The exercise of power under the 1958 Constitution has steadily eroded over the past two decades. The system has become increasingly centered on the president, to the point exhaustion, writes Le Monde's Solenn de Royer in her column.
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Pope Leo XIV will use the final day of his visit to France on Monday to pay tribute to Robert Schuman – the French foreign minister who was one of the architects of European integration – in a message expected to focus on peace, unity and the principles that shaped post-war Europ...
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Nine RN senators were elected on Sunday, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) tally of results, on top of the three who won seats in 2023. A further two were elected from RN ally Eric Ciotti's Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR) party. RN president Jordan Bardella sai...
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On October 17, Le Large will open its doors – a small miracle given the many projects that have fallen through after Renault left Seguin Island, just west of Paris, in 1992. But the story is not over: The center of the island remains conspicuously empty....
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During his visit to the pilgrimage town of Lourdes, the pope called on bishops to remain vigilant over sexual abuse in the Church and criticized France's newly adopted assisted-dying legislation....
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A €800 million facelift of the Montparnasse Tower has been shelved, reviving a decades-old debate over the future of one of Paris’s most divisive landmarks....
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After the delay to Line 15 announced in June, a further postponement was announced for the future automatic metro lines 16 and 17, north and east of Paris....
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The pontiff is due to meet with victims of clerical sex abuse in Lourdes before travelling on to Metz in northeastern France on Monday.
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Pope Leo XIV waved at believers on his way to mass on Sunday in the French pilgrimage town of Lourdes where he is to meet victims of clerical sex abuse on a third day of an official visit to France....
