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Radical left-winger Jean-Luc Mélenchon came third in the first round of the recent presidential election, winning the support of nearly eight million voters. That gives his France Unbowed party enormous clout in this week's negotiations with the Socialists on the possible formation of a left-wing Popular Union. So how are…

For parties on the left of French politics, all eyes are on the upcoming legislative elections – where many are hoping a united front will rob President Emmanuel Macron of any chance of a parliamentary majority. Following talks between the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) and the Socialist Party (PS), however,…

The fractured French left – buoyed by strong polling by veteran progressive Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the presidentials – was this week clambering to agree a coalition deal that would unite the Greens, Socialists and Communists under a common banner with the far-left France Unbowed party (LFI) in time for legislative…

The French presidential election results on April 26 gave Emmanuel Macron a comfortable victory – setting the stage for the “third round”, as many in France call the parliamentary polls taking place on June 12 and 19. Macron’s populist adversaries are keen to seize control of parliament and scupper his…

French President Emmanuel Macron faced the daunting challenge of uniting a deeply divided nation Tuesday after winning re-election in a battle against Marine Le Pen that saw the far right come its closest yet to taking power.

Editorial: The re-elected president will face multiple challenges in his second term

Macron’s won the election — but has woken up to riots and a splintered country. As more elections loom in June, will this next era bring Gilets Jaunes or relative tranquilité? Agnes Poirier reports from Paris

Marine Le Pen was soundly beaten in Sunday’s presidential election as weary voters rallied once more to keep her Rassemblement National (National Rally) party from power. But the surge in support for far-right candidates begs the question of how long a creaking “republican front” of anti-Le Pen voters will hold…

Fresh from winning a second term as French president, Emmanuel Macron soon faces another fight that will determine whether he can pursue his agenda - parliamentary elections, described as the "third round" of presidential voting, in which his rivals far-right Marine Le Pen and hard-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon are looking to…