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A 'nod-and-a-wink' to Fillon: Le Pen camp brushes off plagiarism claims

Far-right candidate for the French presidency, Marine Le Pen, has been accused of plagiarism.

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.

France

French election countdown: Macron 'ahead' but Le Pen fights on

Criticisms fly between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen as the French presidential race enters its final week.

France

French election: Emmanuel Macron raises Frexit fears

French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron has raised the alarm about the risks of Frexit.

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France

Macron's symbolic Holocaust memorial visit

French presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron visits Paris Holocaust memorial announcing "never again"

Germany

"Pulse of Europe" holds anti-"Frexit" rallies

Demonstrations have popped up in several nations to champion European unity and to oppose the possibility of "Frexit"

France

Le Pen softens stance on euro

With a week to go until polling day, Marine Le Pen has altered her rhetoric on the common European currency

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.

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.

France

Zidane calls on voters to avoid Le Pen

French football legend and 1998 World Cup winner Zinedine Zidane warns against voting for Marine Le Pen and the National Front in upcoming French presidential election second…

Economy

France: weak GDP growth ahead of final election round

With the final round of the French presidential election looming, the focus was on anaemic economic growth in the first three months of the year.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

France

France divided in two

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

France

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

France

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