The Irish Times

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

Thu Apr 14 2022 - 10:00

‘Popular primary’ does nothing to mitigate shambles on French left

Poll intended to whittle down number of left and Green candidates in presidential race

Mon Jan 31 2022 - 19:00

Attempt to reform French labour law risks becoming political shipwreck

Opposition to the law from left and right is a sign of broader dissatisfaction

Wed May 04 2016 - 01:00

François Hollande wins approval to revise constitution

Controversial move on stripping nationality from terrorists squeaks by on slim margin

Thu Feb 11 2016 - 01:00

France assesses fallout after justice minister’s resignation

Christiane Taubira steps down over plan to strip convicted terrorists of their nationality

Thu Jan 28 2016 - 01:00

French justice minister resigns amid row over terror laws

Christiane Taubira steps down ahead of debate of plans to strip terrorists of citizenship

Wed Jan 27 2016 - 09:52

From ‘Flanby’ to war chief: Hollande’s unexpected turn

Paris aftermath: French leader undergoes transformation few could have imagined

Sat Nov 21 2015 - 03:00

France extends state of emergency and loosens reins on security forces

By an overwhelming vote, assembly broadens powers of house arrest

Fri Nov 20 2015 - 01:00

France considers airport-style security scanners at stadiums

Measures would be in place for European Championships next summer

Thu Nov 19 2015 - 16:45

French teachers march against school reforms

Demonstrators carry placards saying ‘Bring back our Latin and Greek’

Wed May 20 2015 - 20:07

Political unity disintegrates after Sarkozy comments

France’s post-attack ‘sacred union’ between left and right broken by the UMP leader

Fri Jan 23 2015 - 01:00

New French government characterised by youth, centrism and loyalty to Hollande

Former Rothschild banker replaces left-wing rebel Montebourg

Wed Aug 27 2014 - 01:00

Rwanda remembers: ‘It simply should never have happened’

Commemorations focused on themes of remembrance, unity and renewal

Tue Apr 08 2014 - 01:00

Kagame renews attack on France and Belgium for ‘direct involvement’ in genocide

France ‘an actor’ in massacre of Tutsis, says Rwandan president

Mon Apr 07 2014 - 01:00

Wire taps backfire on socialist government

French prime minister admits he knew Sarkozy’s phone was tapped

Thu Mar 13 2014 - 01:00

Europe’s far-right challenge

Mon Nov 18 2013 - 01:00

French PM condemns ‘racist’ attack on justice minister

Right-wing magazine cover compares minister to a monkey

Thu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00

Hollande urges French to pull together on economy in spirit of first World War effort

President launches commemoration of war with appeal to French public to overcome crisis

Fri Nov 08 2013 - 01:00

Hollande’s cabinet imagines France in 2025

France must “choose, not suffer,” President François Hollande told his cabinet during a seminar on “France in 2025” at the Élysée Palace yesterday.

Tue Aug 20 2013 - 01:00

France prefers a strange class of socialist

Popular interior minister Manuel Valls is somewhere to the right of Sarkozy

Fri Aug 16 2013 - 01:03