Julien Hoez - French & European Political Analyst https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Publications What’s new Privacy policy Contact / Bookings Work With Me Publications Event moderation In The Press About Home ‘This could spell the end of her political career.’ With Marine Le Pen out of the presidential race, France’s far right is adrift What does Hungary’s Viktor Orban want? EU says Orban doesn’t represent bloc in Georgia “He was a rival to her”: how to explain Thierry Breton’s surprise dismissal from the von der Leyen Commission Podcast: The ‘cordon sanitaire’ is what you want it to be She treated the European Parliament as a “cash cow” to set up a “brazen scheme”: Marine Le Pen – the charge that led to her conviction He set up the War Department, ‘lied’ about having ended seven wars, and wants to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Will he succeed? ‘This is a threat to everyone, not just Iran, Russia or China, but to everyone – including the US.’ Europe is set to enter the era of ‘forward deterrence’ New nuclear doctrine. “Macron has made it very clear that the red button remains in Paris” ‘It’s funny’ to see Macron and von der Leyen championing nuclear power: ‘We don’t have oil, but we have ideas’ Will “the shapeless, all-consuming mass” bring down Marine Le Pen? D-Day has arrived – a day that is also set to be B-Day, for Bardella Court upholds Le Pen’s conviction but reduces her sentence. “She can stand as a presidential candidate, but it’s a complicated situation” Digitising France, Digitising Europe: (cyber)Security, Geopolitics, Strategic Autonomy, and the Digital Economy. Five years on from the Sorbonne speech: Emmanuel Macron’s European policy Between a ‘deadly trap’ and a new political crisis. There are only two ‘complicated’ ways to avoid early elections in France Renew Europe CoFoE Citizens’ Panel: EU Reform: Stronger Union, Climate Action, and the Future of Democracy Forum France -How can the EU align industrial expansion with its long-term climate commitments? Now the real problem is Macron: the far right is rubbing its hands with glee at this impossible decision GLOBSEC 2026 – Is Europe’s House in Order? Internal Readiness for a New Global Era How Le Pen got Bardella into trouble with the help of a court, and what this might mean for France and the EU What’s New French far-right’s election upset and Macron’s crown of thorns How the European Parliament helps normalize the far right Italy’s Meloni breaks with Trump over war in Iran, pope Ursula von der Leyen faces crucial EU vote on her future Daunting satellite images reveal China’s ‘provocative’ Taiwan move French election update: the rise of Le Pen In The Press fr About Contactez-moi Travaillez Avec Moi Accueil Global Styles