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Hologram technology gives a modern twist to French elections

It has been a weekend for rallies for most of the candidates with an eye on the French presidency.

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Le Pen gets tough on Europe in French presidential campaign launch

Taking the top spot in her list of 144 election pledges is ‘the return of France’s sovereignty’.

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French election campaigns heating up

A rundown of three French presidential candidate's rallies which all took place this weekend in Lyon.

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French presidential front-runners Le Pen and Macron rally supporters

Riding high in the opinion polls, far-right leader Marine Le Pen kick-starts her campaign to become French president with a major speech on Sunday, hammering home an anti-euro, anti-immigrant…

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French presidential 'rock star' Emmanuel Macron wows crowds

It was as if they had come to see a rock star.

Sport

England and Scotland victorious in the Six Nations

Record breaking win for England in the Six Nations

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France: Emmanuel Macron ramps up his presidential bid in Lyon

The tables are turning in the French presidential race, if the latest opinion polls are to be believed.

France

Louvre attack suspect 'entered France on Egyptian visa'

The suspect in the machete attack near the Louvre entered the country from Dubai on an Egyptian visa, sources close to the investigation say.

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Louvre attack 'clearly terrorist in nature', says French PM

French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says a machete attack near the capital’s Louvre Museum was “clearly terrorist in nature.

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Soldier shoots knife attacker in Paris

A French soldier has shot and wounded a man armed with a knife who was trying to enter the Louvre musuem in central Paris.

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French church shows solidarity with refugees

The Basilica d’Ainay in Lyon transformed itself into a giant screen last night to show solidarity with refugees trapped in a foreign land.

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Fillon vows to hold on as presidential contender despite scandal

The French presidential candidate on the right appears before a rally of supporters, but even some in his own party are asking how long he can survive

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French journalist 'roughed up' by security guards at Le Pen appearance

A French journalist was violently removed by security guards from a Paris event on February 1, after asking National Front leader Marine Le Pen a question about her alleged misuse of European Union fu

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Scandal set to grow for French presidential candidate Fillon

Further damaging revelations looked set to pile yet more pressure on embattled French presidential candidate Francois Fillon on Thursday.

France

Scandal-hit Francois Fillon slips in French presidency poll

Francois Fillon says scandal is a left-wing coup designed to scuttle his presidential campaign.

Business Line

Protectionism and the French presidential race

Business Line looks at the French presidential candidates and their views on protectionism as Donald Trump changes the political landscape.

France

Fillon sinks further under new corruption allegations

Illegal undeclared company consultancies on top of allegations of well-paid fake jobs for wife and children threaten to derail France's leading right-wing presidential candidate.

France

France's Le Pen defies demand for "misspent" funds

France’s National Front leader Marine Le Pen has defied a deadline set by the EU authorities for her to repay funds they claim she has misspent.

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"I am the victim of a smear campaign" - Fillon

The French centre-right candidate for the presidential election says he is unruffled by the scandal threatening to engulf his campaign.

Cult

The Pompidou Centre in Paris celebrates its 40th birthday

The Pompidou Centre in Paris is instantly recognisable.