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  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Rape allegations against minister overshadow new French government

    Damien Abad denies allegations by two women that date back to 2010 and 2011

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Person in the News
    Élisabeth Borne, a French technocrat with a political point to prove

    The country’s second female prime minister is known for making impossible reforms possible — a skill she will need in office

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Emmanuel Macron
    Macron sticks by loyalists in new French government

    Economy and interior ministers retained in cabinet headed by Élisabeth Borne

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Macron picks Élisabeth Borne as France’s new prime minister

    Appointment of labour minister to replace Jean Castex seen as gesture towards political left

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Former French PM Fillon loses appeal against embezzlement conviction

    Rival to Macron in 2017 presidential campaign used state funds to employ wife

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Leftists form anti-Macron alliance for French parliamentary election

    Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left party sets up coalition with Greens and Communists

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    French May Day marches raise heat on Macron after election

    Unions and political rivals join protesters fired up by unpopular pensions reform plans

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    News in-depth
    French parties of left and right battle for survival in June elections

    Socialists and Les Républicains tempted by alliances to win National Assembly seats

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    OutlookLeila Abboud
    Logic threatens to take a back seat to revenge on France’s far right

    Obstacles stand in the way of an electoral pact between Marine Le Pen and Eric Zemmour in parliamentary elections

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    News in-depthFrench economy
    Macron faces a complex economic juggling act

    From soaring fuel costs to pension reforms, French president must keep recovery on track and social unrest at bay

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Johnson hopes for reset of UK-France relations in wake of Macron’s victory

    PM aims for closer co-operation on migration and festering dispute over NI protocol post-Brexit

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    French presidential election
    French overseas territories show their dissatisfaction by pivoting to Le Pen

    Former colonies angry over Covid mandates and failures in public health switch allegiance to far right

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    France hands victory to Macron and liberal democracy

    Russia’s war in Ukraine, economic pressures and social discontent will test the president

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    News in-depthMarine Le Pen
    Marine Le Pen vows to stick around despite third failed presidential bid

    Far-right politician’s family name is one of the barriers to power, political analysts say

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    French presidential election
    Emmanuel Macron’s election victory over Marine Le Pen in charts

    The re-elected French president picked up votes from supporters of beaten leftwing candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Trade Secrets
    Normalité, familiarité, continuité after Macron’s re-election Premium content

    How the French president may have insulated himself against the populist challenge on trade

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Ruchir Sharma
    The fat French state is about to get fatter

    Voters are discontented but have no appetite for reforms that would tackle what really ails the nation

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Gideon Rachman
    This is Macron’s chance to shape Europe’s future

    The French president is better placed than ever to push forward with his EU ambitions but the rows will have to stop

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    News in-depthFrench presidential election
    Emmanuel Macron’s victory masks France’s ‘fragility’

    Re-elected president faces divisions ahead of parliamentary election in June 

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    French presidential election
    Macron defeats Le Pen to be re-elected French president

    Incumbent wins with 58.5% of vote as far-right rival vows to fight on in June parliamentary polls

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Europe Express
    Europe dodges populist bullet in French vote Premium content

    Macron’s re-election set to energise Brussels policymaking

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Emmanuel Macron elected to second term as French president

    EU approves groundbreaking rules to police Big Tech platforms

  • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
    Instant InsightBen Hall
    Victory for Macron is not an instant cure for all France’s ills

    Legislative elections could yet leave the re-elected president with his wings clipped

  • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
    French presidential election
    French go to polls as Macron faces Le Pen for presidency

    Voters will decide between liberal incumbent and far-right challenger

  • Saturday, 23 April, 2022
    Person in the News
    Emmanuel Macron, France’s risk-taker-in-chief

    The president bidding for a second five-year term is no stranger to political gambles

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