Kristen Ziccarelli, European Conservative
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Modern France is at a precipice. Its Fifth Republic is now widely understood, even in the halls of power, to be on the verge of collapse, as President Macron was forced to appoint a sixth prime minister in the space of two years earlier this month. The country is suffering from political instability, fragmenting social cohesion, economic malaise, and deeper spiritual decay, with few voices in public willing to acknowledge their Christian heritage. In this moment of national crisis, Louis de Bourbon, the current living head of France’s House of Bourbon, has offered himself in service. The argument for ‘monarchy and God again’ (i.e., a Catholic monarchy) derives from centuries of church thought and tradition – it is not a self-justifying power.
