A week before the final round of the 2017 French presidential poll, the candidates and their supporters are holding rival May Day rallies, mirroring the divides in French society. Follow the day's events on our live blog.
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France, in Western Europe, encompasses medieval cities, alpine villages and Mediterranean beaches. Paris, its capital, is famed for its fashion houses, classical art museums including the Louvre and monuments like the Eiffel Tower.
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Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has accused her pro-EU centrist rival Emmanuel Macron of being the "candidate of continuity".
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke Friday to France’s Le Monde about French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron, his opposition to Brexit, and the challenges facing the left in France and the UK.
French centrist Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday France would push for European Union sanctions against Poland if he is elected president, signalling he wanted to take the lead in defending the bloc’s democratic values.
FRANCE’S far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen says she is temporarily stepping down as head of her National Front party.
Despite the tight margin in the first round, experts believe there are very few scenarios that could put the brakes on Mr Macron's charge to the Élysée Palace
President François Hollande has called on French voters to reject far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and back Emmanuel Macron to succeed him.
Six of the seven countries are former French colonies; Rwanda was colonized by Belgium and was mainly French-speaking before the current Rwandan Patriotic Front took power following the 1994 genocide.
Macron, 39, a former banker, has never held elected office, though he served as economy minister under Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
The centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen have won the first round of voting in French presidential elections, projected results say.
Top two finishers from 11 candidates will advance to runoff on 7 May that will decide the country’s next president
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has waded in to the upcoming French presidential election, predicting that Thursday’s Paris shooting will have a “big effect” on voters.
The attack raised questions over how yet another Islamist extremist known to police was able to bring terror to the heart of the French capital.
The man France alerted Belgian security services to as a possible suspect in the deadly Paris shooting has turned himself in to Belgian police in the city of Antwerp, France’s Interior Ministry spokesman said.
At least one police officer has been killed and another one injured in a shooting incident in central Paris, Reuters report, citing police sources. The suspected attacker was also killed, reports say.
A French soldier has been killed in a "clash with terrorists" in southeast Mali near the border with Burkina Faso, the French presidential office announced on Thursday.
Before her meeting with Putin, Le Pen spoke to Russia's parliamentary speaker, Vyacheslav Volodin
The debate, the first between the five main contenders ahead of a two-round election on April 23 and May 7, could help viewers make up their minds in a French election where nearly 40 percent of voters say they are not sure who to back.
A police source told the news agency that the man was on a police watch list for radical Islamic activity.
A shooting at a high school in the southern French town of Grasse has left at least eight people injured, the interior ministry said Thursday. A 17-year-old student has been arrested in connection with the attack.