Former French president accused of spending almost twice legal limit on 2012 re-election campaign

Former French president found guilty of attempted bribery and influence peddling

November 2015 attacks by jihadist suicide bombers and gunmen killed 130 people

Macron reshuffled team to drive unity while fragmenting opposition in run to 2022

Sunday’s elections will be chastening after a disastrous campaign by president’s LREM

Edouard Philippe has thrived in recent crises and overtaken the president in popularity

Germany warns against nationalism, as UK and France thank war-time generation

Paris Letter: The French face the possibility Washington has reduced them to vassal status

Paris court hears details of elaborate sting that netted €77.5m for alleged fraudsters

The French president’s predecessors provide useful reminders of how not to talk about immigration

Franco-Israeli fraudster Gilbert Chikli to go on trial for elaborate hustle of wealthy

Voting patterns in French army have swung towards far-right since 2012, research finds

Ms O’Donoghue of Primark/Penneys, is one of the most powerful people in Irish retailing

Authorities examine options to detain the ‘potentially dangerous’ French citizens

Restive city draws sharp police reaction to yellow vest protesters who turn ire on Macron

Politician’s new book takes aim at Macron, former partner Hollande and sexism

French president to meet May, Merkel and Mali president during Alsace-Moselle events

Paris Letter: Scathing portrayal of Sarkozy and Hollande published as Socialists go bust

Paris Letter: Manuel Valls wants to be mayor of Catalan capital having been outdone by Macron

World View: Paris at last starts to face up to state’s torture and murder in Algerian war

Shock departure of Nicholas Hulot damages French president’s green credentials

Encouragingly, political leaders’ attempts to leverage the tournament for personal gain tend to end in failure

Phone taps of French ex-president allegedly reveal plan to bribe prosecutor and influence inquiry

Former French president questioned about allegations Libya funded 2007 campaign

Trump’s recognition an error France will not repeat, says president

Only surviving member of group that carried out attacks in 2015 refuses to answer questions

The world in 2017

Former presidential candidate still keen to use her influence from the Arctic wilderness

President Macron and officials as well as victims’ families honour the 130 people killed

The focus on the president’s slipping opinion polls ratings is overdone, but Macron still has a long way to go to make good on his promise

Analysis: Lara Marlowe on Emmanuel Macron’s first six months as president

Web Summit attendees in Lisbon hear of potential risks from rise of artificial intelligence

Some 60,000 expected at event with Al Gore and Intel chief among keynote speakers

There’s the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, plus results from Avis Budget and Trip Advisor

Carbon-neutral tech event will plant 95,000 pine trees to erase footprint

New to the Parish: French national Clément Imbert and his Russian wife Yulia love life in Ireland but say high tax, expensive housing and childcare costs will drive them away

Selection of new Unesco director general was a diplomatic coup for French president

Greece Letter: Europe’s changing landscape means more uncertainty in Athens’s relationships

Paris keen to keep opponents divided as unions mount lacklustre strike

The French president is now seemingly unstoppable on the international stage