Benoît Hamon is now leading a fairly weak socialist pack.
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What hope of finding a candidate who can hold onto the presidency?
Italian police at a press conference after Berlin attacker was killed in Italy.
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The Berlin terror attack at the end of 2016 will have major political implications for Germany’s elections this year and an uneasy European Union, writes a German studies scholar.
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The most unpopular president of the fifth republic won’t be seeking a second mandate.
Taking every opportunity.
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The Front National leader is feeling confident after Brexit and Trump.
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The Promenade des Anglais July 17.
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Nice is an elegant and striking city, set against the azure Mediterranean. But there is history and politics behind the waving palms.
A man sits and reflects alongside the French flag near the site of the Nice attack.
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France has a long history of protest and terror attacks from a range of different groups.
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Around the world, leading universities have established themselves as well-known brands. In France, we haven’t yet entered the race for global higher education.
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Proposed labour reforms in France have sparked mass protests led by young people who want to reclaim democracy from the elite.
No ink on these hands, see?
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Sweeping changes to employment law are of far greater concern than allegations that the Front National has been avoiding tax.
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Christiane Taubira has battled for years to prove her right to represent French people, so she couldn’t stay silent when a controversial plan was hatched to strip some of their nationality.
Still dreaming.
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The French regional elections were far from a nationalist wipeout. But can Marine Le Pen make good on what the party has achieved?
Marine Le Pen’s awful night may be a blessing in disguise.
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After storming the first round of France’s regional elections, Marine Le Pen’s far-right party has been humiliated. But all is not lost.
The next French president? Not likely.
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With its share of the vote rising with each election, can the extreme-right party take power on its own? The example of the French communists during the postwar boom suggests otherwise.
Taking it in her stride.
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The far-right Front National leads after the first round of voting, leaving Hollande and Sarkozy with some thinking to do.
François Hollande addresses the press at the Elysée Palace.
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Cuts to surveillance and questions about French values were problem even before the attack near Lyon.
Guarding the factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier.
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One man is dead and two injured in an attack on a gas factory near Lyon. At least one suspect was known to French intelligence agencies.
Banned from speaking, Jean-Marie Le Pen managed to photo-bomb daughter Marine at the FN’s May Day rally.
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The founder of France’s far-right movement and his daughter, the current president, have had a spectacular and very public falling out.
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!
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Jean-Marie and Marine need to split up in a way that benefits them both.
Candidates for the local elections will stand in pairs.
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A radical new system is to bring parity to regional councils.