John Lichfield

A veteran foreign editor and France correspondent, John is a regular columnist for The Local and one of the foremost experts on France writing in English.

OPINION: An inflation ‘tsunami’ is about to hit France

JOHN LICHFIELD

OPINION: An inflation ‘tsunami’ is about to hit France

OPINION: France and the UK need to get real if they really want stop Channel migrant crossings

JOHN LICHFIELD

OPINION: France and the UK need to get real if they really want stop Channel migrant crossings

There may be no solution to the migrant crisis but the least France, the UK and Italy could do is be realistic and cooperate, writes John Lichfield. But is there any hope of that?

OPINION: The new leader of Le Pen’s party could split the French far-right

JOHN LICHFIELD

OPINION: The new leader of Le Pen’s party could split the French far-right

OPINION: Tuesday’s strike in France was a damp squib, but real fireworks are inevitable

JOHN LICHFIELD

OPINION: Tuesday’s strike in France was a damp squib, but real fireworks are inevitable

JOHN LICHFIELD

OPINION: France’s PM and her opponents are playing a dangerous game with parliament

OPINION: France’s PM and her opponents are playing a dangerous game with parliament

JOHN LICHFIELD

OPINION: The French government’s use of strike-breaking powers could be a political hand grenade

OPINION: The French government’s use of strike-breaking powers could be a political hand grenade

JOHN LICHFIELD

OPINION: France has two presidents – one is confident, the other weak and directionless

OPINION: France has two presidents – one is confident, the other weak and directionless

JOHN LICHFIELD

OPINION: A French referendum on the right to die would be a disaster

OPINION: A French referendum on the right to die would be a disaster

OPINION: We won’t freeze this winter, but France is a long way from solving its nuclear problems

JOHN LICHFIELD

OPINION: We won’t freeze this winter, but France is a long way from solving its nuclear problems

OPINION: Putin is advancing rapidly – in his invasion of French-speaking west Africa

JOHN LICHFIELD

OPINION: Putin is advancing rapidly – in his invasion of French-speaking west Africa

OPINION: Macron’s pension reform is wildly unpopular and badly timed – but essential for France

JOHN LICHFIELD

OPINION: Macron’s pension reform is wildly unpopular and badly timed – but essential for France

JOHN LICHFIELD

OPINION: France cannot afford to keep shielding consumers from energy price rises

OPINION: France cannot afford to keep shielding consumers from energy price rises