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Polling suggests high turnout for elections in which far-right National Rally could significantly increase share of vote

Ferocious storms and torrential rains that lashed France, Switzerland and Italy this weekend have left at least seven people dead, local authorities said on Sunday.

Costs, the climate crisis and choice are all factors in a demographic revolution presenting huge challenges for government

In the run-up to the Paris Olympic Games, human rights activists have alleged that authorities are engaged in "social cleansing", a government policy of removing the homeless from the city, which the authorities deny. But a number of non-profits have presented evidence documenting the methods used by the authorities to…

Polling stations opened across mainland France on Sunday for the first round in high-stakes snap parliamentary elections. Some 49 million French are eligible to vote and turnout is expected to be high after a short and divisive campaign.

France is voting in a parliamentary election with the far right closer to power than it has ever been in modern times

France's snap parliamentary election could reshape the political landscape, impacting President Macron's leadership.

Ballot could enable Marine Le Pen’s National Rally to form government as polls suggest support for party has grown

French people vote on Sunday in high-stakes snap parliamentary elections which could alter France's trajectory and see the far-right party of Marine Le Pen take power in a historic first.

Hellfest in France was the scene of what some are calling the biggest 'wall of death' ever

England’s only mid-season international ended with a new-look side defeating France, but the occasion underlined the problems rugby league possesses