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

French ex-minister Jerome Cahuzac jailed for tax fraud

Paris court says Cahuzac committed irregularities of an ‘extraordinary seriousness’

France’s ‘ministerial Swiss army knife’ replaces Valls as PM

Short-term stand-in Bernard Cazeneuve managed aftermath of 2015-16 terror attacks

Nicolas Sarkozy may be tried for illegal campaign financing

Prosecutor believes former French president knew of €18m in bogus bills sent to UMP

Cahuzac’s memory fails him at tax fraud inquiry

Commission investigates Hollande administration’s handling of former budget minister’s tax evasion

Disgraced former French minister protects socialist government in hearing

Jérôme Cahuzac faces commission of inquiry over tax fraud charges

Hollande’s promise on parliamentary privilege proves short-lived

Law debated this week says constituents will be able to look at deputy or senator’s wealth declaration, but publishing information will be an offence

Analysis: Aftermath of Apple disclosure difficult for Irish presidency

Dublin hoping that controversy will not derail attempt for further debt relief

Vigilante’ editor seeks out corruption and abuse in French political and financial life

Noonan defends 12.5% corporate tax rate

Setting tax rates is a matter for sovereign countries, Minister says in Brussels

Tax avoidance inching up EU agenda as trillion euro may be slipping though net

Tax practices of some global corporate giants, including Starbucks, Google and Amazon, are prompting calls to close legal loopholes

French cabinet ministers forced to publicly declare assests

Move follows scandal of tax-cheating former budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac

France to publish ministers' assets as scandal deepens

Hollande scrambles to stem crisis over former budget minister's secret foreign bank account

A self-inflicted wound