French presidential race centres on ‘top cop’ Valls after Hollande bow-out
The focus of France‘s presidential election swung on to Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Friday as the possible standard bearer of the ruling Socialists following...
Prime Minister Manuel Valls
France wants to help Greece recover via investments – PM Valls
France wants to support Greece’s economic recovery through investments, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told a Greek newspaper on Thursday, hours before he arrives in...
French government shrugs off no-confidence vote, faces new strikes (Update 3)
French President Francois Hollande on Thursday faced a wave of labour strikes and festering street protests even as his government survived a vote of no-confidence...
Le Pen family feud deepens within France’s National Front (Updated)
By Mark John A bitter family feud between National Front leader Marine Le Pen and her father Jean-Marie deepened on Wednesday as she accused the...
French government survives no-confidence vote (Updated)
By Emile Picy France’s Socialist government survived a parliament no-confidence vote called by opposition conservatives on Thursday after it resorted to a controversial decree to...
Hooded gunmen fire on French police in Marseille
By Marc Leras French police sealed off a housing estate in Marseille on Monday after hooded gunmen opened fire on a police car with Kalashnikov...
France reinforces security, spy agencies after attacks
By Nicholas Vinocur France is to recruit thousands of extra police, spies and investigators to boost national security and intelligence, Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced...
Four under investigation after Paris attacks
By James Regan and Nicholas Vinocur Four men have been placed under formal investigation and detained as part of an inquiry into the Islamist militant...
France steps up patrols after spate of lone-wolf attacks
By Mark John French security forces stepped up security at public places for the Christmas holiday season on Tuesday after three separate acts of violence...
France fine-tunes pro-reform cabinet after rebel ministers ousted
By Mark John and Julien Ponthus French President Francois Hollande fine-tuned his third government team in two years on Tuesday, seeking to reconcile pro-growth measures...