Desire to glorify French ‘revolutionary spirit’ helps to explain riotingAnger over fuel taxes worsens over falling living standards and Macron’s perceived aloofnessSun Dec 02 2018 - 20:06
Mayors to Emmanuel Macron: Hands off our purse stringsFrench president seeks to improve relations with rural mayors angry over cuts to resourcesWed Nov 21 2018 - 01:00
Shades of the 1789 revolution in France's fuel protestsIt’s easy to imagine the unpopular Macron as a powdered marquis being led to the guillotineTue Nov 20 2018 - 01:00
Ségolène Royal staging umpteenth comeback in French politicsPolitician’s new book takes aim at Macron, former partner Hollande and sexismSat Nov 17 2018 - 05:01
Lasting impression: Matching Renoir’s films with his father’s masterpiecesFreudians would have a field day with Jean’s allusions to Pierre-Auguste’s paintingsSat Nov 17 2018 - 05:00
Revolt over high fuel prices threatens to paralyse FranceRise of the ‘gilets jaunes’ coincides with Macron’s record low 26% approval ratingFri Nov 16 2018 - 01:00
Making sense of a changing Arab worldBook author notes how much jihadism evolved between 9/11 and the 2015 Bataclan attacksThu Nov 15 2018 - 01:00
Election meddling to become more sophisticated, forum hearsTransatlantic Commission on Election Integrity sets out to prevent interferenceWed Nov 14 2018 - 01:00
C’est la vie: Trump takes a swipe at Macron on TwitterBarrage of tweets come 48 hours after Macron criticises US president’s nationalismTue Nov 13 2018 - 18:15
Ideological battle lines clear at Armistice centenary commemorationsWorld leaders gathered in France where Trump led through inarticulationMon Nov 12 2018 - 00:01
Unity and disorder emanate from Armistice commemoration in ParisTrump, Putin and Netanyahu keep degree of distance as Macron condemns nationalismSun Nov 11 2018 - 19:20
DUP cannot veto final Brexit deal, says VaradkarExiting EU a matter for UK government and parliament and EU, Taoiseach saysSun Nov 11 2018 - 15:57
First World War’s final hours: A French bugler sounded the ceasefire at 11am... German buglers responded. Across the battlefield, men stood up in bright sunshineSat Nov 10 2018 - 06:00
Armistice Day events to take place around Ireland on SundayGalway events will commemorate 1,400 men from county who died in WWISat Nov 10 2018 - 01:00
EU digital sales tax issue far from resolved following Ecofin meetingFrance says only Ireland, Sweden and Denmark are holding out on digital taxWed Nov 07 2018 - 05:45
Macron to start six-day commemorative visit of WWI frontlinesFrench president to meet May, Merkel and Mali president during Alsace-Moselle eventsSat Nov 03 2018 - 05:01
French territory New Caledonia to vote on independenceFormer colony 17,000km from mainland France has waited 30 years for referendumFri Nov 02 2018 - 01:00
Ireland may host Middle East peace meeting, Coveney saysGovernment ‘working with France’ on initiative, Tánaiste saysWed Oct 31 2018 - 20:58
France underlines support for Ireland on Border issueIrish and French ministers discuss contingency plans for trade at Paris meetingWed Oct 31 2018 - 20:03
Macron goes on charm offensive in Slovakia and Czech RepublicFrench president’s visit seen as attempt to prise Czechs and Slovaks from Viktor OrbánFri Oct 26 2018 - 20:42
Allmep: one Irish man’s plan to salvage Israeli-Palestinian relationsJohn Lyndon hopes to bring incremental peace to region based on Irish experienceFri Oct 26 2018 - 02:00
Lara Marlowe: The Jamal Khashoggi I knew was a chameleonIt is a strange feeling to learn that a colleague you knew and liked died atrociouslyThu Oct 25 2018 - 01:00
Macron warns against ‘sleepwalking’ into extremismLeading liberal democrats discuss the need to ‘counterattack’ global rise of populismWed Oct 24 2018 - 02:00
Brexit: Barnier says Border problem could cause talks to failEU negotiator calls frictionless border ‘a condition for peace after many tragedies’Fri Oct 19 2018 - 17:40
Monaco billionaire’s son-in-law convicted over her murderPathological liar used Hélène Pastor’s own money to take out a contract on herThu Oct 18 2018 - 02:00
