Civil servant appointed as French PM after Philippe stands down

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

France pays a high price for ignoring those who predicted a pandemic

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

Macron leads months-long homage to Charles de Gaulle

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

Calais problems will be ‘10 times worse than at Irish border’

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

Fall in Macron’s popularity encourages Wauquiez

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

Macron cabinet selections show strategy of divide and rule

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

Hollande acts like proud father to Macron at VE Day ceremony

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

Macron set to name new French prime minister by mid-May

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

France asks whether François Fillon can ride out scandal

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

Theresa May to chair first cabinet meeting on Brexit strategy

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

Evacuation of Calais ‘jungle’ delayed

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

Calais ‘jungle’ threatened with closure

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

Results of French regional elections misleading

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

French National Front fails to win any regions in elections

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

France may play more assertive role in migrant crisis

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

French public and political class afraid to address migrant crisis

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

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