Macron, Le Pen clash in French pre-election TV showdown
Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron clashed over their vision of France’s future, the euro and ways of fighting terrorism in an...
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Macron urges “morally weak” rivals to unite against Le Pen
By John Irish French presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron launched a scathing attack on Friday against politicians who have failed to endorse him against far-right rival...
Macron slower off mark than Le Pen in last French election lap
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has made a more impressive start than favourite Emmanuel Macron to the last lap of the French presidential election, a...
Hollande urges French to reject Le Pen in run-off vote
France‘s outgoing president, Francois Hollande, on Monday urged people to back centrist Emmanuel Macron in a vote to choose his successor next month and reject...
Gloves off in French election as Le Pen aide calls Macron ‘arrogant’
Round two of the bitter fight for the French presidency got under way on Monday within hours of first round results with far-right leader Marine...
Mind-bendingly complex French election
By Gwynne Dyer There are six possible outcomes to today’s vote. One of them pits a fascist against a crypto-communist Here’s how the French presidential...
The changing face of Le Pen’s Front National
France’s Front National (FN) has gone from a protest vote to a genuine election contender over the last twenty years. According to research by Ifop...
France mobilised for election security after attack (Update)
France said its security forces were fully mobilised for a presidential election at the weekend after the killing of a policeman by an Islamist militant...
Paris gunman’s past probed, police hunt second suspect (Update)
The man who shot dead a French policeman in an Islamist militant attack had served time for armed assaults on law enforcement officers, police sources...
Islamic State claims Paris shooting, one policeman killed
A French policeman was shot dead and two others were wounded in central Paris on Thursday night in an attack carried out days before presidential...
