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France’s presidential elections: All you need to know

About 48 million French voters will choose their leader among 12 candidates in April in the most volatile context.

Al Jazeera

France's Socialist Party facing irrelevance in presidential vote

In France's former mining heartland, promises by the Communist Party's first presidential candidate in 15 years to raise the minimum wage, lower the retirement age and tax big business hard resonate with voters who feel ignored by the mainstream left.

Reuters

Corsican nationalist Colonna dies three weeks after prison assault

The Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna, who was assaulted earlier this month in prison in an attack that sparked rioting on the French Mediterranean island, has died, his family announced on Monday.

Radio France Internationale

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UK lagging behind other nations in cost of living crisis amid energy price hikes

The UK Government has been put to shame by counterparts in countries including Belgium, Spain and France which have offered more state support to help those dealing with energy price hikes

Daily Mirror

‘People feel suffocated’: cost of living tops French concerns before election

As prices rise, there are warnings president could face another protest movement like gilets jaunes

The Guardian - UK

Leftist Mélenchon hopes to reach election run-off as the anti-Macron candidate

As we enter the three final weeks of the presidential race, FRANCE 24 reports from Jean-Luc Mélenchon's campaign event in Paris. The charismatic far-left leader hopes to replicate his 2017 performance, coming very close to a second round face-off with Emmanuel Macron. We also take a closer look at the…

France 24

A new Republic: Leftist Mélenchon promises to topple France’s ‘presidential monarchy’

Rising in the polls, the French election’s dark horse Jean-Luc Mélenchon has promised a reboot of the French Republic, vowing to overhaul a presidential regime that he blames for mounting abstention, disillusion and increasingly violent protests.

France 24

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Hard-left candidate Mélenchon rallies around promise to tame capitalism

With just three weeks to go before France’s presidential election, hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon rallied tens of thousands of supporters on Sunday onto the streets of Paris, framing himself as the antidote to Emmanuel Macron by promising to raise the minimum wage, freeze food and fuel prices, and lower the…

Radio France Internationale

Italy, U.S., France, Germany and Britain leaders to hold call on Monday - statement

Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi will hold a phone call with U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson later on Monday, Rome's government said in a statement.

Reuters

Pain endures for French Jews a decade after Toulouse shootings

Ten years after France was rocked by a series of Islamist shootings targeting Jewish children and French soldiers, President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday joined two of his predecessors – Nicolas Sarkozy and François Holland – along with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, in Toulouse for a sombre ceremony to remember the…

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine crisis: What are the Minsk agreements?

Emmanuel Macron insisted revival of accords from 2014 and 2015 ‘only path on which peace can be built’

The Independent UK

France marks 60 years of Algerian independence

France commemorated 60 years since the signing of the Evian Accords, which paved the way for Algeria's independence from France, at an Élysée Palace ceremony on Saturday. The bilateral relationship in the decades since has been marked by episodes of turbulence and rapprochement.

Radio France Internationale

France marks 60 years since Evian Accords ended the Algerian war

France commemorated 60 years since the signing of the Evian Accords – which ended the Algerian war and paved the way for independence from France – at an Élysée Palace ceremony on Saturday.

France 24

Ukraine crisis: What are the Minsk agreements?

Emmanuel Macron insisted revival of accords from 2014 and 2015 ‘only path on which peace can be built’

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Putin tells Macron about Russia's approach to possible Ukraine deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the conflict in Ukraine with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron by phone on Friday, telling him about Moscow's approach to a potential deal on ceasing hostilities, the Kremlin said.

Radio France Internationale

Macron: Russia's invasion of Ukraine gave NATO an 'electric shock'

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has delivered an “electric shock” to the NATO alliance and given it a new strategic clarity that it was lacking.

Radio France Internationale

Macron promises tax cuts, welfare reform in election manifesto

French President Emmanuel Macron pledged further tax cuts, reforms to the welfare system and major public investments on Thursday as he unveiled his manifesto less than a month away from elections.

Radio France Internationale

60th anniversary of the Evian peace accords between France and Algeria

France and Algeria's signing of the Evian Accords on 18 March 1962 marked the end of nearly eight years of bloody conflict and paved the way for Algerian independence from France.

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The Guardian - UK

Emmanuel Macron vows to step up welfare reforms if re-elected

French president aims to raise pension age and continue cutting taxes for businesses and households

France 24

Macron unveils re-election manifesto, vows stronger France in time of crisis

Riding high in the polls, French President Emmanuel Macron rolled out his re-election platform on Thursday, vowing to strengthen France's sovereignty and steer the country through what he called a new era of crisis.

Reuters

France's Macron promises welfare shake-up, more economic reforms if he wins second term

(This March 17 story corrects paragraph 5 to read billion, not million)

Reuters

HIGHLIGHTS - Key Macron quotes on his campaign for a second term

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday outlined his key reform plans for a second term in office should he win April's election.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Macron to Unveil Program as Election Looms

French President Emmanuel Macron, riding high in the polls ahead of elections next month, is to reveal his program for a second term on Thursday in his first major campaign event. The 44-year-old delayed declaring his intention to seek re-election to the last possible moment and is now under pressure…

The Independent UK

Macron, barely campaigning, leads French presidential race

French President Emmanuel Macron runs for re-election next month

France 24

French government floats Corsican ‘autonomy’ as unrest jolts election campaign

President Emmanuel Macron’s government has said it is open to discussing “autonomy” for Corsica in a bid to calm days of violent protests on the Mediterranean island with just weeks to go before France’s presidential election.

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