Editorials

It started off rather badly! On his journey towards the highest office in France, in order to win over the Gaullists, Jacques Chirac rallied to his side the French sovereignists, who had always fostered “true” nationalism, as they denounced (6th December 1978) the pro-Europeans as the...

 With just 39 days to go before the possible “effective” date of Brexit on 31st October, what are we to expect? The UK is in the midst of an extremely serious political and constitutional crisis. Under populist pressure, the oldest parliamentary democracy, with no written...

On 4th July 1997 Hong Kong was returned to China. It was my privilege to represent France on that occasion. René Monory, the President of the Senate led our delegation, which included amongst others, Alain Peyrefitte The symbolism of this “hand-over” was not lost on us. Martial...

The Members of the European Parliament have confirmed the choice of the heads of State and government to appoint Ursula von der Leyen to be the President of the European Commission as of 1st November next. She is the right person for the right post. It was time that Europe appoint a woman to lead...