Opinion

Simon Heffer: Could French President Macron be derailed?

In Simon Heffer's monthly column, he talks of the downfall of the Macron regime, and what, in his opinion, has got the President to this point of possible derailment.

Nabila Ramdani: Why hate sells so well in our modern world

In her monthly column in The Connexion, award-winning journalist Nabila Ramdani shares her views on why hate sells well in our modern world, and how we are all poorer for it.

Coronavirus recovery: Will France’s 150 airports survive?

Experts believe it will take until at least 2024 for air travel to return to pre-pandemic levels as tourists stay at home and business trips are replaced by conference video calls. But how will the government do it?

Brexit to force second homeowners to choose: UK or France?

Half-and-halfers will have to make a Brexit choice, says Connexion Journalist Samantha David.

Simon Heffer: how Macron is going to lead France post-Covid

Macron will need nerves of steel to get us out of this Covid predicament, says Connexion and Telegraph columnist Simon Heffer.

Nabila Ramdani: masks have dramatically changed daily life

Mask rules have changed daily life in extraordinary ways, says Connexion columnist and award-winning French-Algerian journalist Nabila Ramdani.

Simon Heffer: UK-France quarantine rule is profoundly stupid

If this new regulation (which ought to be contested urgently in the courts) were so essential, why impose the 4am Saturday deadline? Why wasn’t it imposed with immediate effect?

Ed Llewellyn: reflecting on 2020 & the future of France

Every month the British Ambassador to France, Ed Llewellyn, shares an insight into his role. Here, read his column for August.

Ed Llewellyn: what the EU exit means for residents in France

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

French President Macron honours London

President Macron yesterday said: “80 years ago to the day, the United Kingdom handed Free France its first weapon: a BBC microphone”. Journalist Alexander Seale found the president’s visit to London particularly moving… and was heartened by the language used.

Lockdown Lives: Three kids, a dog, one new business

Parisians Ian Benton and Alison Ross launched their online business just a few months before the coronavirus lockdown...

Lockdown lives: I'm missing launch of my debut novel

Mum of five, journalist - and, now, novelist - Gillian Harvey finds a silver lining in confinement

‘If we can winter this out, we can summer anywhere’

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

Vital work continues in Covid-19 lockdown

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

Macron's clarity on Covid-19 offers comfort

"President Macron’s suggestion that there might be a slow return to normal by mid-July would, if it turns out to be true, at least enable something approaching a tourist season"

Restaurants could do worse than copy McDo template

French rights group:Why StopCovid app is too risky

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.

Let France's second-home owners visit empty properties

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.

It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel...

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

Now comes the hard part of Macron’s Covid-19 response

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

Food supplies are being maintained – but for how long?

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

Coronavirus crisis proves ties between France and UK

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.