Splitting the electorate has been disastrous for the left, but their differences appear too deep to repair before presidential election

‘An intelligent, interesting, nonconformist man’ – we speak to the people he interacted with in the city

Opponents accuse government of self-serving reform in advance of vote, with one lawmaker on hunger strike

French government acknowledges country faces a ‘serious moment’

Demonstrators demand the government tackle understaffed and dilapidated classrooms

Sense of chaos feeds into election campaign, with Marine Le Pen promising to reestablish ‘order’

Macron makes sudden decision to attend Mass as pope draws large crowds

Marine Le Pen hails ‘breakthrough’, while hard-left party also gains seats

The pope’s French surname, Prevost, was an invention to conceal a birth outside of wedlock

Pontiff addresses Unesco event, and sounds warning over use of AI as ‘yet another instrument of domination and injustice’

Italy pioneered such an initiative a decade ago; data suggests book sales and visits to cinemas and concerts rose

Watching a day of coverage on CNews reveals how some view country as being a nation in crisis

French finance minister calls for large tax revenues from tech multinationals to be more fairly distributed across EU

Finance minister Roland Lescure, whose Irish wife has given him a close view of Ireland’s transformation, is trying to keep voters and bond markets on side as fuel prices surge

Planned changes would put Ireland among the ‘least hospitable’ countries for naturalisations, expert claims