Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s French election defeat is starting to feel like a victory
Far-left party leader relishing the role of arbiter and kingmaker
Macron’s party wins absolute majority in French assembly
Level of abstention breaks all records as 58 per cent of electorate fail to vote
France’s Socialist Party in throes of legislative election disaster
The party of Mitterrand and Jaurès is set to lose 90% of its nearly 300 seats
Macron cabinet selections show strategy of divide and rule
President-elect boosted as former socialist prime minister Manuel Valls joins ticket
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’
France: Blunt comments land Macron in hot water
Presidential candidate’s remarks on gay marriage and Algeria raise hackles
Socialists hold primary vote for French presidential nomination
Former PM Manuel Valls faces risk of failing to make run-off between final two candidates
France’s Socialists set to crank up election machine
Weekend rally of leftist groups planned in bid to breath life into lethargic election drive
World leaders react to Donald Trump’s shock win
Vladimir Putin hopes incoming president can ease ‘crisis’ in US-Russia ties
The socialist PM who wrote the obituary of the French left
Politicians of all hues used Michel Rocard’s death to justify their positions
Attempt to reform French labour law risks becoming political shipwreck
Opposition to the law from left and right is a sign of broader dissatisfaction
Favourites emerge ahead of 2017 French presidential election
Left and right: Juppé, Macron and Le Pen in lead a year before vote to succeed Hollande
France attempts controversial reform to labour code
Law would make it easier to fire employees on economic grounds
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