Jacques Chirac

The Irish Times view on Donald Trump’s role in the US Capitol attack

Failure to prosecute him will in the long run encourage others, or a returning Trump, to engage in similar conduct

France’s Les Républicains pick Valérie Pécresse as presidential candidate

Party’s first woman nominee for role defeated favourites Barnier and Bertrand

Sarkozy convictions more an exercise in shaming than real punishment

Former president to be confined to his home in sign to successors times have changed

‘I am all of Algeria’: Bouteflika embodied best but mainly worst of his country

The 20-year Algerian president’s death greeted with something like embarrassment

Macron acknowledges ‘debt’ to French Polynesia over nuclear tests

Speech stops short of apology for 30 years of tests undertaken ‘because it was far away’

France prepares for departure of sometimes reluctant partner and rival Merkel

Macron set to become the uncontested leader of Europe with German chancellor’s exit

‘Opportunity to recalibrate’: Who will rule in the post-Merkel EU?

Exit of the EU's great deal-maker raises prospect for new configurations of power

The Irish Times view on French pension reforms: Macron’s big decision

Electoral calculations weigh heavily as the French president ponders raising the retirement age

Macron slapped in face by member of public during walkabout

French president describes incident southern town of Tain-l’Hermitage as ‘isolated event’

Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on campaign finance charges

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

Nom de Grrr – Frank McNally on the rules of dog-naming in France

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The Irish Times view on Nicolas Sarkozy’s criminal conviction

Final political eclipsing for former president who has admitted he will not run again next year

Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for corruption

Former French president found guilty of attempted bribery and influence peddling

On the witness stand, Sarkozy summons the righteous indignation of old

Former French president, up on corruption charges, expects to be ‘cleansed of infamy’

Sarkozy corruption trial to include evidence obtained from secret phones

Trial could be a humiliating postscript to a political career tainted by a litany of legal investigations

Tour de France: Marc Hirschi gets the job done third time around

Swiss rider wins stage 12 for Team Sunweb as Nicolas Roche plays captain’s role

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