Our 'post-human' leaders like Macron, Houellebecq implies, have so successfully destroyed Western civilisation that its people, profoundly depressed by what has occurred, have basically given up living, says Steven Tucker.
With France thrown into chaos by a rash election won by the far Left and violence erupting on the streets, Steven Tucker turns to Michel Houellebecq for insights into what is going on at a deeper level.
France has been so distracted by keeping out the "far Right" that it failed to see it was letting in a far Left that poses a real threat to the French economy and the survival of the eurozone, says Matthew Lynn.
Here's something the BBC won't tell you: Marine Le Pen's National Rally was the only party to increase its vote share in the second round of the French election, says Nick Rendell.
Le Pen's National Rally won the popular vote in the French election with 37% – higher than the 34% that gave Keir Starmer his UK landslide. But the party came third thanks to being shunned by the Right-wing Republicans.
Hard left activists and their Islamist allies rioted in France's major cities last night following the surprise victory of the New Popular Front – a coalition of far Left activists and Islamists – in yesterday's election.
Le Pen scored a huge victory in the first round of France's elections, but her opponents are hoping to keep out her party by teaming up with antisemites, Islamists, antifa and terror apologists, says Robert Kogon.
Marine Le Pen's Right-wing National Rally party has taken a commanding lead in the first round of France's parliamentary elections, bringing it closer to the gates of power than ever before.
France is teetering on the brink of its own 'Frexit' moment, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has warned.
The Belgian Prime Minister resigns, Emanuel Macron dissolves the National Assembly in France and Germany inches further towards political crisis – Eugyppius gives his take on the EU parliamentary election results.
