French election: A tumultuous campaign leaves Macron poisedHow France slowly, but surely, came round to the idea of a Macron presidencySat May 6 2017 - 01:00
Europe holds its breath as France prepares to votePresidential candidates make late push as final polls show Macron well ahead of Le PenSat May 6 2017 - 01:00
Le Pen hit with criticism – and eggs – after poor debate displayMacron impresses in ugly debate which could be taste of things to come in FranceThu May 4 2017 - 17:51
Macron and Le Pen exchange insults in TV election battleSnap opinion poll shows 63 per cent of viewers found Macron more convincingThu May 4 2017 - 08:10
In France’s ‘third round’, things could get very interestingIf Macron wins the presidency, might he have to govern with a PM from the other side?Thu May 4 2017 - 01:00
Macron and Le Pen shift strategies ahead of TV debateMacron focuses on demonising his rival as Le Pen caught plagiarising Fillon in speechTue May 2 2017 - 20:25
Politics make a convivial topic at the French dinner tableParis Letter: Presidential election chat reveals the discreet charm of the bourgeoisieTue May 2 2017 - 01:00
Le Pen berates ‘no party ’ Macron at Paris rallyFar-right candidate portrays rival Emmanuel Macron as the embodiment of ‘finance’Mon May 1 2017 - 18:00
Brigitte Macron: Older woman behind the ‘perfect young man’She's been called a ‘cougar’, but the 64-year-old is poised to become France’s first ladySat Apr 29 2017 - 01:00
Family baggage hurts Le Pen’s efforts to woo Mélenchon votersHolocaust-deniers in Front National hold back candidate’s attempts to present softer imageFri Apr 28 2017 - 17:53
Macron broke French politics – now he must fix itCentrist has promised to end France’s two-party system designed by de GaulleFri Apr 28 2017 - 01:00
Macron and Le Pen engage in battle for public affectionFrench presidential candidates trade insults as they try to appear closer to the peopleThu Apr 27 2017 - 18:48
Macron stands at gates of the Élysée in a fractured FrancePolls strongly back En Marche! founder for second round but he cannot get complacentMon Apr 24 2017 - 18:15
Emmanuel Macron poised to defeat Marine Le Pen in runoffCentrist Macron wins first round of French presidential electionSun Apr 23 2017 - 22:29
‘What a sad election’: French voters reflect on a divisive campaignIn Paris’s 12th district, only one voter is enthusiastic – and no Le Pen voter can be foundSun Apr 23 2017 - 20:11
‘This campaign stinks’: France goes to the pollsExtreme right, extreme left and extreme dishonesty have characterised France’s presidential election campaignSat Apr 22 2017 - 06:00
French election: The polls, the candidates, the issuesThe presidential election starts on Sunday. How will it work? Who’s in the race?Sat Apr 22 2017 - 06:00
Terrorism dominates last day of French presidential campaignMarine Le Pen had complained opponents refused to discuss issue during the campaignFri Apr 21 2017 - 21:21
France goes to polls under shadow of terror and political uncertaintyFour of the 11 candidates stand a chance of reaching the May 7th run-offFri Apr 21 2017 - 21:10
Paris gunman was arrested in February over planning police attackPolice detain three family members French citizen after shooting claimed by Islamic StateFri Apr 21 2017 - 13:45
Islamic State claims responsibility for Paris attackCounter-terrorism investigation under way after policeman is killed on Champs-ÉlyséesThu Apr 20 2017 - 23:18
Hollande legacy holds back his ‘spiritual son’ MacronFrench presidential candidate seeks to distance himself from deeply unpopular incumbentThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:41
Irish rugby player questioned in gang rape caseProsecutor to investigate Denis Coulson, Rory Grice and Loick Jammes of GrenobleThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:39
Marine Le Pen denies French guilt over HolocaustRemarks by French Front National leader on deportation of Jews provoke furyThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:39
Immigrants turning France into ‘enormous squat’, says Le PenFar-right leader rouses supporters in final rally ahead of presidential vote on SundayThu Apr 20 2017 - 10:00
‘The Immortal’ – An Irishwoman’s Diary about French writer Michel Déon and IrelandThu Apr 20 2017 - 00:01
Macron rallies supporters as French election race tightensEmmanuel-the-good slugs it out with sulphurous rivals in final week of campaigningTue Apr 18 2017 - 16:55
European Parliament asked to lift Le Pen’s immunityNational Front leader did not respond to judges’ summonses in February and MarchFri Apr 14 2017 - 16:31
Far-left candidate’s surge shakes up French presidential raceJean-Luc Mélenchon’s breakthrough in polls has prompted a whiff of cold war panicThu Apr 13 2017 - 09:56
Optimists backing Macron in French presidential electionPollsters say voters divided between pro-globalisation and ‘fortress France’ campsTue Apr 11 2017 - 11:00
EU establishment awaits Emmanuel Macron victory as if for the MessiahFrench presidential front-runner is the first unabashedly pro-European leader in more than a decadeFri Apr 7 2017 - 01:00
Fillon predicts ‘chaos’ for Europe if Le Pen wins electionFrench conservative candidate in eye of ‘fake jobs’ scandal lays out European credentialsThu Apr 6 2017 - 16:22
Le Pen comes off worst in French election debate free-for-allAnalysis: Main candidates made to squirm as outsiders ask tough questionsWed Apr 5 2017 - 18:57
‘Little guys’ take on the big guns in chaotic French election debateAnti-capitalist candidate draws applause and laughter with attacks on Fillon and Le PenWed Apr 5 2017 - 09:44
How Thomas Kaplan is using art as a weapon of warUS billionaire to loan three paintings to Dublin exhibition he financed research forMon Mar 27 2017 - 05:00
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 7 2017 - 19:52
France election analysis: Fillon goes rogue in family melodramaCorruption scandal consumes conservative nominee weeks before voting beginsTue Mar 7 2017 - 01:00
Fillon survives heave attempt as Juppé rules himself out of raceFrench conservative party abandons attempted move against presidential nomineeMon Mar 6 2017 - 21:00
François Fillon stages defiant rally as his campaign strugglesThe beleaguered conservative presidential candidate attracts thousands of supportersSun Mar 5 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 4 2017 - 06:00
As Fillon’s campaign stumbles, Macron seizes the spotlightSupporters are fleeing Francois Fillon as Emmanuel Macron presents his manifestoThu Mar 2 2017 - 18:00
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