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Editorial: Influential abroad, Emmanuel Macron’s strategic errors at home are bringing mainstream French politics into disrepute at a crucial moment

As outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s last-ditch 48-hour window to form a new government nears its end, France’s political class and citizens are bracing for the president’s next move.

President Emmanuel Macron was on Tuesday under pressure even from allies to find a rapid solution to France's political deadlock, after his first prime minister and one-time ally urged him to resign for the sake of the country.

Joint statement from England, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, France and Italy says players will be ‘ineligible for international selection’

The FTSE 100 index closed up just 4.44 points at 9,483.58.

The French president faces another political crisis as his closest allies seek to distance themselves

France has been experiencing an unprecedented political crisis since President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament in June 2024. For political scientist Rémi Lefebvre, this deadlock is not only institutional: it reveals a crisis of representative governance fuelled by mistrust, social fragmentation and the erosion of majority rule.

European microstate would host race start for the third time, but faces competition from Czechia and French regions

Édouard Philippe says Macron should announce an early presidential election once France passes a budget for next year.

A former Premier League defender was confronted in a scary incident at an airport in France

The actor said that life on their French farm will be free of paparazzi, teach them self sufficiency and let them see his handyman skills, such as fixing the coffee machine