Topic: France

The crazy needles of France June 24, 2025 Silvio Canto, Jr. There are thousands of people in France who just don't like their country very much.
Trump, Macron, and Starmer at the G7: How do you like me now? June 17, 2025 Noel S. Williams French President Emmanuel Macron continues to marginalize himself, even as Trump makes beneficial deals.
Pardon moi! Why are French Tesla lessors suing Tesla? June 13, 2025 Noel S. Williams Thank God our legal systems are inherited from British traditions, including common law, rather than the Napoleonic Code.
Antisemitism in Paris in 1982 and today actually gives reason for optimism June 1, 2025 Andrea Widburg Yes, the world is much more Muslim everywhere, thanks to unlimited immigration and financial infiltration, but maybe a positive pattern will repeat itself.
France's antisemitic Gaza rioters also desecrated the Joan of Arc statue in Paris June 2, 2025 Monica Showalter Muslim migrants, antisemitism, and wokester officials who hate St. Joan allow for ugly things to happen.
So Macron's wife couldn't even wait until behind closed doors to start slapping her husband May 26, 2025 Monica Showalter Not a good look for a French head of state. And probably a security risk to NATO, too, given what the Russians may know.
French judge releases an accused rapist because he’s ‘fairly integrated’ April 2, 2025 Olivia Murray From “mostly peaceful” to “fairly integrated” the left clings to their Orwellian deceit.
One outrage after another: Europe is lost April 1, 2025 Eric Utter From banning Marine Le Pen from the French presidency to negating Romania's election, Europe is a mess.
De Gaulle Set a Pattern For Trump January 27, 2025 Mike Konrad De Gaulle understood that nations have to be unified in laws, language, and identity -- none of this multicultural nonsense. He wanted to Make France Great Again.
Notre Dame and Trump December 9, 2024 Evelyne Joslain Can we speak of a double resurrection?
How do they say ‘messy’ in French? December 5, 2024 Silvio Canto, Jr. No pardon for Prime Minister Michel Barnier. 
Feast of the Cannibals October 11, 2024 Lars Møller The revolution is the feast of the cannibals. Vanity, lust for power, and deadly rivalry invariably get mixed up with the particulars of ideology. Unyielding conceit appears in the guise of piety or secular altruism as purges degenerate into violent orgies. Sure enough, the outcome is the installment of another tyranny.
The ghost of the future sends U.S. voters a message from Paris July 8, 2024 Silvio Canto, Jr. Leave it to the French to make things interesting.
France at a Crossroads July 8, 2024 F. Andrew Wolf, Jr. There is no substitute for reality, and the French need a taste of it.
Europe’s Jews are seeing that the Enlightenment, not Hitler, was the aberration July 8, 2024 Andrea Widburg With Islamists ascendant in both France and the United Kingdom, Europe’s Jews are re-learning why Theodore Herzl realized they needed to go back to the Kingdom of Judea.
What do you get when you combine the French and activism? Poop June 26, 2024 Andrea Widburg No, that’s not a joke. It’s the absolute truth.
Macron's criticism of Israel is hypocritical May 28, 2024 Little Smith What, exactly, would he do, if he were in Israel's place?
New study: cultural enrichers from sub-Saharan Africa live in French social housing by a ‘hugely disproportionate degree’ April 5, 2024 Olivia Murray Weird—the people with no money, no skills, and no desire to assimilate to the West, turn out to be a huge drain on the taxpayer.
Recent poll finds French youth favor bans on air travel October 3, 2023 Eric Utter What next, permanent lockdowns, too?
France's Macron proposes taxing Americans to pay for his country's green schemes June 29, 2023 Monica Showalter The little euro-weasel who tells us BRICS nations are the wave of the future suddenly remembers who's got the money.
Disgruntled asylum-seeker stabs toddlers and elders in an Annecy, France park June 9, 2023 Monica Showalter Why again are these migrants being let in?
France bans domestic flights in adherence to agenda of global communism December 8, 2022 Olivia Murray Climate lockdowns incoming: only “three years” to flatten the emissions curve.
Italy plays Florida, France plays Martha's Vineyard -- See the video November 20, 2022 Monica Showalter Get a load of how Italy's new conservative prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, ripped into France and told the French president off.
You'll never guess which major European country's scholars and political officials are attacking woke identity politics February 9, 2021 Thomas Lifson I would have guessed Poland or Russia. Nope, it's a rich Western European country American conservatives generally mock and resent.
As American politicians cower before BLM, they get a lesson in courage from...France June 17, 2020 Thomas Lifson As we see mob rule imitating the tactics of the Red Guards of China's Cultural Revolution and the Taliban in Afghanistan, Americans get a necessary lesson from the president of France. It's that bad...
