Centrist government to remain in power until after Paris Olympics, says Macron
France’s president says delay is to avoid disorder, after leftist coalition announces Lucie Castet as its pick to become PM Emmanuel Macron has said he...
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Macron ally wins surprise re-election as national assembly speaker
Vote for centrist MP Yaël Braun-Pivet marks first step out of governing limbo since snap elections left country divided French lawmakers have re-elected a member...
Ukraine and migration on agenda as UK hosts Europe summit amid worries over Trump presidency – politics live
Viktor Orbán and Volodymyr Zelenskiy among arrivals as Keir Starmer hosts meeting of European Political Community Some more of the arrivals pictured at Blenheim Palace...
Zelenskiy expected in UK for meeting with European leaders
Exclusive: Talks at Blenheim Palace will centre on Ukraine, security and democracy Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to travel to the UK next week to address...
Monday briefing: French opposition to the far right comes out on top
In today’s newsletter: A shock defeat for the far right National Rally in France, while in the UK the new Labour government gets down to...
French election 2024 live: Voter turnout set to be highest in more than four decades
At three hours to go before voting closes, turnout in election at 59.7% as Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration party aim to clinch majority Hello from...
Polls open in one of most important French elections in living memory
Far-right National Rally of Marine Le Pen poised to become dominant force in country’s national assembly Voting has begun in France in one of the...
Police, poverty and populism: how Perpignan became a laboratory for the far right
French city’s election of a National Rally mayor has been a study in the party’s attempts to normalise itself in local politics As Patrice Burel...
France election live: first-round results give far-right alliance 33% of vote, as PM warns Le Pen at ‘gates of power’
Gabriel Attal urges tactical voting in second round to keep party from forming country’s first far-right government Full report: National Rally in reach of being...
‘Mother of all battles’: French left join forces to beat far-right electoral threat
The Socialists, Greens and Communists have put aside their differences to form a ‘New Popular Front’ The posters strung across the street in Montreuil, east...
