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France's far-right makes gains in southeast, fails to make a breakthrough in Paris The far-right National Rally (RN) party of Marine Le Pen won a resounding victory in the first round of the polls Sunday, with 33.15 percent of the votes cast for members of the National Assembly. The...

French police detain leading filmmakers Jacquot, Doillon over sexual abuse allegations Leading French film directors Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, who have been accused by actress and director Judith Godrèche of rape and sexual assault respectively when she was a minor, were detained on...

Rival parties race to block far right as France heads into legislative run-off France is headed into a second and final round of voting on July 7 after the far right came out ahead in a first round on Sunday, sending centrist and leftist parties scrambling to keep it from securing a majority...

'National Rally at the gates of power': French papers react to snap election results PRESS REVIEW – Monday, July 1: In this special edition, we bring you front pages, opinion pieces and cartoons from the French press and around the world after the far-right National Rally's victory in the first...

France's far-right National Rally party makes big gains in first round of legislative elections Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party made big gains in the first round of legislative elections on Sunday, winning an estimated 34% of votes, nearly double their 18% in the first round in...

Le Pen’s far-right party wins first round as Macron’s snap elections gamble backfires Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigrant National Rally led a first round of voting on Sunday in exceptionally high-stakes elections that could put France’s government in the hands of a far-right party for the first time...

Macron isolated as legislative third-place finish prompts rethink of his legacy French President Emmanuel Macron's camp saw an embarrassing third-place finish in the first round of snap legislative elections on Sunday, behind both the far-right National Rally party and a new leftist alliance...

2024 French legislative elections: Results of the first round In a surprise move, French President Emmanuel Macron on June 9 dissolved the National Assembly and called for snap legislative elections. The first round of voting takes place on June 30, with a second round on July 7. In these...

🔴 Live: Turnout estimated at 65.5% in France’s snap parliamentary elections French voters are casting their ballots Sunday in the first stage of the two-round legislative elections called by President Emmanuel Macron. Macron dissolved the National Assembly on June 9 after the far-right National...

French court to rule whether classical music masterpiece 'Bolero' was Ravel's work alone The heirs of French composer Maurice Ravel have made millions off his famous "Bolero" piece. But a French court is now set to determine whether Ravel wrote the piece by himself after all – or if the heirs of...

One month from the Paris Olympics, tests reveal the River Seine is still unfit for swimming The latest water quality tests on the Seine show that the the river is still too polluted to swim in. And with a range of water sports scheduled to take place along the Seine in central Paris during next...

Von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas endorsed for the EU's top jobs European Union leaders have agreed on the officials who will hold the key positions in the world’s biggest trading bloc in the coming years for issues ranging from antitrust investigations to foreign policy. German conservative...

Will France's multibillion-euro gamble on Olympic gold pay off? As France makes its final preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics, finance experts say that it's hard to be sure if the billions of dollars spent on the sporting spectacle will spur the kind of economic boost organisers are hoping for.

French far-right leader Bardella vows Ukraine will not be absorbed by 'Russian imperialism' During a televised debate Thursday evening with French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and Socialist leader Olivier Faure, Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right National Rally party, vowed that...

Far-right leader Le Pen questions French president's role as army chief Marine Le Pen, former president of France's far-right party National Rally and currently a French presidential candidate, on Thursday raised the question in an interview with a French newspaper of who would be in charge of...

How the ‘French Murdoch’ carried Le Pen’s far right to the brink of power French tycoon Vincent Bolloré has put his sprawling media empire at the service of France’s nationalist right, precipitating a rightward shift in French politics. Pulling strings from behind the scenes in the manner of...

NBA star Wembanyama joins French sports heroes' calls to vote against 'extremes' French basketball star Victor Wembanyama on Thursday joined football star Kylian Mbappe and other leading sports heroes, many of whom come from immigrant backgrounds, in warning against voting for the "extremes" in...

The ins and outs of 'La Poste': How France's postal service has adapted to change This week we take a deep dive into the national institution that is France's postal service. The French are very attached to "La Poste", though they love to complain about it too, and its evolution mirrors changes...

Hilarious French vs British comedy by Tatty Macleod Her online sketches about being bicultural and the radical differences between the British and French have garnered her 50 million views and nearly 500,000 followers on social media. Tatty Macleod’s videos tackle the idiosyncrasies surrounding...

How does France's lower house National Assembly work? French President Emmanuel Macron has called for snap legislative elections, with the two rounds set to take place on June 30 and July 7. But what is the role of those elected to the lower house National Assembly?