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...
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Moulin Rouge in Paris celebrates installation of new windmill sails
Cabaret club’s sails collapsed in April and new ones are up in time for Olympic torch to pass by on 15 July Paris’s Moulin Rouge...
French PM urges calm after assaults in run-up to second round vote
Gabriel Attal’s call comes on tense last day of campaigning after more than 50 candidates and canvassers attacked Europe live – latest updates The French...
Marine Le Pen says National Rally have ‘serious chance’ for absolute majority despite polls – as it happened
Polling has shown that the most likely scenario on Sunday is that National Rally will not win an absolute majority of seats And here’s another...
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...
French PM says ‘no place for violence and intimidation’ after candidate attacked putting up election posters – Europe live
Gabriel Attal said candidate Prisca Thevenot and members of her campaign team were attacked by four individuals The Ecologists’ Marine Tondelier has criticised the far...
Hundreds of France election candidates withdraw amid pressure over tactical approach to stopping far right – Europe live
According to Le Monde’s latest count this morning, 221 candidates have withdrawn from races since Sunday’s first round of elections It was raining in Calais...
Paris mayor says rise of far right will not dampen Olympics mood
Anne Hidalgo says Paris ‘stands up for freedom’ amid Marine Le Pen success in first round of voting The Paris mayor has sought to reassure...
Over 200 candidates withdraw before second round of voting – France election as it happened
This live blog is closed Paris mayor says rise of far right will not dampen Olympics mood The National Rally’s Jordan Bardella is debating on...
Head of French Greens accuses far-right’s Bardella of only wanting to debate men
Marine Tondelier urges National Rally leader to take part in TV debate before second-round parliamentary election Marine Tondelier, the head of the French Green party,...
