Coronavirus crisis raises questions of globalisation, EU solidarity and what we want to pay for

Paris Letter: Quadruple commemorations for wartime leader on anniversary of 1940 speech

Briefing for visit of Crown Prince Abdullah also advised covering wine bottles with ‘veil’

Poised to take helm at ECB, French role model has talent for right place at right time

Germany’s defence minister set to be European Commission president, while France’s Lagarde will control EU’s economic direction

Political fragmentation and low turnout set to shape next European Parliament

To many Parisians, the 850-year-old landmark is simply the heart of their city

The media enjoys a very close, if not too close, relationship with politicians

The founding of the single currency was a landmark moment for the EU and has delivered big gains for businesses and consumers

Dinner at Dublin Castle for Mitterrand was an ‘exceptional’ occasion allowed to exceed the government limit on entertainment spending

Bush could claim to have been one of the most successful foreign-policy US presidents

French president to meet May, Merkel and Mali president during Alsace-Moselle events

Paris Letter: Sixty years ago, General Charles de Gaulle created the Fifth Republic

Film director most well known for ‘Shoah’ which he spent 12 years making

Unionists missed chance for positive change with Belfast-Derry motorway

Emmanuel Macron displays regal certainties just as Britain turns hesitantly inwards

World View: French leader’s bold initiative may drive the next phase of the EU

French president tells Israeli PM ‘anti-zionism is the reinvented form of anti-Semitism’

Former chancellor of Germany oversaw reunification and became ‘European patriot’

Germany’s late leader asked for a ‘European state ceremony’. Was he settling scores?

Country’s longest-serving postwar chancellor was driving force behind the euro

The party of Mitterrand and Jaurès is set to lose 90% of its nearly 300 seats

Following ceremony at the Élysée Palace, France has its new president – and first lady

Newly elected president says he will restore France’s self-confidence and embrace future

Remarks by French Front National leader on deportation of Jews provoke fury

French conservative candidate in eye of ‘fake jobs’ scandal lays out European credentials

Pro-EU Schultz and Macron could provide leadership in fixing epic euro zone disaster

Historic Île de la Cité to become ‘a real neighbourhood’ if architect has his way

Isabelle Sheridan urges Irish food producers to explore different markets amid Brexit

President’s decision not to seek re-election widely welcomed on both left and right

François Fillon in pole postion to become presidential candidate for Les Républicains

‘You were the chance of my life,’ late French president wrote to Anne Pingeot

Politicians of all hues used Michel Rocard’s death to justify their positions

In the negotiations that will soon begin on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, the Irish Government will attempt to strike a delicate balance

Before, during and after the football, Paris, Bordeaux and Lillie offer a great choice of bars, restaurants and things to do - including where to watch the match if you don't have a ticket

Ceremony marks charnel house fight that killed 300,000 French and Germans

Verdun battlefield zone still holds millions of unexploded shells

The story of one of the largest first World War battles on the Western Front is being seen in a wider context

Paris aftermath: French leader undergoes transformation few could have imagined

Desperate people are taking enormous risks to try to get into Britain from France