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France Unbowed

French presidential candidates clash at first debate before upcoming elections

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Summer blockbuster: Why the French keep coming back to Charles de Gaulle

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Entre Nous

'Chicken wars': France's highly political fast-food fight

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Veteran leftist Mélenchon to stand in 2027 French presidential election

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Fast-food ‘chicken war’ sparks political cockfight in Paris suburb

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Thousands rally against racism in Paris suburb to defend newly elected Black mayor

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French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan to be tried for 'advocating terrorism' in X post

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Trump’s dig at Macron that his ‘wife treats him badly’ sparks anger in France

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Lionel Jospin (1937-2026): 'Highly respected moral and intellectual figure among left wing'

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Press Review

'A big confusion': All sides claim victory after French municipal elections

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French mayoral elections: Fractured vote reshapes alliances ahead of runoff

Analysis
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Socialist leads Paris mayoral race but leftist rival threatens to split vote

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Press Review

Divided left battles rising far right as France heads to the polls

A week in France

Killing of nationalist student continues to impact French politics

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Thousands rally in Lyon for slain far-right activist Quentin Deranque; Nazi salutes reported

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How the death of far-right activist Quentin Deranque became France’s ‘Charlie Kirk moment’

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French interior minister pledges tight security at rally for slain far-right activist

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France: Parliamentary aide arrested after death of far-right activist

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Death of Quentin: Suspect's links with France Unbowed party put left in spotlight

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France arrests two more suspects over fatal beating of far-right activist in Lyon

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France detains nine suspects over far-right activist's killing

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'This is not a political game': France faces reckoning after killing of 23-year-old activist

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French govt accuses hard left of being responsible for far-right activist's death

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French government blames hard left for 'climate of violence' after killing of far-right activist

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Press Review

Death of French activist Quentin is a 'turning point' in politics

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Minister and far right blame hard left after youth killing shocks France

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'Walking centrist line: Far right says budget too socialist, far left says budget as too right-wing'

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'Necessary evil at key times: Most French people don't like 49.3, but France needs a budget'

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French PM Lecornu forces 2026 budget through parliament without a vote

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Far left dismisses pension reform suspension, Socialists claim victory, far right embraces stability

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French lawmakers add tax hike on multinationals to budget bill as tense talks continue

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Macron wagers there's little to 'no appetite for an election', outside the political fringes

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With the next election just 18 months away, many feel they're better served stepping back from power

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France’s Fiscal Reckoning: Can Lecornu defy gravity, as he seeks compromise and coalition-building ?

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The French Exception: Why both reform and compromise are political minefields in the Fifth Republic

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France's inability to form coalitions: All parties in parliament behave as if they've got a mandate

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France: PM Lecornu suspends controversial pension reform

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Biggest challenge for Lecornu govt: 'Show that democracy is still a winning formula'

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'Symbolic power: What's the point of Macron, or the centre, if they give everything away?'

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Macron reappoints outgoing PM Sébastien Lecornu, far right calls for snap legislative elections

As it happened
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German MEP Andresen: 'Even people close to Macron don’t really understand what he is doing'

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Hind Ziane: Solution to France’s political crisis is to call snap elections, build absolute majority

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'French parliamentary arithmetic points to PM with coalition from left or populist (far) right'

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'We must be grown-ups today': French MP Eléonore Caroit asserts it's 'our duty' to seek way forward

'French politics has always been baroque, but now it's playing out on the public stage'

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France: Opposition leader Melenchon reacts to PM Lecornu's resignation

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French voters desire change amid growing disillusionment with Macron and successive PMs

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'Legacy of the yellow vests: Police go hard on protesters, any hint of escalation met with teargas'

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'Lecornu speaks to everyone: Seasoned politician rooted in public service' on local, national level

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Continuity Macronism: Will loyalist Lecornu face entrenched opposition as political divide hardens?

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Macron government needs to be imaginative, venture beyond familiar ground to find new solutions

French protesters 'focus on disrupting key elements of national infrastructure'

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Macron’s politics weakened mainstream parties while energising populist forces on both right & left

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‘Resigned to Failure?’ Bayrou’s ‘doomed gamble’ harks back to Macron's 2024 snap elections fallout

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'Intergenerational fairness': In final speech to parliament, Bayrou unveils how pension is funded

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Veron: 'Distinguishing the real French political crisis from the lack of a immediate financial one'

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Is new alliance in works, extending from French Socialists, Ecologists, Communists to centre-right?

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Young, politicised, far left: Who are France's ‘Block Everything’ protesters?

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'Extremely unpopular French PM Bayrou playing both sides' in a bid to push through austerity budget

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As Bayrou gambles on austerity, far right weighs 'chaos narrative for maximum electoral advantage'

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French left urges Macron ‘not to be complicit’ in US plan to destroy female contraceptives

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French PM François Bayrou survives another no-confidence vote over social security budget

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'Bayrou needs to be careful about managing a lot of very sensitive groups in French Parliament'

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French PM Bayrou says he will force through contentious budget without a vote

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French PM Bayrou survives first no-confidence vote in parliament

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French PM Bayrou survives first no-confidence vote in parliament

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PM Bayrou expected to name France's new government this evening

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Does LR risk getting swallowed up by centre or losing themselves, clinging ever closer to far right?

Brussels quite 'perplexed', somewhat 'worried', about France's current political, economic crises

François Bayrou, Emmanuel Macron's centrist ally and France's new PM

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Reducing France's debt is 'moral obligation', says new French PM François Bayrou

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French President Emmanuel Macron to name new prime minister Friday morning

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