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With less than six months to go before the election, the protest movement sparked by high school students has taken center stage. The government's inability to address the anger has made it a scapegoat, while the far-right Rassemblement National and the radical left La France Ins...
Whether it's explanations of how the French political system works, insight into the candidates or analysis of who can stop Marine Le Pen becoming president - let us know your questions about France's 2027 presidential election and we'll answer them....
French presidential contender Edouard Philippe on Sunday ruled out competing in a primary to select a single right-wing candidate to face challenges from the far right and far left....
Too many candidates, disillusionment with Macron, fears of a far-right victory... Although many voters are interested in politics, they've become deeply disillusioned and still don't know who they will vote for in the 2027 presidential elections....
The elected official from the southwest grew in politics alongside Marine Le Pen. Ruling his city with a firm hand, he has charmed her far-right party's activists, whilst alienating others with his provocative statements and actions ....
Since the violence on the sidelines of the October 17 protests, a spiraling escalation has taken hold in France, raising questions about whether debates can take place in a calm and constructive way ahead of a crucial presidential election....
Emotion ran high during the memorial ceremony held on Friday in Trappes, one week after a racist terrorist attack left one person dead and seven others wounded. The town's left-wing mayor was joined by left-wing political leaders, while leaders from the rest of the political spec...
From the tsunami of disinformation about violent social unrest in France to calls to change the date of the French presidential election, via protest-themed sandwiches and ridiculous shark films, here's what we have been talking about in France this week....
The US rating agency doubts France's ability to sustainably restore its public finances after the 2027 presidential election, probably followed by parliamentary elections. The government, for its part, reiterates the "absolute necessity" of having a budget adopted by the end of t...
A US rating agency doubts France can fix its finances after the 2027 presidential election. The government insists on the "absolute necessity" of adopting a budget by year-end....
France's national library, which began collecting Japanese photographs in the late 1960s, presents an exceptional selection of 250 prints, spanning from the postwar period to the present day....
A week after shootings in the Paris suburbs of Trappes and La Verrière that are being investigated as a terrorist attack motivated by race, the mayor of Trappes has called for the "great replacement" theory – which claims white French people are being deliberately replaced by non...
Christine Lagarde told Euronews in an exclusive interview in July that she was not a candidate for any political office. Her announcement that she will leave the European Central Bank early, in February 2027, comes just months before France’s presidential election....
Lagarde's departure in February 2027, eight months before the end of her term as head of the European Central Bank lets European leaders choose her successor before France's April presidential election....
Once a critic of games such as Assassin's Creed Unity, France's radical-left leader is backing a bill on gamers' rights, presented Thursday, as a way to win new voters and counter the far right....
Thousands gathered in cities across France on Monday to protest against 'the normalization of racist hatred,' three days after an attack in Trappes left one person dead. Mayor Ali Rabeh has accused the conservative right and presidential camp of playing a dangerous game by adopti...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's offer of EU associate member status to Canada has angered both Paris and Berlin. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney faces criticism over the proposal at home....
The unrest of the October 17 protests is the latest in a series of violent outbreaks that have marked Emmanuel Macron's 10-year tenure, writes Le Monde columnist Françoise Fressoz....
For foreigners in France, a politician's immigration policy can have a direct impact on their life, love, work and visa - here's a look at the policies of the candidates in the 2027 presidential election, from the far-left to the far-right....
Because Israel does not allow citizens to vote remotely, including at embassies, many expatriates have flown home to vote. Turnout appears particularly high among opponents of Benjamin Netanyahu, who have traveled from New York, Washington, Paris, London, Madrid and even Australi...
Serbia's student-led movement has secured a historic parliamentary election victory, ending President Aleksandar Vučić's political dominance. Meanwhile, Israel prepares for a crucial election, France faces another wave of mass protests, and Brazil's President Lula wins a fourth t...
In an interview with Le Monde, the mayor of the town west of Paris, reelected in March, lamented that far-right rhetoric has 'ended up penetrating the collective unconscious,' and said he felt a 'climate of simmering civil war.'...
Despite permits and routes often being decided at the last minute, nearly 410,000 people – 800,000 according to the CGT trade union – marched peacefully on Saturday across France, protesting the high cost of living, supporting high school students and defending civil liberties. C...
