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The Brief from Brussels: Hungary set to spark lively debate

This is the Brief from Brussels, a round-up of the daily news stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

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France's tricky rules for political airtime

Legislation requiring equal airtime and exposure for all presidential candidates is giving French radios and TV channels a headache.

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Protests grind French Guiana to a halt

French Guiana hit by protests and strikes

France

France formalises decision to close oldest nuclear plant

The French government has published a decree for closing the country’s oldest nuclear plant, at Fessenheim, in eastern France.

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360°: The reinvention of France

Central France château owner Isaure de Sainte-Marie strongly feels that her country needs a new identity.

France

The far-left wild card in the French presidential election

Far-left maverick Jean-Luc Melenchon is rising in the polls and becoming the ultimate wild card in the French presidential race.

France

Far-right, fake jobs and all you need to know about France's pivotal election

If the main course is anything like the entrée, then France is set for even more controversy at the ballot box.

France

Political world can learn from tech sector

Tech entrepreneur Stéphane Becker says French politicians could learn from his sector's working environment

France

Italian business owner wants the right to vote in France

Alessio Batazza has been living in France for 12 years. He has a French wife and children and runs his own business, but he won't have the right to vote in the upcoming elections.

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Euroviews. View: Is Emmanuel Macron the new Napoleon Bonaparte of France?

France

French Senate says deradicalisation programme is failing

France's Islamic deradicalisation programme is designed to stop young, embittered Muslims embarking on violent jihad in Iraq and Syria.

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French Guiana: ministers attempt to resolve unrest

High-ranking French ministers hold talks with protest leaders in French Guiana in an effort to resolve rising tensions across the department.

France

Socialist Benoit Hamon appeals to the left

France's Socialist presidential candidate Benoit Hamon vows to fight on after Manuel Valls said he would not vote for him

France

France's former PM Valls backs Macron for president

After weeks of speculation, former Socialist Prime Minister Manual Valls has said he will vote for Emmanuel Macron in France’s forthcoming presidential election.

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French presidential candidates duel on the economy

French presidential candidates set out economic plans

France

French Socialist and former PM Valls defects to Macron's centrist camp

Former Socialist prime minister Manuel Valls is the latest to turn his back on his own party and lend his support to centrist Emmanuel Macron, the favourite presidential candidate.

France

France election: Valls back Macron

France’s former Prime Minister Manuel Valls will vote for Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election

Economy

French presidential candidates outline economic intentions

The economy under the microscope in the French presidential election

French Guiana

General strike begins in French Guiana

A general strike in protest over high rates of crime and unemployment begins in French Guiana

France

The most unpredictable election in French history?

A month before the first round of France's presidential election, polls suggest 43 percent of voters have still not made up their minds about who to vote for.