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).
François Bayrou’s Desperate Battle

François Bayrou’s Desperate Battle

The French prime minister has ten days to save his job.

August 29, 2025
For Once, UN Report Gets It Right: Surrogacy Is Violence

For Once, UN Report Gets It Right: Surrogacy Is Violence

The international organisation wants to see states legislate against all forms of surrogate motherhood.

August 28, 2025
Bardella’s Bold Bet: No Confidence Vote Today, Election Showdown Tomorrow

Bardella’s Bold Bet: No Confidence Vote Today, Election Showdown Tomorrow

The president of the Rassemblement National continues to call for Emmanuel Macron’s resignation.

August 27, 2025
French Market Dips Amid PM’s Confidence Vote Plans

French Market Dips Amid PM’s Confidence Vote Plans

All indicators are down, but the crisis is primarily political.

August 26, 2025
CNews Journalist’s Partner Seriously Injured in Brutal Paris Transit Stabbing

CNews Journalist’s Partner Seriously Injured in Brutal Paris Transit Stabbing

When the journalist was attacked for the second time in a year, her partner stepped in, risking his life.

August 26, 2025
Dark Times Ahead for French Prime Minister

Dark Times Ahead for French Prime Minister

François Bayrou is preparing himself for the worst: a social blockade and a confidence vote are expected in the upcoming days.

August 25, 2025
Sacrificing Ethics for Ambition? French Former PM Pushes Surrogacy

Sacrificing Ethics for Ambition? French Former PM Pushes Surrogacy

Gabriel Attal is playing the progressive card to assert himself ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

August 25, 2025
Traditional Village Festivals: Another ‘Conspiracy by the Far Right’

Traditional Village Festivals: Another ‘Conspiracy by the Far Right’

The Left is targeting a label awarded to the most beautiful festivals in France on the grounds that it is a political offensive by the far Right.

August 22, 2025
French Communists Condemn Monument to the Victims of Their Own Ideology

French Communists Condemn Monument to the Victims of Their Own Ideology

The Communist Party sees no need for repentance, insisting the only French victims of communism were “Nazis and their collaborators.”

August 21, 2025
Funding Islam-related Projects? EU Commission Definitely In!

Funding Islam-related Projects? EU Commission Definitely In!

In an astonishing public statement the European Commission has doubled down on the allocation of millions of euros to research on Islam.

August 19, 2025
A Battle for History: When Right and Left Clash on Stage

A Battle for History: When Right and Left Clash on Stage

The Left finds it intolerable when initiatives flourish that pay tribute to a glorious French history it refuses to acknowledge—and deeply detests.

August 18, 2025
Trump’s Ballroom: What a Great Idea!

Trump’s Ballroom: What a Great Idea!

It is fortunate that our kings had the same reflex as Trump today, or we would still be living in Frankish or Visigothic tents, having destroyed the splendour of the Roman Empire.

August 10, 2025