The Latest Breaking News from Emmanuel Macron

CAC 40 index has its worst week since March 2022 after Macron’s decision to call snap elections

The Lib Dems led the pack – on manifesto launch catering – and we finally learned the extent of the PM’s childhood deprivation

President is trying to push back against Le Pen’s party, but experts warn there is potential for strategy to backfire.

Political parties representing the French left-wing say they have reached an agreement to form a "Popular Front" to contest the snap parliamentary election at the end of the month.

French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann on Friday said he was joining the left-wing union, the New Popular Front, in a bid to stop the far-right from winning a parliamentary majority in France's snap elections later this month.

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.

In Europe, the slogan “never again fascism” is one that still resonates. The death and destruction wrought by hyper-nationalist, authoritarian states in the first half of the 20th century still haunts the nightmares of successive generations.

Emmanuel Macron’s snap legislative poll could have big consequences, even propelling the far-right National Rally into government

The Group of Seven leading industrialized nations turned their attention to migration, artificial intelligence, economic security and the Indo-Pacific region on Friday, the second and final day of their summit in Italy. The G7 leaders stressed their determination to meet global challenges “at a crucial moment in history.”