French election: Europe’s fate may hang on outcomeVictory for Marine Le Pen would mark political revolution capable of sinking projectFri Mar 24 2017 - 01:00
Up to 11m French viewers tune in to first presidential debateLe Pen was aggressive and sarcastic, Fillon showed poise, and Macron appeared a noviceTue Mar 21 2017 - 18:53
French presidential election favourite faces onslaught in TV debateEmmanuel Macron accused by Marine Le Pen of ‘mind-boggling emptiness’Tue Mar 21 2017 - 10:08
Many Marine Le Pen cohorts linked to neo-Nazi ideasLe Pen’s efforts to legitimise Front National undermined by ideology of associatesSat Mar 18 2017 - 01:00
Four wounded as student opens fire at school in southern FranceTeenage gunman obsessed by Columbine massacre in US but has ‘no link’ to terrorismThu Mar 16 2017 - 19:15
FG leadership candidates should publish spending, says VaradkarMinister says there should be spending limits for candidates in Fine Gael leadership raceThu Mar 16 2017 - 15:04
FF and SF trying to push unification on North - VaradkarMinister believes parties trying to exploit Brexit and approach will alienate unionistsThu Mar 16 2017 - 12:52
French corruption scandals breaking fast and furiousFrançois Fillon the first presidential candidate to be placed under judiciary investigationWed Mar 15 2017 - 19:31
French election is ‘unthinkable, unprecedented’ says pollsterDirector of France’s oldest polling company thinks Le Pen will be defeated in run-offFri Mar 10 2017 - 01:00
Marine Le Pen tells business leaders euro is deadRight-wing presidential candidate says she will resign if she fails to take France out of euroTue Mar 07 2017 - 19:52
France election analysis: Fillon goes rogue in family melodramaCorruption scandal consumes conservative nominee weeks before voting beginsTue Mar 07 2017 - 01:00
Fillon survives heave attempt as Juppé rules himself out of raceFrench conservative party abandons attempted move against presidential nomineeMon Mar 06 2017 - 21:00
François Fillon stages defiant rally as his campaign strugglesThe beleaguered conservative presidential candidate attracts thousands of supportersSun Mar 05 2017 - 21:16
Boni de Castellane sale recalls excesses of ‘Belle Époque’The French count burned through $10 million of his American heiress wife’s fortune. Their treasures are for sale for the first time in over a centurySat Mar 04 2017 - 06:00
As Fillon’s campaign stumbles, Macron seizes the spotlightSupporters are fleeing Francois Fillon as Emmanuel Macron presents his manifestoThu Mar 02 2017 - 18:00
French election: Fillon to stay in race despite ‘fake jobs’ chargesConservative candidate says summons over scheme is ‘political assassination’Wed Mar 01 2017 - 15:38
For a forgotten village, Marine Le Pen ‘keeps her word’The far-right Front National leader has forged a strong bond with this tiny communeWed Mar 01 2017 - 01:00
French election: Marine Le Pen attempts global outreachFront National leader’s popularity continues to grow, despite scandal over assistantsFri Feb 24 2017 - 17:30
France: Blunt comments land Macron in hot waterPresidential candidate’s remarks on gay marriage and Algeria raise hacklesFri Feb 17 2017 - 19:14
Emmanuel Macron calls colonisation of Algeria ‘real barbarity’French presidential campaign reignites dispute over country’s legacy in north AfricaThu Feb 16 2017 - 18:14
François Hollande looks to revive ghostly ‘cradle of Paris’Historic Île de la Cité to become ‘a real neighbourhood’ if architect has his wayThu Feb 16 2017 - 01:00
Nightly violence continues in troubled Paris suburbsFocus on police identity checks in marginalised areas as government appeals for calmTue Feb 14 2017 - 19:03
French candidate Emmanuel Macron accuses Russia of hackingKremlin denies hacking ‘En marche!’ website of presidential favourite hostile to RussiaTue Feb 14 2017 - 18:00
Emmanuel Macron and the French politics of ambiguityPresidential candidate of ‘extreme centre’ forecast to beat Marine Le Pen in electionsTue Feb 14 2017 - 01:00
Marine Le Pen: Yes she canMarine Le Pen, leader of the far-right Front National, is polling strongly in France’s presidential race. Can she emulate Donald Trump’s populist success?Sat Feb 11 2017 - 21:12
