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Self-employed electrician Loic Luboue Le Quere lives in a rural village 80 km (50 miles) south of Paris and relies on his van for work. In recent months, his diesel bill has jumped, squeezing his finances.

IN THE PAPERS - Friday, March 4: We look at some evocative front pages from British weekly The Economist and French daily Libération. But first, French President Emmanuel Macron announces his re-election bid in next month's presidential election in France. His announcement is not a surprise, but is overshadowed by…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine and Russia can find a way out of the war if the Kremlin joins talks with a will to negotiate in good faith — and without a long table.

French President Emmanuel Macron says he fears the ‘worst is to come’ in Ukraine after Russian president’s phone call.

Thursday: Vladimir Putin tells Emmanuel Macron he will continue to pursue his war. Plus: are the catastrophic floods really a one-in-1,000 year event?

All the main candidates are now on the starting line for France's April presidential election, after Emmanuel Macron confirmed on Thursday that he was running for a second term.

Macron had indicated he wanted to run in the election scheduled to be held in two rounds on April 10 and April 24. But his initial campaign plans have changed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he would run for second term at the helm of the euro zone's number two economy.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced he would run for a second term in the April French presidential election, seeking a mandate to steer the eurozone's second-largest economy through the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic.