The Irish Times

Macron and Le Pen hit campaign trail as run-off looms

President faces tricky act of wooing voters on right and left in France divided in three blocs

Mon Apr 11 2022 - 13:13

Far-right turn sends Pécresse’s presidential campaign into a tailspin

French conservative candidate ‘crossed Rubicon’ with reference to ‘great replacement’

Tue Feb 15 2022 - 20:21

France ushers in 2022 with right-wing outrage over EU flag

France’s lurch to the right is the biggest challenge to Macron’s re-election hopes

Sun Jan 02 2022 - 18:00

Les Républicains candidate likely to pose threat to Macron’s re-election

Ciotti and Pécresse battle for dominance after party’s shock first-round primary result

Fri Dec 03 2021 - 16:00

Sarkozy convictions more an exercise in shaming than real punishment

Former president to be confined to his home in sign to successors times have changed

Fri Oct 01 2021 - 01:00

Macron on the back foot as France’s presidential election campaign starts in earnest

Poor local election results may not mean much but the president’s party base remains weak

Thu Jul 01 2021 - 20:00

Macron and Le Pen the big losers in French elections

Conservative Les Républicains and Socialist parties retain control of regions across France

Mon Jun 28 2021 - 08:55

Tide of outrage in France follows beheading of teacher

Protests follow murder of teacher by 18-year-old unconnected to victim or school

Sun Oct 18 2020 - 21:00

Environmentalists win big in ‘green wave’ of French municipal elections

Europe Écologie Les Verts seize town halls in Besançon, Bordeaux, Lyon and Strasbourg

Sun Jun 28 2020 - 21:34

Macron indulges in self-flattery with homage to Charles de Gaulle

French president hoping to be seen as a modern-day de Gaulle as he eyes re-election

Thu Jun 18 2020 - 19:30

Pension reform goal eroding Macron party as more members depart

‘Parliamentary fiasco’ claims as La République en Marche seeks to raise retirement age

Fri Mar 06 2020 - 20:36

Macron promises to vanquish ‘Islamist separatism’ in France

Critics accuse president of unrolling new strategy to limit losses in March’s elections

Tue Feb 18 2020 - 18:50

Party of Sarkozy Les Républicains faces fight for survival

Le Pen and Macron are fighting over the remnants of once mighty conservative party

Tue Jun 04 2019 - 18:45

Rival French conservatives clash in televised debate

Hard-right Republican leader and French prime minister in icy 20-minute exchange

Sat Sept 29 2018 - 05:01

Call for French minister to resign over former prostitute’s claim

Sophie Spatz alleges Gérald Darmanin coerced her into sex with promise of letter

Mon Jan 29 2018 - 21:30

France: The right regroups

The election of Laurent Wauquiez as leader at the weekend was an encouraging sign for a traumatised organisation

Tue Dec 12 2017 - 00:05

Fall in Macron’s popularity encourages Wauquiez

Hard right leader Laurent Wauquiez poised to take over conservative Les Républicains

Wed Sept 06 2017 - 01:00

Quarter of Macron’s cabinet ministers resign on ethical grounds

French president plunged into first government crisis as four ministers step down

Wed Jun 21 2017 - 18:45

Macron continues to defy expectations with poll absolute majority

French president has made impressive start but big challenge is to motivate jaded voters

Mon Jun 19 2017 - 18:07

Macron’s party wins absolute majority in French assembly

Level of abstention breaks all records as 58 per cent of electorate fail to vote

Sun Jun 18 2017 - 21:21

Macron marches on

French elections

Tue Jun 13 2017 - 01:02

France’s Socialist Party in throes of legislative election disaster

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

Tue Jun 13 2017 - 01:00

Macron’s party set for landslide in parliamentary elections

French president’s movement takes 32% of vote in first round marred by record abstention

Sun Jun 11 2017 - 21:22

Polls predict only crumbs for opponents in Macron’s ‘sky blue’ assembly

President’s La République En Marche poised to win absolute majority in elections

Thu Jun 08 2017 - 18:18

Emmanuel Macron launches talks on French labour law reform

Move to tackle trade unions represents the first major test of Macron’s presidency

Tue May 23 2017 - 18:00

Emmanuel Macron seeks majority in France’s legislative elections

Next month’s vote appears likely to result in young, inexperienced assembly

Mon May 22 2017 - 20:38

Macron’s team: a careful blend of age, gender and background

Men and women, politics and civil society get equal billing in new French government

Wed May 17 2017 - 20:22

Candidates line up to be part of Macron’s En Marche! movement

Party of France’s president-elect begins assembling new kind of democracy

Thu May 11 2017 - 19:16

Macron cabinet selections show strategy of divide and rule

President-elect boosted as former socialist prime minister Manuel Valls joins ticket

Tue May 09 2017 - 17:48

In France’s ‘third round’, things could get very interesting

If Macron wins the presidency, might he have to govern with a PM from the other side?

Thu May 04 2017 - 01:00

Politics make a convivial topic at the French dinner table

Paris Letter: Presidential election chat reveals the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie

Tue May 02 2017 - 01:00

Macron broke French politics – now he must fix it

Centrist has promised to end France’s two-party system designed by de Gaulle

Fri Apr 28 2017 - 01:00

Macron stands at gates of the Élysée in a fractured France

Polls strongly back En Marche! founder for second round but he cannot get complacent

Mon Apr 24 2017 - 18:15

‘What a sad election’: French voters reflect on a divisive campaign

In Paris’s 12th district, only one voter is enthusiastic – and no Le Pen voter can be found

Sun Apr 23 2017 - 20:11