Uncovering Europe Has Marine Le Pen’s 'normalisation' drive sunk the French far right? National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen says the far-right party did poorly at Sunday's regional election because it lost its radicality and "virility." Is he right? 02/07/2021
France France's ex-leader Sarkozy faces jail term in campaign financing trial Prosecutors have requested a six-month prison term, as well as a six-month suspended sentence and a fine of €3,750. 22/06/2021
Uncovering Europe French regional elections matter more than you think. Here is why The far-right could capture the presidency of at least one French region for the first time, less than one year before France's presidential election. 18/06/2021
France France: Why Marine Le Pen fears Eric Zemmour's political aspiration Zemmour regularly causes controversy with his positions on immigration and Islam and is now reportedly considering running for president. Marine Le Pen fears this would split the far-right vote. 11/06/2021
France French lawmakers approve COVID-19 health pass to reopen economy A bill over the creation of a health pass was approved by French MPs in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday but the government was forced to make amendments. 12/05/2021
France Does Michel Barnier want to be France's next president? Barnier appears to be considering joining the race to succeed Emmanuel Macron. 06/05/2021
France French ministers accused of dining at secret restaurants amid pandemic A TV documentary accusing government ministers of dining in secret restaurants sparked fury in France as the country entered a new coronavirus lockdown. 05/04/2021
France Macron chose a 'third way' to fight COVID. France is not convinced France' intensive care units are at capacity and new confirmed cases reached over 59,000 on Wednesday but the French leader offered no mean culpa in his televised address. 01/04/2021
France France's ex-president, Nicolas Sarkozy, given jail term for corruption He is the first former French leader to be handed out a prison sentence that includes time with no remission. 01/03/2021
France French ministers condemn Lyon mayor over meatless school meals Grégory Doucet, the Green Party mayor of Lyon, said the measure to impose a meatless single menu in schools was taken to comply with COVID-19 sanitary measures and flagged that his right-wing predecessor did the same following the first lockdown. 22/02/2021
France Here's all you need to know about France's new separatism law The legislation, which aims to give the country the means to fight Islamic radicalism, has been criticised for stigmatising the Muslim community. 16/02/2021
France Independent commission to examine France's controversial security law Article 24 of the proposed bill makes it illegal to share images of law enforcement officers for "malicious purposes". The proposed bill comes as "shocking" and "unbearable" images of police violence were released in recent days. 26/11/2020
France Watch: Protesters in Paris call for new security law to be dropped Journalists and rights organisations have criticised the new law, arguing that it shields French police from scrutiny. 21/11/2020
France French minister keen to disband Islamic NGOs after teacher's beheading "We must stop being naive and face the truth: there is no accommodation possible with radical Islamism," said interior minister Gerald Darmanin, referring to the two NGOs. 19/10/2020
France France: Sarkozy charged with conspiracy over alleged Libyan funding In a Facebook post published on Friday, Sarkozy said he "learnt of the latest indictment with great stupefaction" and that his "innocence is again violated". 16/10/2020
France 'Time has come to act': Macron outlines environment agenda Macron spoke just a day after the Green party surged across the country in Sunday's municipal election. 29/06/2020
France Three months later than planned, France set to finish local elections The first round of the French local election was maintained despite the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The next day, the country went on lockdown. Now the second round is being held on 28 June. 28/06/2020
France French president Emmanuel Macron loses absolute majority in parliament Seven MPs from his LREM party defected to create a new parliamentary group they said would be "independent" and sit "neither in the majority nor in the opposition". 19/05/2020
Unreported Europe The rise of the far-right in France Unreported Europe hears that unemployment, corruption and frustration are fueling the rise of the right in the French city of Hénin-Beaumont. 27/03/2020
France Sex tape scandal debate: Is French politics becoming more like the US? France and the US are not on the same page here. 18/02/2020
Unreported Europe Pesticides: a threat to public health? France's toxic debate France plans to introduce buffer zones between crops fields and residential areas, to comply with EU rules. The debate has become toxic in many parts of the country, where tensions run high between residents worried about their health, and farmers concerned about their future. 08/11/2019
France Jacques Chirac: A man of memorable words He marked French politics with his snappy comments. Former French President Jacques Chirac who died on Thursday at age 86 will be remembered for his famous punchlines. 26/09/2019
France The battle for Paris exposes crack in Macron's party Cedric Villani, defied the ruling party and announced his candidacy for the Paris mayorship. A poll puts him neck and neck with Macron's official candidate, Benjamin Griveaux. 16/09/2019
state of the union State of the Union: new Merkel-Macron double act In this episode of State of the Union: European affairs expert Daniel Gros gives his views on the new Merkel-Macron double act for Europe and the euro zone; MEPs back the start of a process that could 19/05/2017
Europe News The Brief from Brussels: France 'sidesteps' Europe's populist wave 2017 was a year of three important elections. 08/05/2017
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
