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

Party of France’s president-elect begins assembling new kind of democracy

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

The new, untried president faces the enormous task of arresting France’s slide

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

Outcome as key to the future of Europe as it is to France

Far-right leader rouses supporters in final rally ahead of presidential vote on Sunday

Backing of poll-leading presidential candidate compounds left-right splits within party

Director of France’s oldest polling company thinks Le Pen will be defeated in run-off

Presidential candidates thrash out alliances while Fillon struggles with wife’s job scandals

Far-left candidate easily beats Valls in primary as Fillon struggles over scandal

Former favourite for presidency François Fillon discredited by payments made to wife

Q+A: Is current president François Hollande running again? How many candidates are there?

Likely presidential candidate Benoît Hamon wants a universal basic income

Benoit Hamon unlikely to survive first round of presidential election on April 23rd

Former PM Manuel Valls faces risk of failing to make run-off between final two candidates

The Independent candidate has growing momentum despite Marine Le Pen’s taunts

Presidential vote: French ex-PM fends off criticism, proclaims himself ‘profoundly of left’

Short-term stand-in Bernard Cazeneuve managed aftermath of 2015-16 terror attacks

French interior minister will replace Manuel Valls who is stepping down to run for president