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Simon Heffer obviously does not understand the French [political] system.

Emmanuel Macron did not create a new party, he called for all people of good will who wanted to unite (Right, Left, Centre鈥�) to rally round him and work together according to the manifesto that he submitted to the French for the Presidential election.

There are no party members as such, as no-one pays dues on a yearly basis. A French president does not have to have a party to be elected.

The movement has not evaporated and has a majority of MPs and a large number of 补诲丑茅谤别苍迟蝉. Jean-Luc M茅lenchon even declared that he had lost the first round. Heffer calls the FN a UKIP-type party quite mistakenly.

The FN is not a new entity with one agitator who only wants one thing. It鈥檚 an old party. It was created in October 1972 and revolves around a family, the Le Pens.

Parliament is working towards achieving what the manifesto explained and there is no reason to think that Macron will not succeed.

P. Dupont, Aube

Mr Heffer replies: 鈥淢. Dupont is correct to say that no French president needs a party to be elected. But M Macron did found a party 鈥� En Marche! 鈥� and its membership is evaporating. That is the main point I was making.鈥