Like the city's mayor Ali Rabeh, residents interviewed by Le Monde saw the attack that killed and injured several passersby in the town west of Paris on Friday morning as the consequence of rhetoric blaming Muslims and people of African descent for all France's problems....
The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, joined left-wing politicians and trade union leaders in Orléans as Marine Le Pen's party gathered ahead of the 2027 presidential election....
Some of Paris’s biggest museums are closed and shopkeepers have boarded up their premises ahead of Saturday’s protests, as the capital seeks to protect its cultural landmarks and businesses from a repeat of last weekend’s violence....
Despite downgrade consensus, the agency kept France's sovereign rating unchanged, a short-lived relief, say economists, warning of a debt time bomb and worsening political and social tensions....
The French capital is in shock after the events of October 17. As the 'second act' of the protest movement is set to take place this Saturday, shopkeepers have boarded up their storefronts....
Wooden boards are going up across France as shopkeepers brace for possible unrest. With a National Rally congress in Orléans and protests approaching in Lyon, businesses fear damage and disruption....
France is bracing for another weekend of protests after last week’s demonstrations turned violent, as the government faces pressure to restore order. Meanwhile, EU leaders visit Hungary amid hopes of a reset in relations, while Serbia’s snap election puts President Aleksandar Vuč...
The event, which wraps up on Sunday, showcases a wide-ranging and high-quality selection of artworks.
Macron met intelligence chiefs on Thursday morning ahead of renewed protests, while the Prime Minister is due to meet political parties and mayors in the afternoon. Protest bans and curfews remain in force....
Macron told reporters that the conference will occur after the Israeli elections on October 27.
French and Italian ministers blame foreign powers for using social media to fuel riots across Europe. But while Russia-linked networks have exploited the violence, the European Commission still has no evidence that they are driving it....
The US president and his inner circle have repeatedly used the violence of October 17 to denounce immigration and Muslims, warning that a Democratic victory in the midterm elections on November 3 would expose the United States to the same dangers....
French poltician Patrick Molinoz, vice-president of the French Mayoral Association claims that recent violence in France was "planned", citing a "certain" Russian intereference....
Two paintings by French master Pierre-Auguste Renoir have been recovered a month after they were stolen from a museum in southern France, the town's mayor said on Friday....
The first round of the primary is to take place on Friday and Saturday. The 140,000 registered voters, an unexpectedly high number, means the outcome is wide open....
The left-wing municipal majority plans to review the perimeters of what is considered a 'Remarkable Heritage Site,' which it deems too extensive. Currently, the site includes the first seven arrondissements of the capital, as well as parts of four others....
Donald Trump is promising $5,000 to every adult citizen if both chambers remain Republican after the midterm elections on November 3. Columnist Pascal Riché recalls that Silvio Berlusconi and Emmanuel Macron also used financial incentives during their campaigns....
Thrusting himself into the heart of the protests by high school students that have shaken France, the hard-left mayor of a Paris suburb has become an icon for protesters with his full-throated support of their movement and physical presence on the streets....
Capable of shaping the political agenda better than any other party, the far-right Rassemblement National and hard-left La France Insoumise parties show their fragility when they are held to account, writes Le Monde's Françoise Fressoz in her column....
The results of the first round of Brazil's presidential election, which saw Flavio Bolsonaro take the lead, must have pleased Donald Trump, as the Latin American giant had long stood up to the American president, analyzes Le Monde columnist Gilles Paris....
The French luxury brand, part of the LVMH conglomerate, will fund up to €2 million in renovations to two streets around its future flagship store, a move Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire said he 'fully stood by' despite opposition to it....
"You're dreaming in colour", "a Potemkin budget, flimsy as cardboard", "purely incantatory, utterly unenforceable": the government torpedoes the counter-budget put forward by National Rally leader Marine Le Pen....
The US midterms take place on November 3rd 2026, and Americans in France can still vote - but for some states, time is running out. Here's who can vote, how to request and return a ballot, and what to do if yours hasn't arrived....
Pedro Sánchez is gambling on a snap election on 29 November, after Congress rejected his housing decrees and tens of thousands protested. In France, students take to the streets again over overcrowded classes and teacher shortages, while MEPs debate Europe's housing crisis and AI...
The euro slid to its weakest level against the US dollar since May 2025 on Monday, as France's debt troubles and Spain's political turmoil, capped by a snap election call, fuelled fears of a fresh eurozone crisis and of contagion across the bloc's bond markets....
