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

Other candidates are using Hollande’s record in office to attack the prime minister

President’s decision not to seek re-election widely welcomed on both left and right

Weekend rally of leftist groups planned in bid to breath life into lethargic election drive

Former prime minister set to take on Marine Le Pen as socialist infighting continues

Former prime minister’s big win in Sunday’s primary seen as return of traditional right

Véronique Roy, whose child died as a jihadi in Syria, is leading the attack on radicalisation

Former economy minister’s announcement antagonises rivals on left and right

Vladimir Putin hopes incoming president can ease ‘crisis’ in US-Russia ties

EU competition commissioner is adamant Apple tax ruling is not political issue

Corporate device allows French companies apply 15% tax rate on intellectual property activity rather than standard 35%

Meeting in Lausanne arranged amid bitter dispute over devastating Aleppo bombing

French president says political right is ‘steeped in revenge, reaction, regression’

French authorities to accept documents in English and process moves within two weeks

President says Britain has an obligation to France over immigrants

EU officials concede TTIP likely to be parked until new US administration is bedded in

Demonstrators protest against TTIP ahead of trade ministers’ meeting in Bratislava

French prime minister lashes out at “intolerable” New York Times article

A year after the boy drowned, those trying to escape war still get little help from Europe

Outgoing minister delivers resignation speech laced with criticism of Francois Hollande

While Francois Hollande has yet to declare, there is little doubt he will seek re-election