Campaigners worry politicians will have moved on by time of elections in which Marine Le Pen is expected to challengeAs dozens of forest wildfires burned across France this week amid the summer’s fourth brutal heatwave and...
Read MoreFar-right leader found guilty of embezzlement of European funds and immediately barred from running for officeEurope live – latest updatesThe French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been barred from running for president in...
Read MoreFrench far right leader and eight National Rally MEPs found guilty in embezzlement caseThe judges have begun reading their verdicts.Patrick Maisonneuve, lawyer for the European parliament, arriving in court, said that what was...
Read MorePresident says he will remain in power until 2027, amid political turmoil following collapse of governmentThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, has ruled out resigning, saying he will stay in power until the end of his term in...
Read MoreFrench president has asked Barnier to stay on as interim prime minister until replacement is appointedAs we wait for Macron to speak, it’s worth highlighting that the roots of this crisis stretch back to June, when Macron’s...
Read MoreMichel Barnier to present resignation to president after being ousted in record time by vote of no confidenceThe French prime minister, Michel Barnier, is expected to resign on Thursday, a day after his government became the...
Read MoreMinority coalition of PM Michel Barnier falls after three months, the shortest of any administration of France’s Fifth RepublicFrench government falls – live updatesFrance has been plunged into political crisis after a...
Read MoreThree-month-old government of Michel Barnier could be felled by combined vote from parties of left and far right over controversial budgetBoris Vallaud, the head of the centre-left Socialist party (PS) tells the prime minister...
Read MoreThree-month-old government of Michel Barnier could be felled by combined vote from parties of left and far right over controversial budgetMarine Le Pen of the far right National Rally is now speaking.“Over these three short...
Read MorePM Michel Barnier tells MPs they face ‘moment of truth’, after left and right lodge motions censuring governmentThe French government appears likely to fall later this week after leftwing and far-right parties lodged motions of...
Read MoreAppointment of Bruno Retailleau is most striking example of reactionary right taking power, says Socialist leaderThe French interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, has promised to “restore order” by cracking down on crime and...
Read MoreMarine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally fails to take power while no party wins absolute majority; PM Gabriel Attal offers resignationFull report: France election: surprise win for leftwing alliance keeps Le Pen’s far right...
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