Macron and Le Pen hit campaign trail as run-off looms
President faces tricky act of wooing voters on right and left in France divided in three blocs
President faces tricky act of wooing voters on right and left in France divided in three blocs
French conservative candidate ‘crossed Rubicon’ with reference to ‘great replacement’
France’s lurch to the right is the biggest challenge to Macron’s re-election hopes
Ciotti and Pécresse battle for dominance after party’s shock first-round primary result
Former president to be confined to his home in sign to successors times have changed
Poor local election results may not mean much but the president’s party base remains weak
Conservative Les Républicains and Socialist parties retain control of regions across France
Protests follow murder of teacher by 18-year-old unconnected to victim or school
Europe Écologie Les Verts seize town halls in Besançon, Bordeaux, Lyon and Strasbourg
French president hoping to be seen as a modern-day de Gaulle as he eyes re-election
‘Parliamentary fiasco’ claims as La République en Marche seeks to raise retirement age
Critics accuse president of unrolling new strategy to limit losses in March’s elections
Le Pen and Macron are fighting over the remnants of once mighty conservative party
Hard-right Republican leader and French prime minister in icy 20-minute exchange
Sophie Spatz alleges Gérald Darmanin coerced her into sex with promise of letter
The election of Laurent Wauquiez as leader at the weekend was an encouraging sign for a traumatised organisation
Hard right leader Laurent Wauquiez poised to take over conservative Les Républicains
French president plunged into first government crisis as four ministers step down
French president has made impressive start but big challenge is to motivate jaded voters
Level of abstention breaks all records as 58 per cent of electorate fail to vote
The party of Mitterrand and Jaurès is set to lose 90% of its nearly 300 seats
French president’s movement takes 32% of vote in first round marred by record abstention
President’s La République En Marche poised to win absolute majority in elections
Move to tackle trade unions represents the first major test of Macron’s presidency
Next month’s vote appears likely to result in young, inexperienced assembly
Men and women, politics and civil society get equal billing in new French government
Party of France’s president-elect begins assembling new kind of democracy
President-elect boosted as former socialist prime minister Manuel Valls joins ticket
If Macron wins the presidency, might he have to govern with a PM from the other side?
Paris Letter: Presidential election chat reveals the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie
Centrist has promised to end France’s two-party system designed by de Gaulle
Polls strongly back En Marche! founder for second round but he cannot get complacent
In Paris’s 12th district, only one voter is enthusiastic – and no Le Pen voter can be found
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