France's annual farm fair kicked off on Saturday with dramatic displays of anger by farmers facing ruin, with protesters heckling President Francois Hollande and tearing down the agriculture ministry's pavilion.
Opinion polls show the French are losing faith in their president to lead the fight on terrorism and, given some of the government’s priorities, perhaps it’s no surprise, writes Ben McPartland.
A formal lunch between the French president and his Iranian counterpart during this week's historic meeting was scrapped after the Elysée Palace reportedly refused Iran's request to serve up halal meat and no wine.
President Francois Hollande's call for convicted terrorists to lose their French citizenship if they have a second nationality has triggered uproar among those who see him adopting right-wing ideas that recall dark moments in France's history.
There was a certain degree of surprise in France on Friday when President François Hollande was named among the best dressed personalities around the world in 2015, alongside Justine Bieber and Harry Styles.
The previously unpopular French president has seen an unprecedented jump in his popularity ratings thanks in the main to his tough stance in the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks.
French President Francois Hollande turned up the pressure on heads of state gathered for the opening speech of a UN climate conference on Monday, saying life itself was at stake and a deal must be reached.
French President Francois Hollande on Thursday will hold talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as part of his diplomatic marathon to forge a broader coalition against Islamic State jihadists in the wake of the Paris attacks.
French President Francois Hollande, just off the plane from Washington, is to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday, seeking support for his faltering effort to forge a coalition to fight Islamic State jihadists.
French opposition leader Nicolas Sarkozy took aim at President Francois Hollande on Wednesday, claiming he had failed to take adequate security measures after the jihadist attacks in January.
President François Hollande promised intensified bombing of Syria in a historic speech to parliament, as the hunt for the possible mastermind of Friday's attacks on Paris gathered pace.
France's former first lady Valerie Trierweiler took another swipe her at her ex-partner François Hollande on Sunday by tweeting out a picture of herself wearing a T-shirt with a special message for the president.
Fifteen world leaders and businessmen have been ranked as more powerful than French President Francois Hollande, according to Forbes Magazine, including the UK's David Cameron, who is far higher up the list.
The French president's communication strategy has been ridiculed once again when an attempt to appeal to ordinary voters backfired after it emerged his visit to a retired nurse’s house for a coffee was completely stage managed.
In an historic speech to the European Parliament on Wednesday French President Francois Hollande warned of the "end of Europe" if EU member states failed to remain united to tackle a number of crises.
The French president is clearly enjoying his trip to New York, where he took time out to visit Times Square and made a beeline for a group of dancers from the Moulin Rouge.
Germany and France have agreed that the European Union, facing a slew of migrant crises, should impose binding quotas on the numbers member states take in.
A new wave of migrants began entering the European Union from Serbia on Monday as the leaders of France and Germany called for a unified response to the continent's biggest migrant crisis since the Second World War.
French President Francois Hollande warned on Thursday that failing to reach a UN climate pact at a crucial December conference in Paris would be a "disaster".
As the clearly strained talks continued on Monday to find a deal to keep Greece in the euro the Franco-German partnership is almost in open conflict with some in France accusing Germany of seeking to "destroy Europe for the third time in history".
UPDATED: French president François Hollande was due to hold talks with Germany's Angela Merkel in Paris on Monday as the heads of the eurozone's two biggest economies seek a solution to the Greece crisis.
His ratings are still in the doldrums and the economy is still stagnant, yet French President Francois Hollande looks increasingly like he's already on the campaign trail for 2017.
French President Francois Hollande insisted on Friday that "everything" must be done to seal a compromise on the Greek debt crisis before a Monday emergency eurozone meeting.
