National Rally

John Foster / 05 Jun 2026

The Centre Cannot Hold

Ideology is Back

The paradox of contemporary French politics is that Emmanuel Macron conquered the centre without managing to reconstruct it.(...)

John Foster / 01 May 2026

France Under Far-Right Rule

A Rassemblement National victory probably won’t lead to the crisis that European elites once feared.(...)

John Foster / 06 Jun 2025

Antisemitism and the Gaza War

The Dreyfus Affair casts a long shadow.(...)

John Foster / 03 May 2025

The Poverty of Purity

Throughout the developed world, the right is mobilising to defend culture.(...)