The Irish Times

French right shaken by extremist commentator’s likely presidential run

Level of support for Éric Zemmour, who has three hate speech convictions, is disturbing

Sat Jul 17 2021 - 05:00

Macron on the back foot as France’s presidential election campaign starts in earnest

Poor local election results may not mean much but the president’s party base remains weak

Thu Jul 01 2021 - 20:00

Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on campaign finance charges

Former French president accused of spending almost twice legal limit on 2012 re-election campaign

Thu May 20 2021 - 17:37

The Irish Times view on Nicolas Sarkozy’s criminal conviction

Final political eclipsing for former president who has admitted he will not run again next year

Sun Mar 07 2021 - 19:30

Former French PM’s corruption trial postponed over lawyer protest

François Fillon accused of misappropriating over €1.1m in public funds paid to his family

Mon Feb 24 2020 - 18:43

Former French PM in the dock over ‘bogus’ jobs for his family

François Fillon almost became president of France. Now he’s on trial for corruption

Mon Feb 24 2020 - 01:00

French military nails its colours to Marine Le Pen’s mast

Voting patterns in French army have swung towards far-right since 2012, research finds

Mon Jul 29 2019 - 20:01

Career-killer lobster saga continues to grip French politics

François de Rugy is latest head on pike after revelations of lavish dinners on public funds

Wed Jul 24 2019 - 20:00

Party of Sarkozy Les Républicains faces fight for survival

Le Pen and Macron are fighting over the remnants of once mighty conservative party

Tue Jun 04 2019 - 18:45

Paris Letter: Macron in push to salvage rest of his presidency

President’s six-page letter tells citizens he intends ‘to transform anger into solutions, with you’

Mon Jan 14 2019 - 19:00

Former France presidential candidate Fillon likely to stand trial

François and Penelope Fillon could be prosecuted over scandal that destroyed his 2017 campaign

Fri Jan 11 2019 - 17:08

France: The right regroups

The election of Laurent Wauquiez as leader at the weekend was an encouraging sign for a traumatised organisation

Tue Dec 12 2017 - 00:05

Man of compassion or savage capitalist? The difficulty of defining Macron

Paris Letter: The French are struggling to make sense of their president

Wed Sept 13 2017 - 01:00

Fall in Macron’s popularity encourages Wauquiez

Hard right leader Laurent Wauquiez poised to take over conservative Les Républicains

Wed Sept 06 2017 - 01:00

Quarter of Macron’s cabinet ministers resign on ethical grounds

French president plunged into first government crisis as four ministers step down

Wed Jun 21 2017 - 18:45

Macron cabinet selections show strategy of divide and rule

President-elect boosted as former socialist prime minister Manuel Valls joins ticket

Tue May 09 2017 - 17:48

France: voting under way in most significant election in decades

Turnout figures unclear while Macron campaign calls hack ‘attempt at democratic destabilisation’

Sun May 07 2017 - 15:47

French election: A tumultuous campaign leaves Macron poised

How France slowly, but surely, came round to the idea of a Macron presidency

Sat May 06 2017 - 01:00

Liberté, egalité or stay away? French voters prepare to abstain

Many on left and right say they cannot bring themselves to vote for Le Pen or Macron

Fri May 05 2017 - 16:32

In France’s ‘third round’, things could get very interesting

If Macron wins the presidency, might he have to govern with a PM from the other side?

Thu May 04 2017 - 01:00

Macron and Le Pen shift strategies ahead of TV debate

Macron focuses on demonising his rival as Le Pen caught plagiarising Fillon in speech

Tue May 02 2017 - 20:25

Le Pen accused of plagiarising Fillon in May Day speech

Similarities found in words used by far-right presidency candidate and her former rival

Tue May 02 2017 - 09:58

Politics make a convivial topic at the French dinner table

Paris Letter: Presidential election chat reveals the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie

Tue May 02 2017 - 01:00

Family baggage hurts Le Pen’s efforts to woo Mélenchon voters

Holocaust-deniers in Front National hold back candidate’s attempts to present softer image

Fri Apr 28 2017 - 17:53

Macron broke French politics – now he must fix it

Centrist has promised to end France’s two-party system designed by de Gaulle

Fri Apr 28 2017 - 01:00

Macron under fire for communication misstep as he eyes Élysee

Leader in French presidential race accused of behaving as if result is ‘already in the bag’

Tue Apr 25 2017 - 16:40

French in Ireland back Emmanuel Macron in presidential vote

Nearly half of Irish-based expats voted for the independent centrist candidate in first round

Tue Apr 25 2017 - 14:11

Why half of Irish mothers work during maternity leave

Opinion: Employers can’t punish women for being pregnant. We manage that ourselves

Tue Apr 25 2017 - 06:00

Marine Le Pen steps down as Front National leader

Far-right presidential candidate to face Emmanuel Macron in French election decider

Mon Apr 24 2017 - 20:11

Macron stands at gates of the Élysée in a fractured France

Polls strongly back En Marche! founder for second round but he cannot get complacent

Mon Apr 24 2017 - 18:15

What markets should conclude from France’s election

Potential bullet avoided but too early to declare end of anti-establishment phenomenon

Mon Apr 24 2017 - 16:57

Irish in France: ‘If Le Pen wins, this country isn’t for us’

‘There is no good candidate, only one that is certainly bad,’ say Irish emigrants in France

Mon Apr 24 2017 - 16:27

Macron will be president but France will never be the same again

The real test will be if he can win a majority in June’s parliamentary elections

Mon Apr 24 2017 - 13:54

European relief at French election masks deeper upheavals

Results reveal scale of crisis facing traditional parties across the continent

Mon Apr 24 2017 - 13:06