The political winds have changed. In the wake of President Macron raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, his already dismal approval ratings and popularity have sunk even lower, as two recent surveys reveal.
At a time when the French are taking to the streets and queuing at petrol stations, how can they tolerate seeing their leaders frolicking in such magazines?
In Beijing, French President Macron and European Commission President von der Leyen tried in vain to sway Beijing into siding with the collective West over Ukraine.
Not accepting that future conflict between the West and China is “inescapable,” the French president urged Europe to commit to maintaining trade with China.
A symptom of the French penchant to riot or part of a broader collapse of the Fifth Republic? The European Conservative speaks to a participant of recent anti-Macron pension demonstrations to examine the movement’s causes, character, and future.
The Left and Centre are unanimously in favour of what they see as progress for society; on the Right, the prospect of legalising euthanasia faces strong opposition.
She didn’t think she had committed any crime in referring to the French president as “a piece of filth” on Facebook. French authorities thought otherwise.
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