Make sure your arrive in France with some Euros in your moneybag. You never know when it'll be useful. But one rule is that you will find out at the most inappropriate times…
Nicolas Sarkozy has been ahead in the polls for four months. With many French voters still undecided, the other candidates are focusing their endgame attacks on him.
Read MoreFrench newspaper Le Monde reports French intelligence agencies issued a warning to the CIA eight months before the September 11 plot. International Affairs editor Robert Parsons analyses the latest development.
Read MoreSecurity is tight as far right presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen addresses his supporters. And as election day draws closer France is on red alert. (Report: C. Casali)
Read MoreCould a centre-left pact tip the scales in the French presidential election? Prominent Socialist Bernard Kouchner has added his voice to calls for an alliance against rightwing frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy.
Read MoreThe Afghan foreign minister has talked tough on the Taliban, saying that cutting a deal with "criminals" to secure the release of French hostages is out of the question. (Report: A. Georgian)
Read MoreWith a week to go until the first round of the presidential election, France’s biggest Muslim organisation holds a conference – and decides not to back any single candidate.
Read MoreWith a divided far-left to one side, the Socialist Party calls for a ‘useful vote’ in the first round. How will the left-leaning electorate react?
Read MoreWhat new rules will regiment the workplace if the right or left prevail after the French Presidential elections? France 24 reviews the main candidates’ proposals.
Read MoreFrance’s former Prime Minister Michel Rocard has called for an alliance between socialist Segolene Royal and centrist Francois Bayrou, to stop Nicolas Sarkozy winning. (Report: N. Charbit)
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