Economy EU warns Macron over French budget deficit EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici says incoming president Emmanuel Macron must work on permanently reducing France's budget deficit. 09/05/2017
France Police clear 1,600 migrants from Paris tent camp Police cleared a makeshift migrant camp in Paris early on Tuesday, in which more than 1,600 people had been living in squalid conditions for weeks. 09/05/2017
France 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… 09/05/2017
France French ex-PM Valls offers to stand for Macron in parliamentary vote The former prime minister Manuel Valls is the first high-profile defection since Macron's election win on Sunday. 09/05/2017
No Comment Post-election protests in Paris Sporadic clashes have erupted between protesters and police in Paris in the wake of the second round of the country’s presidential election. 09/05/2017
France Paris Gare du Nord reopens after major security scare The busy transport hub was evacuated for more than two hours overnight in a fruitless search by armed police for three 'dangerous' men. 09/05/2017
France Ex-French PM Valls offers to stand for Macron in parliamentary vote The former prime minister Manuel Valls is the first high-profile defection since Macron's election win on Sunday. 09/05/2017
France Macron and Le Pen seek to widen support ahead of legislative polls The wind of change has blown through French politics with the election of outsider Emmanuel Macron as president. 09/05/2017
France Paris police evacuate Gare du Nord train station due to security alert Police in Paris evacuated the mainline railway station Gare du Nord on Monday night (May 8) cordoning off the area due to a security alert. 09/05/2017
France Hollande gets a warm welcome from Merkel The outgoing French President has paid a farewell visit to Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel. 08/05/2017
France Post-election protests grip Paris There have been sporadic clashes between protesters and police in Paris in the wake of the second round of the country's presidential election. 08/05/2017
Europe News The Brief from Brussels: France 'sidesteps' Europe's populist wave 2017 was a year of three important elections. 08/05/2017
France A historical look at Macron, France's man of the moment Historian Jean-Pierre Rioux is a specialist commentator on France's political, cultural and social past. 08/05/2017
France What Emmanuel Macron has said about Brexit The French President-elect has taken a consistently tough stance over what the UK can expect from its departure from the EU. 08/05/2017
France Merkel delighted with pro-EU Macron in the Elysée Merkel praises Macron win as victory for Europe 08/05/2017
Europe News 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. 08/05/2017
France 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. 08/05/2017
France National Front ready for name change and power National Front ready for name change and respectability 08/05/2017
France 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. 08/05/2017
No Comment Macron - dancing to the tune of Europe? Emmanuel Macron celebrates with supporters at The Louvre in central Paris after winning the race to be France’s next president. 08/05/2017
France Five things to learn from France's presidential election France remains deeply divided Macron won with a two-thirds share of the vote (66. 08/05/2017
France Markets react positively to Macron victory The euro hit a six-month high against the dollar but later slipped back amid uncertainty over next month's French parliamentary elections. 08/05/2017
France Party time in Paris as Macron supporters celebrate win Emmanuel Macron’s emphatic victory went down well with his supporters. 08/05/2017
France How the French press have reacted to Macron's victory The French press have largely welcomed the news that centrist Emmanuel Macron will take the keys to the Elysee Palace. 08/05/2017
France 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. 08/05/2017
France 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. 08/05/2017