France

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.

28/04/2017

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.

28/04/2017

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.

28/04/2017

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.

28/04/2017

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.

27/04/2017

France

Paris police clash with students over presidential election

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

27/04/2017

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.

27/04/2017

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.

27/04/2017

France

French police protest over "lack of recognition"

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

26/04/2017

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

26/04/2017

Business Line

How the economic case stacks up in the French presidential election

Business Line looks at the high stakes for Europe and its fragile economic recovery as outsiders Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen face off.

26/04/2017

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.

26/04/2017

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.

26/04/2017

Markets

Stock markets calm after Macron rally

Europe's stock markets made moderate gains on Tuesday with as investors shifted their focus from politics to business fundamentals.

25/04/2017

France

Macron campaign targeted by 'Russian hackers'

French presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron was the victim of a cyber attack, say experts

25/04/2017

France

France divided in two

France is split along both geographical and social lines in its support for Emmanuel Macronand Marine Le Pen.

25/04/2017

Business Series

Vivendi looks to video games and advertising companies

French media giant Vivendi is reportedly to focus on buying video games and advertising companies to address investor concerns about its strategy.

25/04/2017

France

Euroviews. Macron: A French JFK or Neo-Napoleon?

25/04/2017

France

Euroviews. Who Is Marine Le Pen? How has she transformed the face and psyche of France?

25/04/2017

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.

25/04/2017

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.

25/04/2017

France

Henin-Beaumont: the French town conquered by Le Pen

Marine Le Pen secured more than 46.

25/04/2017

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…

25/04/2017

France

Le Pen "takes break" as party leader to focus on presidential campaign

The French National Front leader says she is “taking a break” as party leader to focus on her presidential campaign ahead of a run-off vote in two weeks’ time.

24/04/2017

France

From the EU to Trump, the world reacts to French vote

International reaction to the results of the first round of the French presidential ballot has been pouring in.

24/04/2017

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.

24/04/2017