brussels bureau The Brief from Brussels: a look ahead to the French election This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of all the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital. 04/05/2017
France Many Mélenchon and Fillon voters intend to abstain An internal poll of Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left supporters revealed a significant majority will choose to either abstain or cast a blank ballot in France’s upcoming presidential vote, a move that co 02/05/2017
France Macron causes Polish outrage after claiming a Kaczynski and Le Pen alliance Emmanuel Macron has further angered Poland after suggesting the leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party is allied with Marine Le Pen. 02/05/2017
Greece France poll: 'Vote Macron' says leftist Greek ex-finance minister Varoufakis At first gaze, they are unlikely bedfellows. 02/05/2017
France France: Macron denies being under control of banking sector Emmanuel Macron, the centrist candidate in the French presidential election, has refuted his rival’s claims that he is heavily linked with the banking sector. 02/05/2017
France Emmanuel Macron: why the French find him so hard to vote for Despite the centrist's poll lead before the French presidential run-off, Macron is threatened by potentially widespread abstention as well as support for Marine Le Pen. 02/05/2017
France France's Le Pen picks would-be prime minister The far-right leader and her former nationalist rival join forces to try to beat centrist Emmanuel Macron to the French presidency. 29/04/2017
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. 28/04/2017
state of the union 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
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 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 Macron campaign targeted by 'Russian hackers' French presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron was the victim of a cyber attack, say experts 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 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