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Five minutes with David Bellamy

David Bellamy (@bellamy_david) is a French influencer based in Versailles noticeable for his endless positive energy.

France

Marine Le Pen fends off Nazi gas chamber row to savage Macron

Jean-Francois Jalkh, the French far-right presidential contender's replacement as Front National leader, disputes having cast doubt on the Holocaust.

Economy

France: weak GDP growth ahead of final election round

With the final round of the French presidential election looming, the focus was on anaemic economic growth in the first three months of the year.

My Europe Series

The State of the Union: EU governments stand firm on Brexit

This is the State of the Union, euronews’ weekly roundup of the top stories from across Europe.

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My Europe Series

Insiders: French civilians take action on terror

Insiders takes an in-depth look at how French society is responding to the threat of terrorist attacks.

France

France's Macron wants sanctions on Poland, others, for violating EU principles

French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said he would push for European Union sanctions against Poland for violating EU principles.

France

Russia cries "discrimination" as France's Macron bans RT and Sputnik from campaign

Russia accuses presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron of discriminating against its media after the centrist bans Russia's RT and Sputnik.

France

EU faces €5 million costs over Le Pen's fake jobs allegations

The far right Front National leader Marine Le Pen is accused of fiddling European parliamentary expenses.

France

Paris police clash with students over presidential election

Many of the student protesters in Paris brandished slogans against Macron and Le Pen

France

French court refuses to extradite former Kosovan prime minister to Serbia

Ramush Haradinaj was a guerilla commander during the 1998-99 Kosovo war. He has been released with immediate effect.

France

Secret no more, French candidates' private lives scrutinised in 2017 presidential election

The private lives of France's presidential candidates are being scrutinised in a way that would have been unimaginable decades ago.

France

French police protest over "lack of recognition"

In Paris hundreds of police officers marched calling for better protection and recognition.

France

Macron jeered, Le Pen acclaimed at troubled French factory

Both French presidential candidates visit the same troubled factory - and get a very different welcome

France

France awards damages to parents of girl who went to Syria

The Council of State ordered the French state to pay 15,000 euros to the parents of a girl who left a Paris airport heading for Syria even though she was on a wanted list.

France

Ten arrested in probe of 2015 Paris deli attack

French police are said to be questioning 10 people suspected of supplying weapons to Amedy Coulibaly for his deadly attack on a Jewish deli in Paris in 2015.

Cinema

Cannes 2017 line-up announced

18 films are in the running. Joaquin Phoenix, Nicole Kidman and Isabelle Huppert will be gracing the red carpet.

France

France mourns slain police officer

A ceremony has been held in Paris to honour the police officer shot dead on the Champs Elysee last week. Mourners gathered in the courtyard of main police headquarters in the French capital.

France

Defeated French Socialists and Republicans urge votes for Macron

As the losing mainstream candidates lick their wounds after the first-round of the French presidential race, their shocked parties have had to agree on what to do…

France

Macron and Le Pen go head-to-head in the race for the French presidency

The two candidates will participate in a live televised debate on 3 May, four days before the second-round vote.

France

Macron's army of "helpers" reveal hard work behind the scenes

At the election night meeting held by Emmanuel Macron in Paris, many volunteers could be seen handing out information, flags and badges.