Jean Castex, ‘perfect clone’ of predecessor, tasked with helping Macron change direction

Failure to heed repeating warnings results in inadequate provision of intensive care beds, tests and protective equipment

Paris Letter: Quadruple commemorations for wartime leader on anniversary of 1940 speech

Port chief warns of possible 50km tailbacks and food shortages in Britain after Brexit

Hard right leader Laurent Wauquiez poised to take over conservative Les Républicains

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

Former president Nicolas Sarkozy warns president-elect ‘the hard part starts now’

Transfer of power from outgoing president Francois Hollande to take place next weekend

Presidential contender sinks in polls as nation agog at ‘Penelope-gate’ jobs scandal

Labour spokesman compares triggering article 50 to powers of a Tudor monarch

Tribunal postpones evictions as judge visits shanty town of 3,500 migrants

Thousands face immediate evacuation if Lille tribunal decides against them on Tuesday

Despite high expectations, Front National fails to take single region in the elections

Extreme-right party falls short in local elections despite first-round successes

Prime minister Valls and EU officials to visit Calais, including Jules Ferry camp

Code of silence prompted perhaps by a collective guilty conscience, and fear of strengthening the extreme right-wing National Front