France

Bad day for mainstream parties in French elections

Only Les Républicains look set to make any dent in En Marche's overwhelming sweep to power

11/06/2017

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

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

Far-left voters voice frustration at Melenchon's HQ

The leader of the anti-austerity, anti-establishment movement France Untamed ended up fourth in the race.

24/04/2017

France

Melénchon the high-tech leftist election surprise

Melénchon wows the young in French presidential election

23/04/2017

France

Melenchon from obscurity to spotlight in French election

Jean-Luc Melenchon gathering steam in the French election

14/04/2017

France

Jean-Luc Mélenchon: what do we know of his policies?

France's veteran far-left candidate is hot on the heels of the frontrunners in the country's presidential election.

14/04/2017

France

Second French presidential debate turns into a feisty affair

For the first time 11 candidates in the French presidential election have gone head-to head in a televised debate.

05/04/2017

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.

24/03/2017

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France's leftist candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon appears via hologram in Paris

France’s Far Left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon surprised his supporters on Sunday (February 5) by ‘appearing’ in front of them in the form of a hologram in…

06/02/2017

France

French election campaigns heating up

A rundown of three French presidential candidate's rallies which all took place this weekend in Lyon.

05/02/2017

World News

'I defend the walls of our society': Le Pen launches presidential bid

Far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen kicks off her French presidential campaign in Lyon, with a promise to protect voters from globalisation.

05/02/2017

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

World News

European left-wing leaders enthusiastic about Greece snap elections

29/12/2014