Is it time to establish France-style no-go zones in United States cities? June 15, 2020 A.K. Falco Paris and Seattle are starting to look remarkably similar.
More globalism gone bust: France declares 'buy French!' March 30, 2020 Monica Showalter E.U. going out of business for the same reason China is...
France's yellow vests have something to say about those Orwellian speed cameras January 12, 2019 Monica Showalter They've smashed up 60% of France's ubiquitous and Orwellian speed cameras.
A new 'Frenchman'? December 13, 2018 Don Sucher Much is being made of the Strasbourg Christmas market terror attack being committed by a "native" Frenchman. The second-generation Muslim son of migrants was technically that, but...
France's Macron offers up economic succor from Nicolas Maduro's playbook December 11, 2018 Monica Showalter In his vaunted national address in the wake of nationwide riots, Macron embraced "the Maduro solution" for France's economic distress, doing what the Venezuelan dictator does to make problems go away: he's raising the minimum wage.  
Macron facing a crisis that he created by baiting Trump December 10, 2018 Thomas Lifson A year and a half ago, he baited Trump, asking for a fight on climate change. And now he's got one – with his own populace
A martyr falls in France - and French officials don't quite get it March 24, 2018 Monica Showalter France is still under attack by Muslim terrorists who would turn the country into their own ugly image. A French police officer understood this, but the French state keeps letting them in.
The wages of jihad in France October 10, 2017 Thomas Lifson As Europe accedes to jihad in slow motion, the success of jihadists is aiding Israel's long-term strategy for survival.
France breaks up migrant camp, wonders why another appears July 30, 2017 Monica Showalter Does France see any connection between the breakup of migrant camps in one place and the rise of new migrant camps in another? Not France's current government.
Is Today's Britain Like Post-WWI France? June 12, 2017 Peter Skurkiss As Britain's young rapidly move into the Labour Party's fold, a look at how this played out in France in the aftermath of World War I is instructive.
France's Macron makes a big play for Russia's affection May 29, 2017 Monica Showalter French president Emmanuel Macron is going all out to flatter Russia's President Vladimir Putin.  Seems he knows how to play Europe's power alliance games.
French voters have rejected their establishment April 29, 2017 Michael Curtis French electors have sent a message to traditional political parties: we can get along very well without you.
In France, conservative Fillon takes a swing at socialist President Hollande April 2, 2017 Michele Antaki French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon accused President Francois Hollande of dirty tricks. This is going to get interesting.
American left demands strict gun control laws (like France!) in the wake of San Bernardino shootings December 3, 2015 Thomas Lifson Democrats are once again embracing gun control, a path to electoral disaster in past recent elections.
France's leading TV weather forecaster suspended for questioning global warming orthodoxy October 16, 2015 Thomas Lifson A household name in France, known and trusted for his forecasts, taken off the air fo daring to question alarmists.
France Takes the Lead on the Middle East April 3, 2015 Michael Curtis A political vacuum exists in the Middle East, and it is significant that France has stepped in to fill it in a principled way. 
France without Jews Is Not France January 25, 2015 Michael Curtis So says French prime minister Manuel Valls, joined by the whole of French history.
The Paris Attack and Western Elites January 9, 2015 Don Feder Islam is preparing our resting place. Western elites are carrying the coffin.
As France wakes up to Islamic threat, 'far right' Le Pen surges January 9, 2015 Thomas Lifson “Time’s up for denial and hypocrisy,” says Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s Front National political party.  Meanwhile, President Obama still refuses to utter the word "Islam" connected to terrorism.
France to end 75% tax rate December 24, 2014 Thomas Lifson Punishing the rich doesn't help the poor. Ever.
A European Court Is Wrong about France December 22, 2014 Michael Curtis Pirates deprived of their human rights?  Really?  
Michael Curtis appointed to Legion of Honor by the President of France August 1, 2014 Thomas Lifson All of us at American Thinker heartily congratulate our colleague Michael Curtis on his appointment by the President of France to the Legion of Honor, the highest decoration in France
France Speaks the Truth about Hamas and Israel July 13, 2014 Michael Curtis An unlikely European head of state is claiming solidarity with Israel in the wake of the latest rocket attacks from Gaza.
Jewish teens barely escape axe attack in Paris suburb June 10, 2014 Thomas Lifson A virtul pogrom underway in Western Europe
Faites attention, Monsieur Boehner May 26, 2014 AT Contributor Pay attention to France's election results
The Ominous Implications for the West of Jews' Exodus from France May 18, 2014 William Sullivan Even with the absence of a Hitler figure in France or a regime which openly espouses such hatred, Jews indeed have reason to drudge up the “old fears.”
