France 18/06/2017 Macron's new party wins majority in parliamentary elections It's a slightly smaller than expected landslide for en Marche as voter turnout plummets.
France 18/06/2017 Explainer: France’s parliamentary elections French voters are back at the polls again on Sunday just over a month since Emmanuel Macron was elected the country’s new president. This time it’s
France 19/05/2017 Marine Le Pen regrets 'aggressive' debate performance against Macron Marine Le Pen has acknowledged that her controversial debate performance against French presidental rival Emmanuel Macron earlier this month was peppered with “too much…
France 14/05/2017 Macron - the hard work starts now France's 39-year-old president was unknown to the wider public three years ago and remains outside any of the traditional political groupings.
France 09/05/2017 Liberty, equality, subversion: French ballot box humour The second round of the French presidential election was a convincing victory for Emmanuel Macron who won 66 percent of the vote compared to Marine Le Pen’s 34…
brussels bureau 08/05/2017 The Brief from Brussels: France 'sidesteps' Europe's populist wave 2017 was a year of three important elections.
world news 08/05/2017 "Calais mon amour": how a National Front supporter fell in love with a migrant The improbable story of how a French National Front supporter fell in love with an immigrant
France 08/05/2017 Merkel delighted with pro-EU Macron in the Elysée Merkel praises Macron win as victory for Europe
brussels bureau 08/05/2017 FN stronghold warns new French president on pro-EU stance Henin-Beaumont, in the north of France close to the border with Belgium, is a National Front stronghold.
France 08/05/2017 Macron's challenge to mend France's fractured political landscape For many in France, Emmanuel Macron’s decisive victory over Marine Le Pen sparked a wave of enthusiasm and optimism.
France 08/05/2017 National Front ready for name change and power National Front ready for name change and respectability
France 08/05/2017 Macron victory heralds new political era in France France’s incoming and outgoing presidents attended a solemn ceremony in Paris on Monday, commemorating the end of World War Two in Europe.
France 08/05/2017 Five things to learn from France's presidential election France remains deeply divided Macron won with a two-thirds share of the vote (66.
France 08/05/2017 Party time in Paris as Macron supporters celebrate win Emmanuel Macron’s emphatic victory went down well with his supporters.
France 08/05/2017 Le Pen supporters take heart despite defeat She may have lost but Marine Le Pen’s supporters quickly rallied, determined to take something positive from the election.
France 08/05/2017 What's next for Macron? A looming parliamentary challenge As the eighth president of France's Fifth Republic, Macron has weeks before taking the reins of government and engineering a parliamentary majority.
France 07/05/2017 World leaders react to Macron's election victory The victory of Emmanuel Macron has generated a mix of jubilation among pro-EU groups and future far-right opposition.
France 07/05/2017 Macron will heal 'divisions' after landslide French election win With the vast majority of the votes counted, the centrist has 65% of the share compared to Le Pen's 35% in Sunday's run-off.
France 07/05/2017 Le Pen supporters boo results Supporters of the far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen gathered at her campaign's electoral venue in Paris as partial results of the run-off vote began to come in.
France 07/05/2017 Marine Le Pen isn't France's first female president after all France’s Front National (FN) was founded by Jean Marie Le Pen in the 1970s.
