French in Ireland back Emmanuel Macron in presidential vote

Nearly half of Irish-based expats voted for the independent centrist candidate in first round

Macron will be president but France will never be the same again

The real test will be if he can win a majority in June’s parliamentary elections

European relief at French election masks deeper upheavals

Results reveal scale of crisis facing traditional parties across the continent

French election: Marine Le Pen to face Emmanuel Macron in runoff

Landmark first-round result in presidential poll remakes France’s political landscape

Emmanuel Macron poised to defeat Marine Le Pen in runoff

Centrist Macron wins first round of French presidential election

‘What a sad election’: French voters reflect on a divisive campaign

In Paris’s 12th district, only one voter is enthusiastic – and no Le Pen voter can be found

Fillon predicts ‘chaos’ for Europe if Le Pen wins election

French conservative candidate in eye of ‘fake jobs’ scandal lays out European credentials

‘Little guys’ take on the big guns in chaotic French election debate

Anti-capitalist candidate draws applause and laughter with attacks on Fillon and Le Pen

French Socialists angered as former PM Valls defects to Macron

Backing of poll-leading presidential candidate compounds left-right splits within party

Up to 11m French viewers tune in to first presidential debate

Le Pen was aggressive and sarcastic, Fillon showed poise, and Macron appeared a novice

French presidential election favourite faces onslaught in TV debate

Emmanuel Macron accused by Marine Le Pen of ‘mind-boggling emptiness’

Juppé backs Fillon’s French presidential bid after criticising him

Move could help conservative party The Republicans come from behind in opinion polls

French election is ‘unthinkable, unprecedented’ says pollster

Director of France’s oldest polling company thinks Le Pen will be defeated in run-off

Marine Le Pen tells business leaders euro is dead

Right-wing presidential candidate says she will resign if she fails to take France out of euro

French election: Marine Le Pen attempts global outreach

Front National leader’s popularity continues to grow, despite scandal over assistants

Let’s follow the Dutch and fact check party policies before voting

Independent economic analysis of policy platforms is a useful public service

Emmanuel Macron and the French politics of ambiguity

Presidential candidate of ‘extreme centre’ forecast to beat Marine Le Pen in elections

Marine Le Pen: Yes she can

Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right Front National, is polling strongly in France’s presidential race. Can she emulate Donald Trump’s populist success?

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Options narrow in the French election

Marine Le Pen veers further right with start of presidential bid

Front National leader delivers inflammatory speech as candidates begin campaigning

French election a glimmer of hope for social democracy

Moderate socialists battling for survival in face of globalisation and political extremism

Old interview drags Fillon deeper into fake jobs scandal

Candidate’s wife appears to contradict husband’s claim she was legitimate employee

Emmanuel Macron’s ambitions received boost from ‘exotic’ Royal

Presidential candidates thrash out alliances while Fillon struggles with wife’s job scandals

French socialists choose Benoit Hamon as presidential nominee

Far-left candidate easily beats Valls in primary as Fillon struggles over scandal

French election to be showdown between Macron and Le Pen

Former favourite for presidency François Fillon discredited by payments made to wife

French election: When, who, and the likely outcome

Q+A: Is current president François Hollande running again? How many candidates are there?

‘Little Ben’ looks set to pull French Socialists to the left

Likely presidential candidate Benoît Hamon wants a universal basic income

Left-wing rebel surprise winner of French socialist primary

Benoit Hamon unlikely to survive first round of presidential election on April 23rd

Socialists hold primary vote for French presidential nomination

Former PM Manuel Valls faces risk of failing to make run-off between final two candidates

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Manual Valls launches bid for Socialists with shift to left

Presidential vote: French ex-PM fends off criticism, proclaims himself ‘profoundly of left’

French presidential polls to be battle of unpopularity

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

French court to rule on burkini ban as row escalates

Woman photographed removing top on beach while surrounded by armed police

French government avoids no-confidence move by rebels

Spectre of French government falling recedes after left-wing rebels fail to muster sufficient numbers

Lille mayor Martine Aubry rows in to save France from ‘sinking’

An influential voice on the left, Aubry worsens François Hollande’s predicament

France breaks political taboo by means testing family benefit

Government attacked from left and right over plans to cut family benefit payouts

Hollande replaces economy minister with former banker

French president revamps government for second time in two years as popularity falls

French government falls after dispute over austerity

Minister Arnaud Montebourg accuses Germany of imposing policy on Europe

French teacher fatally stabbed by parent in front of students

Female teacher at primary school attacked by mother of 5-year-old pupil

Ségolène Royal new ecology minister

President’s former partner one of new PM Manuel Valls’s surprise appointments

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