Paris prosecutors have opened a probe to investigate whether an Israeli company interfered in local French elections, after a number of far-left candidates claimed they were targeted by disinformation campaigns.
The results are in for the first round of voting in local elections and - as expected - there are some close races in the big cities, meaning that it all comes down to second-round alliances. Here's how these work.
As France prepares for key local elections, John Lichfield looks at what the results can tell us about the strength of the 'republican front', the pact that voters can make to keep out the far right.
Two frontrunners have emerged in the race for Paris' new mayor - Anne Hidalgo’s former deputy mayor Emmanuel Grégoire and Rachida Dati - a leading right-wing figure. Here's Dati's vision for the French capital.
A foreign disinformation campaign has targeted two candidates in France's local elections this weekend, a government agency and a security source said Tuesday.
France heads to the polls on Sunday, March 15th for the first round of the 2026 municipal elections - here are a few key words and phrases you will need to know.
The race is hotting up for next year's local elections, which the parties are fighting with one eye on the presidential poll in 2027. But John Lichfield warns against trying to read too much into the votes for local mayors in 2026.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen insisted her party could still win control of parliament despite the centre and left scrambling to block her way and football hero Kylian Mbappé urging fans to outvote ‘those people’.
A Greens politician who cut her teeth in a far-right fiefdom has emerged as a leading voice against anti-immigration forces in the final stretch of France’s snap parliamentary election.
With projections for a deadlocked parliament after the second round of voting and widespread predictions of political chaos, many French commentators are starting to make comparisons with France's Fourth Republic - for those of us who didn't grow up in France, here's what that means.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has said that the prospect of France's far-right winning power in parliamentary elections at the end of the month was causing doubt and worry in the run-up to the Olympics in the French capital.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday faced accusations of transphobia after lashing out at the snap election manifesto of a new left-wing coalition, in particular a proposal allowing citizens to change their gender at the town hall.
The leader of France’s traditional right-wing party triggered a crisis within his own party and fury from the government after backing an alliance with the far-right of Marine Le Pen in snap legislative elections.
Emmanuel Macron's prime minister will begin work on Monday trying to secure a coalition after his party lost its majority in the French parliamentary elections.
It's still more than six months away, but France's next presidential election is already the source of fevered speculation, so here's a quick guide to how it will work and what happens next.
It's been promised before, but now the UK government says it will act to ensure that British citizens living abroad do not lose their right to vote in the UK even if they have been abroad for over 15 years. Here's what we know about the proposals.
There are two golden rules of contemporary, national politics in France, writes John Lichfield on the 2022 presidential election. Incumbents never win. Strongly fancied, early contenders commonly crash and burn.
The outcome of the presidential vote will have little impact on US-Europe trade relations, France's finance chief asserted on Wednesday, saying Washington is unlikely to drop its confrontational stance whether Donald Trump wins or not.
British-born Penelope Kathryn Fillon, the extremely publicity-averse wife of one-time presidential favourite François Fillon, was at the centre of a huge political scandal in France, dubbed "PenelopeGate". Here's what you need to know about her.
Boris Johnson's resounding victory means nothing will stop Brexit now, writes columnist John Lichfield. But it's still the biggest blunder the UK has ever made and will leave the hundreds of thousands of Brits across Europe feeling like foreigners on February 1st.
Britons in France expressed anger and dismay on Friday after the UK election result dashed their remaining hopes that Brexit could somehow be avoided. But they were urged to look at the positive aspect of Boris Johnson's resounding win.
At the most recent European elections, France elected 74 new members of the European Parliament, plus five who will be on the bench for the next few months.
British people living in France are among those planning to sue the UK government over widespread problems with postal ballots in the European elections.
The far-right National Rally party led by
Marine Le Pen finished top in European elections in France on Sunday, dealing a blow to pro-European President Emmanuel Macron.
Marine Le Pen's party may have topped the European elections in France, but it doesn't mean the far-right leader is on her way to the Elysée palace, writes John Lichfield in his analysis of Sunday's vote.
