France Hamon and Valls clash over the economy in TV debate France’s remaining two candidates for the Socialist party’s presidential nomination have clashed over the credibility of their manifestos on prime time… 26/01/2017
France Crowded field jostles for position as mud flies in French presidential race With the Socialist candidate finally chosen this weekend, can either Manuel Valls or Benoit Hamon make a difference in the packed French presidential election race? 25/01/2017
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 New Year, new election in France With the dawn of the New Year, the presidential hopefuls from France's mainstream political parties have begun to set out their plans ahead of the vote in the spring. 04/01/2017
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
Business The next French president's tough task: fixing the economy Francois Hollande leaves plenty of work to whoever will succeed him next spring. 05/12/2016
France Hollande: strong words on democracy in the face of terrorism French president François Hollande has spoken in Paris on the theme of democracy in the face of terrorism. 08/09/2016
France French PM backs controversial burkini beach bans French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has thrown his support behind controversial burkini beach bans. 17/08/2016
World "France is still France, Mr Trump" French Prime Minister Manuel Valls reacted with anger at US Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s assertion that “France is no longer France”. 28/07/2016
France French parliament votes to extend state of emergency France's lower house of parliament has voted early to extend a state of emergency nationwide for another six months. Critics say that it is too little too late. 20/07/2016
France France: CGT union calls for further strikes France’s CGT trade union is determined to make ongoing nationwide strikes felt, its representatives have said. 25/05/2016
France French cabinet votes to force through controversial labour reforms The French cabinet has agreed to allow controversial labour reforms to be forced through. They invoked a little-used Article (49.3) in the 10/05/2016
