Far-right turn sends Pécresse’s presidential campaign into a tailspin
French conservative candidate ‘crossed Rubicon’ with reference to ‘great replacement’
Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on campaign finance charges
Former French president accused of spending almost twice legal limit on 2012 re-election campaign
Party of Sarkozy Les Républicains faces fight for survival
Le Pen and Macron are fighting over the remnants of once mighty conservative party
France: The right regroups
The election of Laurent Wauquiez as leader at the weekend was an encouraging sign for a traumatised organisation
Old interview drags Fillon deeper into fake jobs scandal
Candidate’s wife appears to contradict husband’s claim she was legitimate employee
Trump’s election on many French voter’s minds
France faces a wave of populism that has emboldened Marine Le Pen
French conservative primary becomes three-horse race
Nicolas Sarkozy, Alain Juppé and François Fillon vie for chance to counter rise of Le Pen
Conservative candidates set out stalls in French presidential race
Ex-prime minister Alain Juppé edges ahead of six rivals in Les Républicains TV debate
Burkini beach ban: must French Muslim women become invisible?
‘Some suggested passing off a headscarf as a way to avoid frizzy hair; others posted Harry Potter donning an invisibility cloak’
Former French minister causes storm with ‘white race’ remark
Nicolas Sarkozy furious after Nadine Morano refuses to apologise for comments
Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP set to officially change name to Les Républicains
By changing party name, the former president wants to bury disastrous past
Hollande adviser embroiled in Sarkozy and Fillon row
Jean Pierre Jouyet claims he was asked to speed up investigation into Sarkozy’s finances
Alain Juppé still not finished in politics as presidency beckons
UMP party beset with problems but still favourite to retake the Élysée in 2017
Nicolas Sarkozy remains mired in scandal
A corruption investigation is suspended but other cases threaten Sarkozy’s political comeback
Nicolas Sarkozy questioned over influence claims
Magistrates investigate if former French president had moles in French justice system
French political meltdown follows EU elections
Marine Le Pen sounds off as leadership of UMP resign, writes Lara Marlowe
French results confirm Marine Le Pen as powerful force
FN leader now the most influential French voice on Europe
Extreme right triumphs in French election
National Front takes 25% of the vote and boasts it is ‘first party of France’
Cars restricted in Paris in effort to clear dangerous smog
Unseasonably warm weather exacerbating diesel pollution in French capital
Wire taps backfire on socialist government
French prime minister admits he knew Sarkozy’s phone was tapped
Sarkozy and Bruni to sue over leaking of secret tapes
Former French president ‘upset’ over publication of aide’s tapes
French conservative leader denies impoverishing party to enrich his friends
Two of Jean-Francois Copé’s closest aides allegedly raked in millions organising rallies for Sarkozy campaign
François Hollande’s new centrism wrong-foots right and left
The shift in the French president’s policies has been praised by business management and the EU commission
Strong National Front showing in French byelection alarms Socialists
French left has now lost eight legislative and three cantonal elections in the past year
France seeks to bolster case for Syria action
French release intelligence tying Assad government to chemical attack
There’s nothing very convincing about Sarkozy’s retirement
Former French president says again he might have to come back, ‘if I am needed, out of duty’
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