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Charles de Gaulle famously complained that governing a country with 246 kinds of cheese was all but impossible. Less known is what De Gaulle said just before that: "Only peril can bring the French together". President Emmanuel Macron had peril on his mind when he stunned his compatriots by calling…

It's been almost 30 years since a French president dissolved parliament and called snap elections, as Emmanuel Macron did on Sunday. When France votes for a new legislature at the end of the month, it will be only the sixth time the country has done so in its post-war history.

To mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, French President Emmanuel Macron will preside over an international ceremony on Omaha Beach on June 6. Every 10-year anniversary of D-Day has become a not-to-be-missed event for many heads of state. These commemorations have not always had a political and diplomatic…

A French village preserved as a reminder of Nazi cruelty since Waffen-SS troops murdered 643 people there in 1944 is in danger of decay, sparking efforts to preserve the site.

Seventy-five years after it was founded on 4 April 1949 in the wake of World War II, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation – better known as NATO – is bigger than ever. But allies worry that a rising current of isolationism in American politics could lead to a drop in…

Medieval villages, secret alleyways and Charles de Gaulle’s retreat are just some of our tipsters’ French finds

Admiral Philippe de Gaulle, the eldest son of General Charles de Gaulle, has died in Paris at the age of 102, his family has said.

Ponomarev, once a liberal parliamentarian, likens himself to Charles de Gaulle. Does he really pose a threat to Putin?

Israel's military once won dramatic victories with agile commando tactics. But since 1973, it has all gone wrong

Al Jazeera talks to Alain Gresh, a French author and expert of the Israel-Palestine conflict, as war flares again.

France’s current constitution is its fifth, and it’s built for stability – literally. Established in 1958 after the government collapsed in the throes of the Algerian War, the new constitution featured a president with considerable powers. That made the country’s governments more stable – a welcome change from the Third…