Former prime minister’s big win in Sunday’s primary seen as return of traditional right

PM under Sarkozy based comeback on €110bn in spending cuts and social conservatism

Véronique Roy, whose child died as a jihadi in Syria, is leading the attack on radicalisation

Ex-president says he will back frontrunner François Fillon in Les Républicains runoff

Nicolas Sarkozy, Alain Juppé and François Fillon vie for chance to counter rise of Le Pen

Former economy minister’s announcement antagonises rivals on left and right

Commemorations at Stade de France, Bataclan and cafes where 130 people were killed

Stéphane Lissner, the director of the French national opera, is going all out to recruit new opera-lovers

US president-elect has promised to tear up the Paris climate accord ratified last year

Anger and disillusionment that propelled Trump to power is an epidemic in the West

The ‘Paris Jungle’ was home to nearly 4,000 people who have now been evacuated

Leila Slimani wins the Prix Goncourt and Prix Renaudot awarded to Yasmina Reza

Police in France and Spain have staged protests and withdrawn from some duties

Children dispersed around France, possibly complicating proposal to bring 200 to Ireland

‘They haven’t said they want to go to Ireland,’ says interior ministry figure

Election of military man (81) with support of Syria ends 2½ years of political stalemate

Calm prevails throughout camp as first buses depart for reception centres across the country

The first monographic exhibition in Paris since 1982 of the neglected 19th century master

Official says no evidence to ‘suspect anything untoward’ happened to late Munster head coach

Munster head coach’s remains will be flown home to Shannon Airport on Wednesday

After being trapped behind the Iron Curtain, Russia’s Shchukin collection, including works by Picasso and Matisse, is back in Par(...)

Minister for Finance and bishop join tributes to late Munster coach

Once autopsy is completed Munster head coach will be released to his family

Ex-prime minister Alain Juppé edges ahead of six rivals in Les Républicains TV debate

President manages to offend almost everyone, including judges, footballers and his ex

French president says political right is ‘steeped in revenge, reaction, regression’

Diplomatic row around situation in Aleppo, where France accuses Russia of war crimes

‘You were the chance of my life,’ late French president wrote to Anne Pingeot

Air France personnel find ‘Allahu akbar’ scrawled on fuel tanks of almost 40 aircraft

A computer found in a bin in Brussels points to concerted efforts to orchestrate attacks

Pontiff’s claim that schools in France teach ‘gender theory’ draws condemnation

Kanye West abruptly ends concert in New York citing a ‘family emergency’ at Paris hotel

New collection at Petit Palais celebrates the rebellious writer’s life and work

Irish scientists on team applaud success of mission after 8bn kilometres of travel

For now, a left-wing candidate has little chance of getting to the second round

Martin Shanahan pleads case on corporate ruling before Bar of global foreign investors

President says Britain has an obligation to France over immigrants

Between the Charlie Hebdo and Nice massacres, French media changed their approach to such violent attacks, and the public’s reacti(...)

Prof Louise Richardson fears dramatic increase in fees for university’s students

‘Sahara became a desert, not because of industry’, says French presidential candidate

European Space Agency’s ExoMars programme to determine if there’s life on Mars

A voice for the silent majority of French Muslims calls for an Islamic reformation

French president slams terrorists, the right and City of London in combative speech

Pioneering talent remembered in magical moment almost 40 years after her death

Mayor Anne Hidalgo says Paris refugee camp is the first in a dense urban zone in Europe

French prime minister lashes out at “intolerable” New York Times article

Prosecutor believes former French president knew of €18m in bogus bills sent to UMP

Up to 10,000 now living on wasteland site in tents and without adequate water or toilets

Pierre Moscovici: Apple ‘a company which didn’t pay as much tax as it should have’

Journalist could receive 30-year prison sentence in absentia for voluntary homicide

Legendary photographer’s image helped change US public opinion on Vietnam War

Outgoing minister delivers resignation speech laced with criticism of Francois Hollande

In foreign policy address, French president also seeks to impose deadline for Brexit

While Francois Hollande has yet to declare, there is little doubt he will seek re-election

The Austrian writer of the 1930s, a friend of James Joyce and inspiration for Wes Anderson, is back in vogue as his view of a worl(...)

Frustration and confusion often permeates the state’s reaction to suspected Islamists

Sharp increase in prisoner numbers fuels overcrowding and appalling conditions

Smile 13’s plans to rent out a water park near Marseille is described as ‘hardcore sectarianism’

Given the war with Isis could take years, French society must look beyond security

Tourists still flock in their droves to gawk at Louis XIV’s red and gold brocade bed

Fr Jacques Hamel eulogised in Rouen, but what does future hold for France’s Muslims?

19-year-old Normandy attackers knew each other only four days before they struck

25-year-old was attacked by three men with a motorcycle chain lock

French firm EDF left in lurch as move seen as crucial to its future is postponed

Recent attacks have sparked media debate in France on the ethics of coverage

Murder of Fr Jacques has destroyed fragile ethnic balance in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray

François Hollande to meet faith leaders after murder of priest by Islamic State supporters

Right-wing figures pounce after priest’s throat is slashed in Normandy town

One of ‘soldiers of Islamic State’ who forced cleric to kneel before murder identified

Policewoman claims she was told to alter report about police presence on July 14th

Sarkozy alleged to have put pressure on Lagarde to approve award for Bernard Tapie

Brexiteers’ possible strategy: play France and Germany off each other

Five to be arraigned in connection with complicity in a terrorist undertaking

Brexit, the Easter Rising and Irish in France during first World War also on agenda

John Montague and Elizabeth Wassell are heartbroken over the attack in Nice

Country to vote on extending state of emergency after man stabs mother and daughters

Inquiry advances as prosecutor says Laouaiej-Bouhlel not a practising Muslim

‘The terrorists want to divide us, and the politicians are doing it for them’

Families remember those killed in the Bastille Day truck assault in the French city

Six people have been placed in custody in connection with Bastille Day massacre

‘Incomprehension, stupefaction, silence and fear’ tempered with ‘a sense of togetherness’

Islamic State claimed Mohamed Laouaiej-Bouhlel as one of its ‘soldiers’

Nice survivors struggle to adjust to reality in the aftermath of the Bastille Day attack

Hollande caught between allegations of too much and too little action

'It shouldn’t have happened. On the best of days, you wouldn’t be able to drive anything that size down the promenade'

Irish man among 200 injured, 50 of whom are critical, after lorry ran into crowd

Driver shot dead as France opens terrorism inquiry into attack that left at least 50 others injured

Parliamentary inquiry finds security agencies need a radical overhaul to fight jihadism

French officials know they are fighting an uphill battle as taxes and social charges remain among the highest in Europe

Republic and North groups given medals for ‘exemplary behaviour’ during Euro 2016

Executives behind brutal jobs cuts programme may face criminal charges after dozens of deaths

David Hunt jailed for eight months in Europe’s largest prison, Fleury-Mérogis

‘You can be proud, because the Euros aren’t over yet, and you’ve already won’

Politicians of all hues used Michel Rocard’s death to justify their positions

David Cameron, François Hollande, Michael D Higgins and Prince Charles lead tributes

Seminal play performed in location where playwright Frank McGuinness set drama

President François Hollande said ‘France wanted Europe . . . she built Europe’

Call for ‘French-German engine’ to deal with fallout of result that ‘seriously tests Europe’

Tight security in place as 2,000 officers in riot gear deployed for march through Paris