A French Mayor, a Suspected Sham Marriage and a Broken Law
A French mayor is going on trial for refusing to perform the marriage of an Algerian under an expulsion order. Now he wants Presid…
Hélène de Lauzun
Hélène de Lauzun is a historian by training, with a PhD in history from the Sorbonne. She is a former student of the École Normale Supérieure de Paris, specialised in the history of Austria and Central Europe. Having worked for various conservative organisations and outlets in France, she is now a press correspondent and columnist working from Paris. De Lauzun is regularly sought out as an advisor for international media on French politics and European conservative circles and also in charge of the department of History of Political Ideas at the Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Paris. She wrote an Histoire de l’Autriche (Paris, Perrin, 2021) and a biography of Johann Strauss (Paris, Tallandier, 2025). Beyond politics, she is passionate about issues related to cultural fight and the preservation of the French heritage and art de vivre and the happy mother of four children.
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Marine Le Pen and the Referendum: When the People Become the Problem
Marine Le Pen’s referendum plan exposes a deeper battle: can voters still reshape France when constitutional and European rules st…
Does the UN Want to Turn the Memory of Slavery into a Western Debt?
Reparations may be presented as a matter of justice, but justice becomes harder to defend when the historical record is stripped o…
The Right Remains a Red Line at France Inter
Regulators have criticized French state media for sidelining conservatives. Now two new controversies expose a public broadcaster …
Giorgia Meloni, Four Years Later: Where Is the Fascist Threat?
Four years after her victory, Giorgia Meloni has defied the doomsayers, bringing stability and a new voice to Italy in Europe and …
Mercosur: Brazil Faces EU Import Ban over Health Standards
An EU suspension of certain Brazilian animal-product imports over health rules gives Mercosur opponents a concrete case for toughe…
The Mélenchon Generation
The surge of youth support for far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon reveals a growing generational divide – and raises questions …
The Rassemblement National Reignites the Battle over the Hijab
Marine Le Pen doubles down on the hijab ban, betting that a popular but divisive measure will strengthen rather than weaken her 20…
When Romance Books Go Halal
Halal romance was meant to offer wholesome love stories, promising relationships free of haram. But behind the genre lies a wider …
Iceland: The Referendum That Could Reopen the Door to the EU
Iceland votes on reopening EU accession talks, but behind the ballot lies a crucial question: how much sovereignty is it willing t…
France’s Presidential Race: The Battle for Economic Credibility
At France’s leading business conference, the country’s presidential hopefuls faced their first major economic test, exposing sharp…
Leo XIV in France: In the Eye of the Storm
The pope is coming to a France where Catholicism may be making an unexpected comeback – and where his message could prove politica…
ATMs Disappear as Banknotes Multiply: The European Cash Paradox
Amid fears of cyberattacks and infrastructure failures, physical money is finding a new role as a hedge against uncertainty.
The Trial That Could Change Social Media
Meta is facing an unprecedented legal challenge over the design of Facebook and Instagram. A defeat could force the tech giant to …
Macron’s Great French Cultural Project: Dragon Ball Z, Funded by Riyadh
Macron’s grand new vision for France: three Saudi-funded theme parks near Paris, manga included. Cultural renaissance or national …
Le Pen’s Party Sets Its Sights on the Senate
After its municipal breakthrough, Marine Le Pen’s RN is eyeing the Senate, hoping to turn its growing local footprint into institu…
Ceuta After the Influx: Rapes, Fear and Chaos
Three weeks after the mass influx, Ceuta is still struggling with sexual violence, street clashes, overcrowding and a security cri…
Female Genital Mutilation: When Feminism Looks Away
Defending women is now called racist. Mutilating girls is now called culture. Feminism has lost its way, and relativism has won.
France’s €1bn Communication Habit: When Government Oversells Its Own Policies
France spent €1bn on state communications in 2024. French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu wants to cut €300m – but the real probl…
Portugal’s Face-Veil Ban Marks a Breakthrough for Chega
Portugal bans face veils: the right-wing populist party Chega sparked the push, but the traditional right turned its once-radical …
X Turns the Transparency Tables on Brussels
EU regulators wanted to see inside X. Musk now wants users to see how governments intervene in what appears on the platform.
