Electoral posters of a candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, in Marseille, France.
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Emmanuel Macron may have won the presidential election, but his agenda could fail if his party doesn’t get a majority in Parliament.
Macron (centre), with his new cabinet.
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The new French president has announced a cabinet with members from the left, right and greens.
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Despite being widely tipped as the next leader of the Front National, the young deputy is dropping out.
Better get cracking.
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The self-confessed europhile will need to respond to concerns about the EU if he is to succeed as French president.
As a French specificity, blank vote is counted but not recognised, despite a steady increase of its usage in many elections in the country.
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Never before in French presidential elections have commentators and pundits expressed alarming concern about the size of the blank voting.
Marine Le Pen at a political rally in Metz, France.
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What does it mean to be French? The two standing presidential candidates hope voters will agree with their version of the answer.
Macron at a rally in Chatellerault, France, April 28, 2017.
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Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron’s plan to reform the eurozone if elected is easier made than implemented.
En Marche! candidate Emmanuel Macron is favoured to become France’s next president.
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Both Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron have gained from the very deep disaffection of the French electorate with its traditional political representatives.
National Front party leader, Marine Le Pen, has been campaigning on a populist agenda.
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A survey shows that candidates who exploited populism in one way or the other during the first round of the French presidential election captured about half of the vote.
Emmanuel Macron was the winner of the first round of the French presidental election.
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The first round of the presidential election has left French citizens and politicians divided – and the top candidates’ four-way split doesn’t favour governance of the country.
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After a historic battle, we now know that one of two people will be the next president of France.
Front National leader Marine Le Pen in the town of Raismes during the 2015 regional elections in Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie.
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Older white voters have long made up the core of the FN’s support, but Marine Le Pen claims that its now the party of choice for twentysomethings. It’s a claim worth investigating.
Towards a France unbowed.
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Mélenchon is making a strong bid for the Élysée Palace.
Frontrunner for the first round: Marine Le Pen.
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France’s Front National party has tried to distance itself from anti-Semitism – with limited success.
Elbowed out.
EPA/Patrick Kovarik
The official campaign to find the next president has begun. Are the cracks beginning to show already?
And for my next trick…
EPA/Yoan Valat
When the presidential candidate pulled out of an important photo opportunity, everyone thought he was quitting the race.
Anger pits young people against police following an accusation of police brutality.
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An officer is under investigation for rape, a young man is in hospital, and people want answers.
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2017 could be the year of the far-right in Europe, and spell the end of the EU.
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The far-right candidate has published a 144-point plan for her proposed presidency.
Emmanuel Macron on a visit to Lebanon, in January 2017.
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The top vote-getter in the first round of the election, France’s former finance minister has been working to build a political narrative outside of the country’s traditional political parties.