Ceremonial burning aimed to send political message as elephant numbers continue to fall

Safety authority chief Chevet warns France is wrong to think accidents only happen to others

No clear policy changes apart from attempt to bring Greens back into French government

Drivers of bus and lorry taken into custody after collision in port town of Rochefort

Controversial move on stripping nationality from terrorists squeaks by on slim margin

We’re making progress, but Ireland still needs to change how it thinks about sustainable homes

Oxfam director warns agreement to limit warming to 2.7 degrees could not be called a success

Hollande says he cannot separate fight with terrorism from fight against global warming

France 2’s Philippe Verdier pooh-poohed global warming ahead of UN summit in Paris

Car giant announces investment cuts and focus on electrics, hybrids for future

Issue is an embarrassment ahead of UN climate summit

French environment minister optimistic for agreement at COP 21, writes Lara Marlowe

Through state roles, interviews and film launches, all the president’s women live in public

Europe using every trick to promote electric cars but they still make up only 0.5% of sales

Members of country’s 500,000-strong Jewish community shaken by Paris killings

‘This is not how we wanted to see you come home’, says president Reuven Rivlin

Final preparations for last voyage of cruise ship which sank two years with loss of 32 lives

Sunken liner’s final trip from Giglio to Genoa expected to take place on Tuesday

National Front takes 25% of the vote and boasts it is ‘first party of France’

Most of us have far worse anecdotes from the front line of gainful employment than the recent leaks from the office of Ségolène Royal

Socialists to give Paris first female mayor but elsewhere Hollande has dismal day, with Front National thriving

Francois Hollande repudiated Valerie Trierweiler with one sentence

Trierweiler ‘touched’ by response after period of rest following claims of Hollande affair

The French are entertained by the antics of President François Hollande, but will his new lover, Julie Gayet, become first lady, and will Valérie Trierweiler, his spurned former mistress, seek retribution?

Valerie Trierweiler reportedly distraught over report about president and actor Julie Gayet

President threatens to sue ‘Closer’ after magazine publishes ‘dossier’ on alleged affair with actor

One of the euro zone’s biggest economies has 11 per cent unemployment, falling exports and significant budget deficits. How can the French turn this around?

Culture minister says ‘Liberty Leading the People’ too fragile to travel

Part three of our correspondent’s cycle through western France leads to history and geography lessons in the Niort town hall

No president of the fifth republic has been so unpopular after one year in role