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).
France Unveils Its Climate Plan for Greenhouse Gas

France Unveils Its Climate Plan for Greenhouse Gas

In order to accelerate the ecological transition, Elisabeth Borne highlighted the necessary distribution of the effort between the state, individuals, and companies.

Tribute to French Historian Dominique Venner Banned in Paris

Tribute to French Historian Dominique Venner Banned in Paris

Since 1881, the idea of preventing future crimes by censoring ideas or events were supposed to have disappeared from French law—but the cancellation of the commemoration proves it is still very much alive.

Attendance at Traditional Pilgrimage of Chartres Breaks Records

Attendance at Traditional Pilgrimage of Chartres Breaks Records

Despite the restrictions imposed on traditional liturgy by the Vatican, attendance has never been so high, forcing the organisers to close the registrations.

Former President Sarkozy Sentenced To Jail

Former President Sarkozy Sentenced To Jail

The Sarkozy affair gives an extremely degraded image of French justice, but also of French political life.

Meloni and Pope Francis Agree Birth Rate Must Grow

Meloni and Pope Francis Agree Birth Rate Must Grow

For Meloni, the problem is not only financial but ideological. This observation is shared by Pope Francis, who also denounced “a culture that is unfriendly, if not an enemy, of the family.”

The Plague of Inclusive Writing

The Plague of Inclusive Writing

Instead of adopting inclusive writing, we might consider learning a language without gendered grammar, like Hungarian—or Farsi—as options.

Labour Party Looking To Extend Voting Rights to EU Citizens

Labour Party Looking To Extend Voting Rights to EU Citizens

For Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, it would be perfectly normal to extend the authorisation of voting to general elections for European citizens: just “common sense,” according to his own terms.

UK To Relax Rules for Housing Asylum Seekers

UK To Relax Rules for Housing Asylum Seekers

Today, more than 50,000 asylum seekers are being housed in hotels across the country at an estimated cost of £6 million a day.

French Monarchists Gather in Paris After Court Reversed Ban

French Monarchists Gather in Paris After Court Reversed Ban

Protests erupted after Gérald Darmanin ordered the police prefectures to intervene “in any future far-Right or ultra-Right gathering.”

France’s Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low

France’s Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low

For a long time, France was able to boast of a fertility rate close to 2 children per woman in the 2000s, its fertility rate is now around 1.8.

Rules for Thee and Not for Me: The Parliament’s Anti-Christian Exhibition

Rules for Thee and Not for Me: The Parliament’s Anti-Christian Exhibition

This episode proves once again that rules ‘do not apply’ to those who have made progressive provocation their profession.

Wuambushu: A Microcosm of Our Migratory Impotence

Wuambushu: A Microcosm of Our Migratory Impotence

The impotence of the French government in respect to the island of Mayotte is the same as any European government that claims to be tackling immigration today.