
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.

JOHN LICHFIELD
ANALYSIS: What France's financial aid bill has revealed about the likelihood of early elections
A package of economic aid to help the French deal with the cost of living crisis has proved the first big test so far of France's new government, which has lost its absolute majority - John Lichfield looks at what the bill's stormy passage can tell us about the months ahead in France.