Opinion

Every month the British Ambassador to France, Ed Llewellyn, shares an insight into his role

Ireland’s Ambassador to France Patricia O’Brien delivers a message of hope about overcoming the coronavirus challenge together

A leading French human rights organisation says it is ‘totally against’ the government’s plan to use a ‘contact tracing’ phone application called StopCovid as part of its deconfinement strategy.

OPINION: Reader Mary Heaton suggests that allowing the owners of second homes in France to visit unoccupied properties for vital maintenance could be regarded as a controlled form of tourism as the coronavirus restrictions are eased.

Nabila Ramdani is an award-winning French-Algerian journalist who specialises in French politics and the Arab world. Her articles feature in the French national press as well as internationally. She is a regular columnist in The Connexion

Jill Foxley is an English garden designer who lives in a rural farmhouse in southwest France that she and her husband are (slowly) restoring

Simon Heffer, the renowned political commentator and historian, turns his gaze to French politics

It can be difficult for English-speaking parents to know how best to help their children going to a French school. The Connexion asked two bilingual experts for advice

Nick Inman says populist arguments of impending EU implosion are not supported by the facts. In fact, it is likely to grow after President Macron suggested France may be willing to lift its opposition to the applications of Albania and North Macedonia

Following the resignation of Benjamin Griveaux, should the media respect politicians’ private and domestic privacy? Or do the public have a right to know every dodgy detail?

This month, teams from across the Embassy, in particular our consular colleagues, have been working hard to support British citizens affected by the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Green issues are quite rightly topping campaign agendas for municipal elections being held across France in March.

For all the rhetoric of three years ago about how he would break the mould of French politics, Emmanuel Macron has some pretty orthodox methods.

Michael Delahaye and his wife Anni have moved to France not once but twice – first from the UK, then from Australia. Now they are back in Australia. He explains why they’ve left again…

There is no better way to judge the alarm with which Ségolène Royal’s political opponents take the indication that she intends to contest the 2022 presidential election than to note the accusations of expenses fraud that have suddenly blown up against her.