French farmer convicted of helping migrants to cross borderBringing people across border is ‘an honour, not a sacrifice’, says local hero HerrouFri Feb 10 2017 - 20:37
Tensions high as French police try to quell nightly violenceFrench youths in the Paris banlieues rioting over police brutality and alleged rapeThu Feb 09 2017 - 20:32
Francois Fillon’s wife reportedly got €45,000 in unemployment benefitsRival presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron forced to dismiss affair rumoursTue Feb 07 2017 - 17:54
Sarkozy to appeal decision to send him for trial over campaignFormer French president could face year in jail or fine if convicted over election financingTue Feb 07 2017 - 17:16
Francois Fillon admits ‘error’ but refuses to quit French raceFormer favourite for presidency offers robust defence in fake jobs scandalMon Feb 06 2017 - 19:10
Marine Le Pen veers further right with start of presidential bidFront National leader delivers inflammatory speech as candidates begin campaigningSun Feb 05 2017 - 20:32
French election a glimmer of hope for social democracyModerate socialists battling for survival in face of globalisation and political extremismSat Feb 04 2017 - 01:00
Paris attacker believed to be Egyptian in France on tourist visaOfficials say assault on four soldiers at Louvre museum was of ‘terrorist character’Fri Feb 03 2017 - 22:04
Old interview drags Fillon deeper into fake jobs scandalCandidate’s wife appears to contradict husband’s claim she was legitimate employeeThu Feb 02 2017 - 20:01
Frenchman held by police over rape of Irish au pairAlleged assault took place last summer when 20-year-old was taking care of childThu Feb 02 2017 - 16:55
France asks whether François Fillon can ride out scandalPresidential contender sinks in polls as nation agog at ‘Penelope-gate’ jobs scandalThu Feb 02 2017 - 01:00
Emmanuel Macron’s ambitions received boost from ‘exotic’ RoyalPresidential candidates thrash out alliances while Fillon struggles with wife’s job scandalsTue Jan 31 2017 - 20:02
Old rivals face eclipse in French presidential electionFront National and Les Républicains may edge out both establishment parties in first roundTue Jan 31 2017 - 01:00
French socialists choose Benoit Hamon as presidential nomineeFar-left candidate easily beats Valls in primary as Fillon struggles over scandalSun Jan 29 2017 - 21:02
French election to be showdown between Macron and Le PenFormer favourite for presidency François Fillon discredited by payments made to wifeSat Jan 28 2017 - 01:00
François Fillon’s presidential hopes in turmoil over payments scandalFrance candidate under investigation over news that wife was paid €600,000 as aideWed Jan 25 2017 - 17:13
‘Little Ben’ looks set to pull French Socialists to the leftLikely presidential candidate Benoît Hamon wants a universal basic incomeMon Jan 23 2017 - 17:41
Left-wing rebel surprise winner of French socialist primaryBenoit Hamon unlikely to survive first round of presidential election on April 23rdMon Jan 23 2017 - 01:00
French left has yet again become casualty of its own disunityFavourite Socialist candidate Manuel Valls predicted to win only 10% of vote in electionSat Jan 21 2017 - 03:00
Emmanuel Macron gains support in French presidential raceThe Independent candidate has growing momentum despite Marine Le Pen’s tauntsThu Jan 19 2017 - 01:00
Late French writer Michel Déon remembered at Paris MassCrowd of 700 told three words summarise Déon - charm, friendship and booksWed Jan 18 2017 - 19:43
Paris talks reaffirm support for elusive Israeli-Palestinian peace resolutionForeign ministers and international bodies reaffirm need for a ‘two-state solution’Sun Jan 15 2017 - 20:30
The French satirical weekly with no ads and no online articlesAdvertising-free ‘Canard enchaîné’ sells 400,000 copies and has €100 million bankedSat Jan 14 2017 - 06:00
France to host symbolic event on Israeli-Palestinian conflictMeeting aims to portray international consensus on necessity of two-state solutionSat Jan 14 2017 - 01:00
Nazi war criminal reportedly died in a Syrian dungeonThe fate of Alois Brunner, blamed for the death of 130,000, has always been a mysteryFri Jan 13 2017 - 01:00
