Jean Luc Melenchon

Lighter moments punctuate intense TV debate that highlights chasm between the candidates

Incumbent attempts to convince sceptical leftists to back him in presidential election

Debate set to be most important event in run-up to the April 24th presidential election

Runoff will reveal whether he broke the mould or facilitated far-right’s rise

Far-left party leader relishing the role of arbiter and kingmaker

If she wins the presidential run-off on April 24th the status of 5.2m foreigners living in France will be threatened

Macron goes into the second round on April 24th as frontrunner, and with a larger first-round vote than he won five years ago. But he is not assured of victory

President faces tricky act of wooing voters on right and left in France divided in three blocs

President under threat from far-right candidate on April 24th after underwhelming campaign

Election looked set to be a replay of 2017 but the president’s win is no longer a certainty

‘Extremist danger today is even greater than it was a . . . few years ago,’ cautions Macron

Podemos calls for diplomatic response to crisis as Sánchez moves to send weapons

Polls show Macron with a comfortable lead at 28 per cent in the first round, up from 25 per cent last month

French president’s low-key campaign signals second-term adherence to economic reforms

Paris Letter: ‘The invasion of Anglo-American subjects our language to mortal peril’

French conservative candidate ‘crossed Rubicon’ with reference to ‘great replacement’