Benoit Hamon

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

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

How France slowly, but surely, came round to the idea of a Macron presidency

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

A turning point for Europe’s left

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’