Far-left party leader relishing the role of arbiter and kingmaker
To many Parisians, the 850-year-old landmark is simply the heart of their city
It succeeds in creating a sense of carnival, spectacle and celebration around culture in all its manifestations
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Socialists to give Paris first female mayor but elsewhere Hollande has dismal day, with Front National thriving
Deputy mayor of Paris says she has a problem with Roma families living in the phone booths
Blaze destroyed the 17th century Hotel Lambert on the Île Saint-Louis, half a kilometre from Notre Dame cathedral
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