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In her constituency in northern France, former prime minister Elisabeth Borne is counting on support from left-wing voters to hold her seat, even if many refuse to forget her role in passing a controversial pension reform.

In a decades-old practice, several mainstream political parties are co-operating in an effort to block the advance of the far right

Marine Le Pen has hit back at opinion polls suggesting her National Rally (RN) is losing its lead in this weekend's legislative election runoff, saying the far-right party still had the capacity to secure an absolute majority in the French parliament.

Far-right National Rally’s hopes of absolute majority may be dashed by tactical manoeuvring, but threat still looms.

With just three day remaining until the second round of France’s legislative elections, the campaign has been marred by reported assaults and verbal abuse of candidates, prompting at least one of them to drop out of the crucial race. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded.

Scramble to build ‘republican front’ against first-placed far right leaves many weighing difficult decisions

Muhammad Nimah Nasser is at least the third senior commander killed in cross-border fighting since October.

Buoyed by its resounding success in the first round of the snap legislative elections, France’s far-right National Rally party (RN) is hoping to secure an absolute majority in the second round on July 7. Before it can achieve this however, NR’s President Jordan Bardella will have to fend off both…

France's prime minister on Wednesday urged voters to form a united front to block the far right in legislative elections, warning the anti-immigration party of Marine Le Pen was the only faction capable of winning an absolute majority.

Gabriel Attal urges on campaign to peg back rise of National Rally as candidates pull out to avoid splitting vote

Laurent Vinatier is the latest Western citizen arrested by Moscow amid accusations of ‘hostage diplomacy’.