Macron set to become the uncontested leader of Europe with German chancellor’s exit

Exit of the EU's great deal-maker raises prospect for new configurations of power

Electoral calculations weigh heavily as the French president ponders raising the retirement age

French president describes incident southern town of Tain-l’Hermitage as ‘isolated event’

Former French president accused of spending almost twice legal limit on 2012 re-election campaign

An Irishman’s Diary

Final political eclipsing for former president who has admitted he will not run again next year

Former French president found guilty of attempted bribery and influence peddling

Former French president, up on corruption charges, expects to be ‘cleansed of infamy’

Trial could be a humiliating postscript to a political career tainted by a litany of legal investigations

Swiss rider wins stage 12 for Team Sunweb as Nicolas Roche plays captain’s role

Paris Letter: The French face the possibility Washington has reduced them to vassal status

The fallout from the decade of Blair and Clinton continues to shape today’s crises

For a president who won election claiming he could ‘transform’ France, Emmanuel Macron has a lot riding on his pension reform

Transport, schools and hospitals crippled in pension reforms stand-off with Macron

Jokes and high emotion as EU leaders step down after five turbulent years

Boris Johnson doesn’t mean what he says he might be sincere about avoiding an extension

Edouard Balladur, François Léotard and Nicolas Sarkozy are involved in Karachi trial

Putin and Clinton among dignitaries at funeral Mass for former president

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