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EU hopes for Macron win

Charles de Marcilly is the head of the Brussels office of the Robert Schuman Foundation.

France

Cannes festival looks to future for 70th edition

It’s that time of year when anyone who is anyone in the world of cinema prepares to descend on the city of Cannes on the French Riviera to partake in its world-famous film…

France

Macron extends lead on final day of campaign

According to a poll, Macron is expected to win 62% of the votes, compared to 38% for his far-right rival Marine Le Pen.

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A week in Pictures ... May Day, protests and Prince Philip

*Main picture above: Demonstrators clash with police during a rally against Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, May 1 A choice selection of the week’s most striking images f

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The Brief from Brussels: a look ahead to the French election

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of all the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

France

Portuguese immigrants show France what successful assimilation looks like

Here in France, the largest foreign community is the Portuguese.

$Final fractious TV debate alienates French voters$

France

Final fractious TV debate alienates French voters

French voters unimpressed by fractious TV debate as election looms

France

Arguments and insults in fiery French presidential debate

It was pure political combat as France’s presidential finalists went head to head in a televised debate on Wednesday, watched by millions.

France

Macron and Le Pen gear up for final TV face-off ahead of presidential vote

With polls suggesting the abstention rate could be the highest ever, around 19 to 22 per cent, the debate could prove crucial for Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to win over voters.

France

Many Mélenchon and Fillon voters intend to abstain

An internal poll of Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left supporters revealed a significant majority will choose to either abstain or cast a blank ballot in France’s upcoming presidential vote, a move that co

France

Macron causes Polish outrage after claiming a Kaczynski and Le Pen alliance

Emmanuel Macron has further angered Poland after suggesting the leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party is allied with Marine Le Pen.

Greece

France poll: 'Vote Macron' says leftist Greek ex-finance minister Varoufakis

At first gaze, they are unlikely bedfellows.

France

France: Macron denies being under control of banking sector

Emmanuel Macron, the centrist candidate in the French presidential election, has refuted his rival’s claims that he is heavily linked with the banking sector.

France

A 'nod-and-a-wink' to Fillon: Le Pen camp brushes off plagiarism claims

Far-right candidate for the French presidency, Marine Le Pen, has been accused of plagiarism.

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May Day in Paris

Less than a week before the decisive second round in France’s presidential election, thousands of people took part in the traditional May Day rally in central…

France

French election countdown: Macron 'ahead' but Le Pen fights on

Criticisms fly between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen as the French presidential race enters its final week.

France

May Day clashes in Paris as tense election looms

Clashes marr May Day march in Paris

Germany

"Pulse of Europe" holds anti-"Frexit" rallies

Demonstrations have popped up in several nations to champion European unity and to oppose the possibility of "Frexit"

France

Le Pen softens stance on euro

With a week to go until polling day, Marine Le Pen has altered her rhetoric on the common European currency

France

France's Le Pen picks would-be prime minister

The far-right leader and her former nationalist rival join forces to try to beat centrist Emmanuel Macron to the French presidency.