'PRESIDENT OF THE RICH'

One year on from his comprehensive election victory, Emmanuel Macron still enjoys an international reputation as France's golden boy. He is perfect, cooed President Donald... READ MORE›

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EUROPE'S NEXT POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE -- RT OP-EDGE

Center-right presidential hopeful Francois Fillon has a more reasonable view of Russia compared with the slavish Socialist party leadership under Hollande and Valls... READ MORE›

FRANCOIS HOLLANDE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF FRANCE

Francois Hollande, the least popular French president since the second world war, has announced he will not run for a second term in office... READ MORE›

FRENCH TGV HIGH-SPEED TRAIN DERAILS NEAR STRASBOURG

A high-speed TGV train has derailed near the eastern French city of Strasbourg, killing at least 10 people, officials say... READ MORE›

FRANCE'S MACRON ANNOUNCES GENDER EQUAL LIST OF POLITICAL OUTSIDERS

The party of French President-elect Emmanuel Macron has selected a diverse list of 428 candidates for parliamentary elections next month... READ MORE›

FRANCE'S NICOLAS SARKOZY FACES GADDAFI PAYMENT CLAIMS

France-Lebanese businessman tells French news site he delivered cash from late Libyan leader in 2006 and 2007... READ MORE›

LE PEN RIDES TRUMP, BREXIT WAVE IN ELECTION CAMPAIGN

Marine Le Pen, France's far-right presidential candidate, has formally launched a campaign echoing many of the themes that propelled Donald Trump to the White House... READ MORE›

PARIS ATTACKS: WHAT WE KNOW NOW

-- French President Francois Hollande declared a state of emergency, mobilized the military and closed France's borders... READ MORE›

FRENCH FAR RIGHT NATIONAL FRONT 'ROUTED' IN KEY VOTE

France's far-right National Front FN has failed to win a single region in the second round of municipal elections, vote projections indicate... READ MORE›

FRENCH SCHOOL MAKES MUSLIMS AND JEWS WEAR RED DISCS

Serving schoolchildren alternative meals without pork is a sensitive issue in France... READ MORE›

MARINE LE PEN SPRINGS SURPRISE VISIT ON MACRON DURING PICKET LINE CAMPAIGN TRIP

France's terrorism is largely home grown - yet both macron and le pen look away... READ MORE›

NICOLAS SARKOZY CRASHES OUT OF FRENCH RIGHT-WING PRIMARIES AS THATCHERITE FRANA?OIS FILLON COMES SPECTACULAR FIRST

Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday crashed out of the race to elect a Right-wing nominee for next year's presidential election in France, after Fran ccedil... READ MORE›

JEAN-LUC MELENCHON, FRANCE'S HARD-LEFT REBEL, TARGETS THE DISENCHANTED

For Jean-Luc Melenchon, France's hard-left presidential candidate, it is a case of one down, two to go... READ MORE›

AFTER PARIS ATTACKS A DARKER MOOD TOWARD ISLAM EMERGES IN FRANCE

That thought has been filtering through the statements of most French politicians and the news media, and most people seem to understand... READ MORE›

LANDSLIDE MAJORITY IN SIGHT FOR MACRON AS FRANCE ELECTS PARLIAMENT

French President Emmanuel Macron's 14-month-old party appears set to win a huge majority in parliamentary elections Sunday... READ MORE›

FRANCOIS FILLON SINKS IN POLLS AFTER 'PENELOPEGATE' SCANDAL

Le Pen is also under investigation for misusing almost EUR300,000 from European parliament funds to pay the salaries of FN staff, including a personal bodyguard... READ MORE›

'IN FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, IT WILL BE MARINE LE PEN'S TO LOSE'

National Front FN leader Marie Le Pen is speaking to the issues that people are concerned about... READ MORE›

FOR FRANCES LEFT, A TIME OF CRISIS

A member of France's oldest trade union, Mr. Ducourtioux, 52, was a stalwart Socialist Party voter who once might have been inside, cheering... READ MORE›

FRENCH SOCIALISTS FEND OFF FAR RIGHT

Related Stories The ruling French Socialist party has narrowly beaten the far-right National Front at a by-election seen as a test for President Francois Hollande... READ MORE›

FRANCE DENOUNCES REVELATIONS OF SPYING BY NSA

Aid, an intelligence historian and author of two books on national security, said WikiLeaks' failure to say whether the new documents came from Mr... READ MORE›

GRIM HOLLANDE SAYS HE WON'T SEEK SECOND TERM AS FRENCH PRESIDENT

Dogged by high unemployment, Hollande is the least popular president in French polling history, yet his closest aides had consistently said he would run... READ MORE›

MAN DECAPITATED IN SUSPECTED 'ISLAMIST ATTACK' AT FRENCH FACTORY

A man has been decapitated in a suspected Islamist attack on a gas factory near the southeastern French city Lyon, authorities said Friday... READ MORE›

FRANCE'S CHAOTIC ELECTION COULD PUT THE FUTURE OF EUROPE AT RISK

Nicolas Sarkozy is the first former head of state to try and reclaim the job... READ MORE›

HOLLANDE'S LE MONDE INTERVIEWS 'POLITICAL SUICIDE'

In the book Mr Hollande says that her original accusation to that effect, made after the pair had split, was an odious act of treachery ... READ MORE›

FRANCE VOTES IN FIRST ELECTION SINCE PARIS ATTACKS

French voters go to the polls in regional elections with the far-right National Front hoping to make gains three weeks after the Paris attacks... READ MORE›

PHIL HUGHES DEATH CRICKETERS RALLY AROUND BOWLER SEAN ABBOTT WHO BOWLED FATAL DELIVERY

Mr. Sarkozy lost to Francois Hollande, the current Socialist president, in the 2012 general election... READ MORE›

EXIT POLLS IN FRANCE SHOW NATIONAL FRONT PARTY LOSING

They are very good in the first round, but they crash in the second, Mr. Lebourg said Sunday night of the National Front... READ MORE›

FRANCE: SOCIALISTS CAST VOTES FOR PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL

France's left has decreased in popularity in recent years after President Francois Hollande's economic reforms caused his socialist party to split... READ MORE›

FRENCH RIGHT VOTES FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO OPPOSE MARINE LE PEN

First round of voting will choose two candidates to go foward from Alain Juppe, Francois Fillon and Nicolas Sarkozy... READ MORE›

FRONT NATIONAL WIN COULD LEAD TO CIVIL WAR, WARNS FRENCH PM

France's socialist prime minister warns of a slide towards civil war if the far-right national front wins power in regional polls this weekend... READ MORE›

FRANCES FAR-RIGHT NATIONAL FRONT GAINS IN ELECTIONS

When the votes were counted, Ms. Le Pen's National Front party was pulling far ahead in two of France's 13 regions and leading in four others... READ MORE›