Security 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)
0 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.
0 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)
0 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.
0 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?
0 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.
0 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)
0 Read MoreDeadly suicide bombings in the Algerian capital have served as a reminder of the terrorist groups with roots in the country who count France among their enemies.
0 Read MoreThe French government has given the go-ahead for France’s first EPR (European Pressurised Reactor) plant. Plans to build a dozen of these third generation reactors across France has led to protests ahead of the presidential elections.
0 Read MoreIran has authorised a French academic to leave the country more than two months after his passport was confiscated, a French diplomat said on Thursday.
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