A leftist coalition, the New Popular Front, has won the most seats in the 2024 French legislative election, beating back a far-right surge but failing to win a majority.

Le Pen, an old ally of Putin, is taking on French President Emmanuel Macron who is seeking a second five-year term. Who is Le ...

France’s prime minister has quit after losing a confidence vote that toppled his government, plunging the country into a new political crisis. François Bayrou submitted his resignation to President ...

EDITORIAL. Emmanuel Macron on Monday pushed back against criticism from far-right media after calling for news outlets to be ...

PARIS (AP) — France’s new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than a month in office and less than 24 hours after naming a new government that prompted a key coalition ally to withdraw ...

Marine Le Pen predicts President Macron will soon resign, paving way for an early election. She cites Macron's loss of ...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, just days after his resignation, asking him to try again to form a government and produce a ...

Europe breathes a sigh of relief While the election of Le Pen would have been greeted with horror in the corridors of Brussels and with trepidation in most other EU countries, Macron believes that ...

Last Monday, France had a déjà vu moment with yet another French prime minister leaving the job. In this case, it was Sébastien Lecornu, who spent a mere 27 days in the role — a record low since 1958.

Every week, we recap highlights of the news from China. In this edition, we recap the French President’s visit, the low ...