National “outside the republican arc.”

February 21, 2024
France: How CNews Channel Became the <em>Bête Noire</em> of the French Thought Police

France: How CNews Channel Became the <em>Bête Noire</em> of the French Thought Police

The Left won’t forgive the media outlet for its decisive role in the development of Éric Zemmour’s political persona—and success.

February 17, 2024
2024 Olympic Games, A Parisian Nightmare

2024 Olympic Games, A Parisian Nightmare

In high places, there is a subject that people dare not talk about, but which is on everyone’s mind: what if the whole thing ends in a gigantic fiasco?

February 17, 2024