France heads to polls in March for local elections - from voting registration and proxy votes to the political effects on next year's presidential elections, here's what you need to know.
With France's municipal elections coming up in March, the Riviera city of Nice has become the stage for a showdown between two rival stalwarts from the right of French politics.
A selection of parties on the French left have announced their intention to hold primaries to field a candidate of the 'united left' in the 2027 presidential elections, to better face the challenge of the far-right candidate.
One of the front-running candidates in the Paris mayoral elections has unveiled radical plans to tackle the French capital's housing shortage - including a total ban on tourist apartment and requisitioning empty housing.
France's Communist party has outlined its plans for a major push in next year's local elections, positioning itself as the best-placed group to take on the far right in rural France.
Non-EU nationals living in Europe don't have many voting rights but some countries do allow them to cast a ballot in local elections. Here's what you need to know.
It's been in the news again because politicians have once again suggested limiting or even banning it altogether - but France's 'birthright citizenship' or doit du sol, is far from a guaranteed right.
All eyes were supposed to be on Paris this summer as the French capital lays on the sporting extravaganza of the Olympics - but will attention instead be fixed on the chaotic political situation and possible unrest on the streets?
As France comes to terms with the shock defeat of the far-right and the dawning of a new type of politics, John Lichfield looks at what will happen next and whether any of the warring political parties in France are likely to compromise.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Friday said he hoped to prevent a government with far right or far left members being formed after an inconclusive snap election.
Farmers' unions in France have threatened to take action in response to the possibility of the naming of a left-wing government, whilst unions are also calling for people to protest to demand the leftist alliance be allowed to govern.
Amid France's ongoing political deadlock, a rail union has called for rallies across France to push for a government to be formed by the left-wing coalition Nouveau Front Populaire.
Three days after snap parliamentary elections plunged France into a political crisis, President Emmanuel Macron has penned an open letter to the French people explaining his views on the situation. Here's what he said.
With the French parliament divided after elections which produced no majority, parties were on Tuesday scrambling to create alliances and secure agreements that might eventually result in the naming of a new prime minister.
From the make-up of the new parliament to the geographical strongholds of the parties, here are the maps and graphics that help to make sense of France's seismic elections.
On the outskirts of the French city of Bordeaux, bank employee Jean-Philippe on Monday said he long hesitated before casting his vote in this weekend's parliamentary polls.
In an unexpected result, the leftist alliance the Nouveau Front Populaire topped the polls in France's snap elections on Sunday. The situation is complicated and lengthy negotiations are expected in order to form the next government - but what kind of policies can we expect from a government with an NFP heart?
From shock over the unexpected defeat of France's far-right to confusion over what happens next, here is what both French and foreign newspapers have been saying about Sunday's election results.
The second round of the snap French elections produced a stunning result with the left alliance beating the far-right into third place. However no party has won an absolute majority in parliament - so what next?
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday was to start efforts to extract France from its most severe political uncertainty in decades after the left defeated the far right in elections with no group winning an absolute majority.
In the aftermath of his party's unexpected loss in France's parliamentary elections, the far-right leader Jordan Bardella, called the left and centrist alliance a 'dishonour', while left-wing leaders say they are ready to govern.
As France digests the surprise results of snap legislative elections, what's at stake is the balance of power in the parliament - personified through the prime minister. So who will be the next PM?
Results from the second round of France's hugely important snap parliamentary election on Sunday showed the leftist alliance taking a shock first place, defying predictions of a win for Marine Le Pen's far right.
If you're used to British or American elections you might be expecting an all-night count, but in France a provisional result is released at 8pm that is virtually always right - so how do the French manage this?
