France 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… 05/02/2017
France 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. 04/02/2017
France 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 03/02/2017
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. 02/02/2017
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. 31/01/2017
France "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. 31/01/2017
France France politics: Benoit Hamon ahead of Manual Valls in first round socialist presidential primary 22/01/2017
France France politics: Benoit Hamon ahead of Manual Valls in first round socialist presidential primary Results from France’s first round socialist presidential primary show Benoit Hamon in front of the country’s former Prime Minister Manual Valls. 22/01/2017
world news Primaries begin in France to choose Socialist presidential Seven candidates are in the running, including former prime minister Manuel Valls 22/01/2017
France Primaries begin in France to choose Socialist presidential candidate Seven candidates are in the running, including former prime minister Manuel Valls 22/01/2017
France Macron: the euro may not exist in ten years The French presidential candidate issued the stark warning in a speech at a university in Berlin. 11/01/2017
France The who, what, why, where and when of Jacqueline Sauvage French President Francois Hollande has taken the unusual step of pardoning a woman who killed her husband after enduring decades of 29/12/2016
France Seven candidates selected to run for French left presidential bid Seven candidates will battle it out on the French left wing in January to win the nomination for the 2017 presidential election. 17/12/2016
France Manuel Valls presidential bid underwhelms France Manuel Valls's bid for the French presidency is fraught with challenges from both the Left and Right 05/12/2016
