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May 23, 2022 at 3:44 am

New French govt pledges ‘zero tolerance’ for sexual abuse

A French government spokeswoman says there will be “zero tolerance” for sexual misconduct by members of French President Emmanuel Macron’s newly named government.

May 13, 2022 at 11:28 pm

Emmanuel who? Far-right fighting hard-left for French vote

The stakes are high, the fight nasty and the party of centrist President Emmanuel Macron is the one to beat.

May 1, 2022 at 3:45 am

May Day rallies in Europe urge more help as inflation bites VIEW

Tens of thousands of people were marching in cities across Europe for May Day protests to honor workers and shame governments into doing more for...

Nation & World

April 25, 2022 at 7:29 am

Far-right Le Pen plots parliament win after loss to Macron VIEW

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is gathering her party’s troops, not to mourn her loss in the presidential election but to plot out a...

April 24, 2022 at 3:26 am

France’s presidential rivals: Key moments, private lives VIEW

Voters are choosing between two visions of France and two very different people in Sunday's presidential runoff.

Business

April 22, 2022 at 3:46 am

Le Pen’s far-right vision: Retooling France at home, abroad

Marine Le Pen’s vision for France — if the far-right leader wins Sunday’s presidential runoff — would include no Muslim headscarves in public, schoolchildren in...

FILE – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers standing in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny threw a bombshell Wednesday April 20, 2022 into France’s tight and tense presidential election campaign, alleging that Russian leader Vladimir Putin may have bought off French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen with a bank loan. Navalny offered no proof of his allegation, and made it clear he supports incumbent Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) PAR110 PAR110

April 20, 2022 at 5:10 pm

Russia’s Navalny accuses Le Pen of Kremlin ties before vote

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny waded into France’s tight presidential campaign, alleging that far-right candidate Marine Le Pen is too closely linked to Russia.

April 12, 2022 at 1:09 pm

Far-right Le Pen campaigns as French ‘voice of the people’ VIEW

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is envisioning a France with the people’s voices at the center of the political process if she gets elected president...

Business

April 10, 2022 at 3:04 pm

Beer flows, Champagne bubbles as Macron, Le Pen reach final VIEW

Beer flowed at President Emmanuel Macron’s celebration of his first-round victory in the French presidential election, while Champagne corks popped across town to mark far-right...

April 8, 2022 at 9:07 am

Macron confident as far-right rival closes in ahead of vote VIEW

President Emmanuel Macron says he has no fear of losing France’s presidential election despite far-right rival Marine Le Pen narrowing the gap in opinion polls...