His aim was to regain control of French politics, but that’s not what the opinion polls say will happen. Mr Macron had no need to call National Assembly elections for another three years.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is embroiled in an embezzlement trial that could see her barred from public office.

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen renewed her threat to bring down the government in a no-confidence motion over next ...

"Clearly, France is not being spared." Even some mainstream French politicians expressed concern. Gerald Darmanin, who was President Emmanuel Macron's interior minister until September, wrote on X ...

STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP In France, too, political leaders have their eyes ... There has been no endorsement this time. "I'm French, I never give my opinion on foreign elections," RN lawmaker ...

Senior French politicians are not legally required to disclose their health conditions publicly. In April 1974, then President Georges Pompidou died of a rare form of cancer called Waldenstrom ...

(photo credit: REUTERS/Johanna Geron) Two French politicians have filed a bill ... “Because it is what defines antisemitism in its current form and it has been evolving for millennia.” ...

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau has ... Mesmeur’s comments caused outrage among politicians and Jewish groups, with the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism accusing ...

The call by French Senator Yannick Jadot to boycott COP29 in Baku over unsubstantiated claims of the so-called "ethnic cleansing" against Armenia reeks of hypocrisy and political opportunism.

“Clearly, France is not being spared.” Even some mainstream French politicians have expressed concern. Mr Gerald Darmanin, who was President Emmanuel Macron’s interior minister until ...