France Demands More Data but Cannot Keep It Safe
A succession of government data breaches is raising serious questions about France’s ability to protect the vast amounts of person…
Mélenchon's Gamble on the “New France”
As Mélenchon denounces white, Catholic France, he is staking his presidential ambitions on the country’s demographic transformatio…
France’s Euthanasia Law Survives – With Limits
France’s Constitutional Council upheld the euthanasia law but imposed three safeguards that could protect vulnerable patients and …
John Cleese and the Ministry of Unpopular Opinions
At more than 80, Monty Python legend John Cleese has become an unlikely combatant in Britain’s culture wars, taking aim at politic…
France Strikes Down Social Media Ban for Under-15s
In the name of protecting children, France was preparing to put the entire population under digital surveillance. The Constitution…
France’s Infant Mortality Crisis Has an Immigration Dimension
An official report reveals an uncomfortable link between infant mortality and the growing share of births to foreign-born mothers …
Discovering the Far Center
The greatest threat to democracy today is not the extremes, but a far center claiming a monopoly on reason, virtue and political l…
French Crosses Face Legal Attacks in the Name of Secularism
Across rural France, historic crosses are facing legal challenges in the name of secularism, while a growing movement is fighting …
France’s Public Media Have a Pluralism Problem
Political imbalance in the media is not only about who gets invited, but also about which views are promoted, how they are treated…
Thierry Breton's Ceuta Theory: The Real Threat Is the Algorithm
As tens of thousands of migrants surged into Ceuta, the former EU commissioner for technology called for an investigation into the…
The Question Lyon Will Not Ask After Gay Abuse
Performers fled a barrage of fireworks and homophobic insults in a neighborhood where the attack has reopened questions over integ…
Meloni and Frederiksen Link Migration to Europe's Christian Heritage
In the wake of the Ceuta crisis, Giorgia Meloni and Mette Frederiksen are broadening the migration debate to a more fundamental qu…
New €53 Million Glass Pavilion Divides Paris
A protected historic site, a controversial planning amendment and 130,000 petition signatures: the Palais Bourbon pavilion has bec…
When Russian Interference Becomes the Story
Pro-Russian disinformation targeting French politicians has reached few voters, while warnings about the campaign have spread far …
Queer Milk: What Is in the Best Interest of the Child?
The Scottish government is funding an organization that encourages transgender breastfeeding. Can we accept infants being turned i…
French Editor Targeted in Far-Left Confrontation
Frontières editor-in-chief Erik Tegnér says he was surrounded, assaulted and threatened by more than 100 far-left activists while …
Paris's Water-Saving Plan Is Killing Its Own Trees
Paris likes to boast about the thousands of trees it plants each year. Quietly, neglected irrigation and crumbling infrastructure …
France's Last Electoral Fortress Falls: Retirees Turn to Marine Le Pen
Recent polling suggests that, for the first time, Marine Le Pen could win an outright majority among French voters over 65. The co…
Creating Outlaws: How French Banks Marginalize the Right
From party financing to account closures, French banks sideline right-wing politicians, media and activists.
Crossing the Channel: When No One Takes Responsibility
Four more migrant deaths in the Channel reignite scrutiny of aid groups, French rescue policies and the limits of UK-France migrat…
Saint-Denis Spire: A Battle over France’s Heritage
Saint-Denis’ spire reconstruction has become the focus of a wider struggle over France’s identity, heritage and competing politica…
How France Engineered Its Housing Crisis
France's housing shortage is deepening as energy rules, legal uncertainty and heavy regulation drive landlords and investors out o…
Remembering Father Hamel, Forgetting the Truth
A decade after Islamist terrorists murdered Father Jacques Hamel at the altar, France still refuses to name the ideology behind th…
French Judges Finally Recognize Anti-White Motive in Crépol Killing
Nearly three years after the killing of 16-year-old Thomas Perotto, French judges have added an aggravating racist motive to the c…
Hot in the City: The Merits of Traditional Architecture
As heat waves intensify, Europe’s ultra-insulated buildings are exposing their flaws, while traditional architecture sometimes pro…
Police Raid on Fidesz Raises Fears of Political Retribution in Hungary
Hungary’s new government raids Fidesz headquarters, seizes party servers and deepens its crackdown on Orban’s camp as Brussels rem…
France's Social Media Age Ban: A Trojan Horse for Digital Surveillance
France’s new social media age-verification law is being presented as a child protection measure, but it lays the foundations for u…
Welcoming Algerian Migrants: Still Not Enough?
France denied plans to issue 250,000 additional visas to Algerian nationals, but the controversy exposed the contradictions and we…
The End of Wikipedia’s Neutrality Myth
Wikipedia’s co-founder Larry Sanger says the world’s largest encyclopedia has abandoned neutrality for ideological conformity – an…