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France's rightwing Les Républicains vote out leader Éric Ciotti over election pact with far right French conservatives on Wednesday said they had removed their leader Eric Ciotti for trying to strike an electoral alliance with the far-right National Rally (RN), although he insisted he was still...

Remembering French cultural icon and singer Françoise Hardy One of France's best-loved singer-songwriters, Françoise Hardy was a leading cultural icon of the Swinging Sixties and one of the biggest stars of the "yé-yé" boom that swept across Europe at the time. Hardy has died at the age of 80...

Macron says he called snap elections to prevent rise of far right in 2027 presidential vote French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said he had called legislative elections in a bid to prevent the far right from winning the presidency in 2027 when his second and final term ends. He called...

French singer, 60s pop culture icon Françoise Hardy dies at 80 French singer Francoise Hardy, whose crystalline voice and melancholy lyrics shot her to international stardom in the 1960s, has died at the age of 80, according to her son.

Versailles palace briefly evacuated due to smoke from roof works The Palace of Versailles was briefly evacuated on Tuesday afternoon after plumes of smoke were spotted amid renovation work on the roof near the Marble Court, an area of the original château built in 1623 by French King Louis XIII.

France's dissolution of parliament, snap elections: What happens next? French President Emmanuel Macron announced on June 9 that he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling for new parliamentary elections following the far right’s landslide victory in the European elections. The...

French business leaders urged to 'stick their neck out' against far right French business leaders have been pitched into fresh uncertainty by snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron that risk strengthening the far right.

French right-wing party leader Ciotti backs Le Pen alliance ahead of snap elections The leader of France's main right-wing party on Tuesday said he backed an alliance with the far right of Marine Le Pen in snap legislative elections, triggering a crisis within his own party and fury from the...

Macron's gamble: Will snap elections stop the rise of French far right? First came the exit polls. Then, less than an hour later: a second shock. On the heels of the French far right’s record score in European elections, President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament and called surprise snap...

'French voters are getting irritated about having to vote against someone rather than for' Support for France's main far-right party, the National Rally, has been climbing steadily in the past two decades, despite the long tradition of mainstream parties uniting to defeat it at the polls. But...

Macron urges French voters to make 'right choice' in snap elections President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he was confident French voters would make the "right choice" in snap elections he called after the far right crushed his centrist alliance in Sunday's EU ballot.

‘Win together or lose separately?’: French left calls for unity ahead of snap elections The leaders of France’s main leftwing parties, including firebrand three-time presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, have called for unity in the run-up to snap legislative elections set for June 30 and...

Macron hosts Biden and Zelensky for busy week of D-Day diplomacy Saturday, June 8, 2024: Alison Sargent brings you a roundup of French stories after a week dominated by commemorations in Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings. The presence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

'Extreme gamble': France's Macron shocks nation by dissolving parliament PRESS REVIEW – Monday, June 10: French President Emmanuel Macron stuns the country by announcing the dissolution of parliament, after his party is trounced by the far-right National Rally in the European elections. The...

Macron attends ceremony to mark 80th anniversary of Nazi massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane French President Emmanuel Macron attended a memorial ceremony on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi massacre at the village of Oradour-sur-Glane, the site of one of the worst massacres by the...

French snap-election call 'extremely unsettling' ahead of Olympics, Paris mayor says Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday described the prospect of French parliamentary elections just weeks before the start of the Paris Olympics as "extremely unsettling", while the International Olympic Committee...

🔴 Live: Macron 'confident' that French will 'make the right choice' in snap polls French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he was confident that the French would make the right choice in snap elections he called on Sunday after his centrist alliance was beaten by the far right in EU...

‘History comes alive’ as last veterans mark 80 years since D-Day World leaders gathered in Normandy on June 6 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, one of the largest military operations in history. At the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer and at Omaha Beach, the few hundred...

WWII veterans shine at D-day commemorations in France Around 180 veterans in their late 90s or even over 100 were guests of honour at D-Day commemorations in France on Thursday, many attending in wheelchairs for possibly the last time.

Macron to supply Ukraine with Mirage 2000-5 warplanes and train fighter pilots in France French President Emmanuel Macron, in interview with French TV stations on Thursday, said France planned to sell Mirage 2000 warplanes to Ukraine. The Mirage 2000 is a French multi-role, single-engine...