Nearly half of Irish-based expats voted for the independent centrist candidate in first round

The real test will be if he can win a majority in June’s parliamentary elections

Results reveal scale of crisis facing traditional parties across the continent

Landmark first-round result in presidential poll remakes France’s political landscape

Centrist Macron wins first round of French presidential election

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

French conservative candidate in eye of ‘fake jobs’ scandal lays out European credentials

Anti-capitalist candidate draws applause and laughter with attacks on Fillon and Le Pen

Backing of poll-leading presidential candidate compounds left-right splits within party

Le Pen was aggressive and sarcastic, Fillon showed poise, and Macron appeared a novice

Emmanuel Macron accused by Marine Le Pen of ‘mind-boggling emptiness’

Move could help conservative party The Republicans come from behind in opinion polls

Director of France’s oldest polling company thinks Le Pen will be defeated in run-off

Right-wing presidential candidate says she will resign if she fails to take France out of euro

Front National leader’s popularity continues to grow, despite scandal over assistants

Independent economic analysis of policy platforms is a useful public service

Presidential candidate of ‘extreme centre’ forecast to beat Marine Le Pen in elections

Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right Front National, is polling strongly in France’s presidential race. Can she emulate Donald Trump’s populist success?

Options narrow in the French election

Front National leader delivers inflammatory speech as candidates begin campaigning

Moderate socialists battling for survival in face of globalisation and political extremism

Candidate’s wife appears to contradict husband’s claim she was legitimate employee

Presidential candidates thrash out alliances while Fillon struggles with wife’s job scandals

Far-left candidate easily beats Valls in primary as Fillon struggles over scandal

Former favourite for presidency François Fillon discredited by payments made to wife

Q+A: Is current president François Hollande running again? How many candidates are there?

Likely presidential candidate Benoît Hamon wants a universal basic income

Benoit Hamon unlikely to survive first round of presidential election on April 23rd

Former PM Manuel Valls faces risk of failing to make run-off between final two candidates

What’s happening in Vegas, China, France and Limerick, plus the ‘happiest man on the planet’

Presidential vote: French ex-PM fends off criticism, proclaims himself ‘profoundly of left’

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

Woman photographed removing top on beach while surrounded by armed police

Spectre of French government falling recedes after left-wing rebels fail to muster sufficient numbers

An influential voice on the left, Aubry worsens François Hollande’s predicament

Government attacked from left and right over plans to cut family benefit payouts

French president revamps government for second time in two years as popularity falls

Minister Arnaud Montebourg accuses Germany of imposing policy on Europe

Female teacher at primary school attacked by mother of 5-year-old pupil

President’s former partner one of new PM Manuel Valls’s surprise appointments