Darkness again falls on Europe: Jews fleeing France May 13, 2014 Thomas Lifson The number of Jews leaving France for Israel is up 400% in the first quarter of 2014
The French Trains were on the Wrong Track April 2, 2014 Michael Curtis What is the responsibility of French railways for Jewish suffering during the Holocaust?
France and the BDS Movement February 23, 2014 Michael Curtis France is taking the lead in using legal means to counter and punish not only racists, but also those participating in the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.
Dining with the French, Eating American February 13, 2014 Ethel C. Fenig We thought big tents were for the circus.
France Recognizes the Islamic Threat January 23, 2014 Michael Curtis France bites the bullet in opposing Islamism, while the U.S. leads from behind.
France Adopts Reaganomics (Again) January 22, 2014 Chriss Street Francoise Hollande learns a lesson from the Gipper.
France Combats Anti-Semitism January 13, 2014 Michael Curtis France has now taken a step, symbolically important for the democratic world as well as for its own political well being, in controlling the virulent offensiveness of anti-Semitism.
France Invests in Israel November 25, 2013 Michael Curtis As the U.S. distances itself from Israel, France moves in to take up the slack.
Vive la France! November 23, 2013 Michael Curtis The ties Between France and Israel are strong and the countries are bound by common anxiety regarding Islamic terrorism, and the threat of a nuclear Iran.
Green backlash spreads as French protest 'eco-tax' November 18, 2013 Thomas Lifson The decades-long run of environmentalists cloaked in holy righteousness is coming to an end,
The United States Must not Cease to be Vigilant about Iran November 16, 2013 Michael Curtis The eager pursuit of Iran by Kerry and others is all too reminiscent of events concerning Nazi Germany.
Iranian Checkmate November 13, 2013 Rob Miller Why France said no -- and why the Iranians don't care.
Role reversal: France pre-empts American surrender to Iran's nuke program November 10, 2013 Thomas Lifson It is a measure of how low American has fallen on the world stage that France was forced to man up and prevent a sell-out deal at the nuclear talks in Geneva
Why the French Want to Dump the Euro November 3, 2013 Chriss Street To the barricades, comrades! The French National Front is threatening to take over the European Parliament.
A Judgment on Intelligence October 28, 2013 Herbert E. Meyer What could we possibly hope to learn from Angela Merkel's cellphone conversations that's worth the risk of offending one of our country's most important allies?
The Euro-Socialist Death Spiral October 22, 2013 Mark Petrina Do we really want to be like ultra-civilized Europe?
The Value of Single-Sex Institutions October 7, 2013 Ben Cohen Why can't women join the French Foreign Legion?
The French Connection in Syria September 8, 2013 Bernie Reeves More than meets America's eye
It's lonely out there, leading from behind August 30, 2013 Thomas Lifson Unlike the reviled George W. Bush, who was able to assemble coalitions numbering well into double digits for his military ventures in the Islamic world, Barack Obama is left with France
Dangerous Times: Milton Friedman just won his euro bet May 11, 2013 James Lewis Even as President Obama is following in Eurosocialist footsteps, the 14-year utopian experiment on a single currency is collapsing.
Resistance Movement Growing to Islamization of France April 6, 2013 JanSuzanne Krasner Elites are unnerved as young French people organize to oppose Islamization of their country
Halting the Islamist Threat February 5, 2013 Michael Curtis The danger is that Islamists who have become more active in efforts to infiltrate and destabilize North Africa pose a threat to southern Europe.
Mali Reveals the Media's Gaza Bias February 1, 2013 Noah Beck The media's reaction to France's military action in Mali =- when contrasted with coverage of Israel's military actions in Gaza -- reveals flagrant double standards
The End of Neo-colonialism January 31, 2013 Michael Curtis Mali, Algeria, and the rest of the world are now aware that the fundamental threat to existing societies, is not the intervention of "colonial" powers but the advance of Islamist extremists.
Equal in Ignorance October 21, 2012 Judith Weizner In la belle France it seems some parents are better equipped than others to help their children with schoolwork, thus giving them an unfair advantage.
Anti-Jewish attacks in France reach epidemic proportions June 4, 2012 Leo Rennert French Prime Minister puzzled by "unexplained violence" refuses to open his eyes.
Francois Hollande takes half a page from Obama playbook May 11, 2012 Jerry Shenk New French President Francois Hollande has publicly stated that his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, underestimated France's budget problems. Sound familiar?
Will Obama Suffer Sarkozy's Fate? May 8, 2012 J. Robert Smith Francois Hollande and Europe's shift left might just help un-elect Barack Obama in November.
French elections: Virtue, the Debt, and the Jewish Question May 5, 2012 Nidra Poller The most important presidential election in France since the end of World War 2. This is the most clear cut opportunity for a European nation to stand up and confront the wave of conquest unleashed in 1973