A leftist coalition, the New Popular Front, has won the most seats in the 2024 French legislative election, beating back a ...

The government chose the later timetable over an earlier option of 11 and 25 April after consultations between the Interior Ministry and political parties, with school holidays among the factors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ballot papers are seen in a ballot box at a polling station during the second round of France's municipal elections in Paris.

The party entered a new era in 2011 when Marine Le Pen succeeded her father as leader. She launched a comprehensive ...

Le Pen is now eligible to run in the forthcoming election, but would have to do so wearing an electronic tag, something she has previously ruled out.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. France local elections: a key test one year before the country's presidential election French voters returned to the polls this ...

Leftists retained control of France's three largest cities while the far right failed to take any major urban centres in Sunday's municipal elections, closely watched for an indication of next year's ...

France will hold the first round of its next presidential election on April 18, 2027, with a run-off set for May 2, an executive source said on Tuesday. The vote is widely seen as a pivotal test for ...

As France enters the new year, there's little hope that the political and economic uncertainty that's been plaguing the euro zone's second-largest economy for months will disappear in 2025. France was ...

Moody’s Ratings warned that France’s political divisions and the build up to presidential elections risk thwarting further efforts to reduce the bloated deficit even as it maintained its Aa3 ...

As France enters the new year, there's little hope that the political and economic uncertainty that's been plaguing Paris for months will disappear in 2025. A new minority government is in place but ...