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)
Could 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.
The 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)
With 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.
What new rules will regiment the workplace if the right or left prevail after the French Presidential elections? France 24 reviews the main candidates’ proposals.
France’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)
Deadly 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.
The 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.
Iran has authorised a French academic to leave the country more than two months after his passport was confiscated, a French diplomat said on Thursday.