John Lichfield
John Lichfield has been The Independent's man in Paris since 1997, covering French news. Before that, he was the paper's Foreign Editor and he has also worked in Brussels and Washington.
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Disgraced French minister, Jérôme Cahuzac, forced to sleep in car
11 April 2013 06:47 PM
The disgraced former French Budget Minister, Jérôme Cahuzac, has become a pariah forced to sleep some nights in his car, it has emerged.
Mali presents François Hollande with a new camel after the first one was eaten by the family caring for it
10 April 2013 07:10 PM
There was, finally, some good news for President François Hollande today.
Pickpockets cause strike at the Louvre
10 April 2013 06:22 PM
Gangs of young pickpockets forced the closure of the Louvre museum in Paris today.
François Hollande tells ministers they have four days to reveal assets
10 April 2013 06:20 PM
A “devastated” President François Hollande has announced a series of actions to clean up French public life in the wake of the Jérôme Cahuzac tax evasion scandal.
An Englishman's home is his chateau: Potential bargains for Brits as bottom falls out of French second home market
09 April 2013 06:30 PM
A second home in the country is a luxury the French can no longer afford - cue an invasion of British bargain hunters?
'A great politician and an exceptional person': European leaders react to Margaret Thatcher's death
08 April 2013 04:38 PM
The former prime minister had a complex relationship with the European Union
France is losing patience with its ‘Mr Normal’ president and his anti-austerity policies
07 April 2013 07:59 PM
If Cameron thinks he's got it bad, he should take a look across the channel, where Hollande's host of problems is proving just as tricky
'I must find her' – Resistance hero hunts for the woman he loved and lost
04 April 2013 07:13 PM
Nikolai Vasenin has sent a message “from Russia with love” that dates back almost 70 years.
Taxing time for François Hollande amid claims of hypocrisy
04 April 2013 07:10 PM
Campaign treasurer’s involvement in Cayman Islands firms adds to crisis
The downfall of Jérôme Cahuzac: Cosmetic surgeon. Budget minister. Tax campaigner. National disgrace. The ugly face of Socialist France
04 April 2013 12:00 AM
Jérôme Cahuzac took an unusual route into politics – and an explosive route out. John Lichfield on the man whose spectacular hypocrisy shocked a nation that thought it was used to political scandal
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Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
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After woman sells virginity for $780,000, here are the results of our prostitution survey
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China agrees to impose carbon targets by 2016
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Exclusive: Championship clubs set to push for safe-standing trials
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Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
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Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group
'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system'
Plenty of sleaze
The Freemasons’ Code
Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last
How to say ‘I’m a sellout’
Why clubs are keen to take a stand
In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City
James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie
Stuart Hogg: Ready to climb his own Everest
Steve Bunce on Boxing
Masculinity in crisis?
Have US shock jocks gone too far?
The ‘Beverly Hills’ of Surrey
Heavenly Bodies
