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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

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.

France

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

Russia

'We’re not trying to influence events', Putin tells Le Pen

The Russian president granted an audience to French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in Moscow

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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.

France

Euroviews. Le Pen and Macron: same words but different meanings

With Le Pen, we have a vision that based on a specific idea of the past in need of restoration and which is based on the denunciation of negatively perceived changes in need of removal.

France

And the winner is? Macron tops polls after French presidential debate

There were no knockout blows in France’s first presidential TV debate.

France

11 candidates to contest French presidential election

The race to become France’s next president has officially begun after the definitive list of candidates was published.

Cinema

'This Is Our Land' focuses on manipulative ways of a fictional French far-right party

Lucas Belvaux's 'Chez Nous' has angered the French far-right Front National for its portrayal of a ruthless, manipulative fictional far-right party.

France

Leftist Hamon slams 'big money' in the French election

Hamon slams the role of 'big money' in the French election

France

Euroviews. Je t’adore? How emotion broke into French politics

The 2017 presidential campaign will demonstrate, once again, that emotional appeals have become a necessary and accepted way to convince French voters.

France

Euroviews. Explaining Le Pen: Why France and Europe are flirting with the far-right

France

Fillon gives defiant speech but can he save his presidential bid?

Senior Republican party members brought forward to Monday a crisis meeting on the scandal

My Europe Series

The State of the Union: Juncker's EU blueprint

This is the State of the Union, a roundup of the top stories from across Europe from the past seven days.

Cinema

'Chez Nous' a film inspired by Marine Le Pen's Front National

In Cinema Box this week we take a look at ‘Chez Nous’ a film which was inspired by the political party Front National led by Marine Le Pen.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Le Pen's immunity lifted

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto capital.

France

French elections under scrutiny

With less than two months remaining before the French go to the polls, the run-up to the presidential elections has so far been tainted by scandals.

World News

Marine Le Pen stripped of EU parliamentary immunity

The vote by the full chamber comes a decision taken by a parliamentary committee earlier this week.

France

Euroviews. Did the French media conspire to destroy the presidential candidacy of Fillon?

If the French media are not as powerful as one might imagine or fear and if they are not conspiring for or against particular candidates, are they at least performing one of their basic functions in informing voters of the stakes involved in this election? The answer is ‘not enough, at least not yet

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Juncker unveils post-Brexit blueprint

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.