Emmanuel Macron seeks ‘second wind’ with wide-ranging cabinet reshuffleSeveral potential nominees reluctant to join French governmentTue Oct 16 2018 - 18:24
French political novelist accuses Macron’s elitism of fuelling populismParis Letter: Scathing portrayal of Sarkozy and Hollande published as Socialists go bustTue Oct 16 2018 - 02:00
Flash floods claim at least 12 lives in FranceThe equivalent of up to four months’ rain falls in just six hours in south central FranceMon Oct 15 2018 - 20:39
Le Pen and Salvini look to European parliamentary electionsRight-wing populists forging alliances to target ‘those holed up in the Brussels bunker’Tue Oct 09 2018 - 02:00
Eugène Delacroix: Reflections on a revolution in artThe painter fell in and out of favour with critics. A new exhibition shows his continuing relevanceSat Oct 06 2018 - 05:00
French reaction to alleged Iranian plot more nuanced than US measuresDespite tensions president Macron still hopes to salvage the 2015 nuclear accord with IranFri Oct 05 2018 - 02:00
Minister’s chaotic departure marks serious crisis for MacronFrench president has now lost the three heavyweight ‘ministers of state’ appointed after his electionThu Oct 04 2018 - 02:00
Charles Aznavour: from derided ‘Aznovoice’ to French treasureParis Letter: Aznavour was determined, wise and persevering, in work as in loveWed Oct 03 2018 - 02:00
Charles Aznavour’s ‘unique influence will survive’, says MacronParis-born singer with Armenian family origins wrote 1,300 songs up to his death at 94Mon Oct 01 2018 - 18:52
Macron defends West Indian youth after rude gestureMarine Le Pen seizes on ‘unforgiveable’ action of young man photographed with French presidentMon Oct 01 2018 - 18:48
Rival French conservatives clash in televised debateHard-right Republican leader and French prime minister in icy 20-minute exchangeSat Sept 29 2018 - 05:01
One year on, Macron’s party boasts European successesPresident’s nascent party holds its line on core principle of being ‘viscerally pro-European’Thu Sept 27 2018 - 16:00
Ian Bailey to face French trial early next year, says Toscan du Plantier groupOne last bureaucratic hurdle remains before the trial can be scheduled, say lawyersTue Sept 25 2018 - 18:32
Former French PM seeks political redemption in BarcelonaParis Letter: Manuel Valls wants to be mayor of Catalan capital having been outdone by MacronTue Sept 25 2018 - 02:00
As French as snails in garlic: Debate rages over absurd grammatical ruleParis Letter: No agreement on past participle as linguists try to get changesWed Sept 19 2018 - 01:00
Macron blows open ‘cupboard of secrets’ on Algerian warPresident’s admission France killed activist Maurice Audin provokes outcry from rightFri Sept 14 2018 - 13:50
Macron’s plan to tackle poverty unlikely to rid him of elitist image‘There is in every child a Mozart who is murdered,’ says president of poverty’s effectsThu Sept 13 2018 - 19:08
Bono on fame: ‘Paul is dead. I live here. I’m f***ing Bono’As part of the Experience + Innocence show in Paris U2's lead singer has lots to say on Trump, the perils of success and how he’s only half a man without AliTue Sept 11 2018 - 14:15
U2 stars enjoy political and cultural day off in ParisBono meets President Macron while Adam Clayton visits Irish CollegeMon Sept 10 2018 - 20:39
The battle of Orly airport: When Booba met KaarisTwo rappers went on trial in Paris this week for turning a duty-free shop into a battlegroundSat Sept 08 2018 - 06:00
French right-wing cell planned to attack MuslimsNetwork intended ‘massive, unforeseen’ retaliation to any further jihadist attacksFri Sept 07 2018 - 01:00
Macron rewards loyalty in smallest possible cabinet reshuffleAppointments fall short of dramatic changes that some in French president’s camp had urgedTue Sept 04 2018 - 17:59
Childcare: the European experienceSeventy per cent of under-threes in Spain are not in child careTue Sept 04 2018 - 15:09
The beginning of French politics as we know itParis Letter: Sixty years ago, General Charles de Gaulle created the Fifth RepublicTue Sept 04 2018 - 01:00
Macron’s optimism flags as opponents chip away at EU visionFrench president takes flak over migrants, ecology and remarks about compatriotsSat Sept 01 2018 - 02:00
