France

For years, the French hard right has cast a perpetual shadow over the country’s politics

Some French voters have forgotten what the EU is really for

The D-day landings didn’t just take soldiers to occupied Europe – they also delivered the trains and rail workers who helped to secure victory

This week’s European elections could leave Italy’s right wing PM as the continent’s biggest power-broker

A leadership contest between the two is emerging. Each wants to become the great figurehead of the nationalist right in Europe

Renewing the Entente Cordiale in Macron’s remaining time in office will help bring Britain closer to Europe

Emmanuel Macron is on a mission to restore ‘Republican order’ in New Caledonia

Rassemblement National’s European election candidate Jordan Bardella was humiliated in a TV debate. So why do opinion polls say he won?

Just when cinema really needs a bit of sunshine and uplift, along comes a Megaflopolis

The most brutal aspects of the country's drug war are spreading nationwide

Why the fouée – soft, airy bread similar to pitta – hasn’t crossed the Channel is a mystery

In her elusive beauty and skill, Arletty was the rival to Garbo

A high-profile breakout is indicative of the pressures authorities currently face in trying to keep pace with the trade in drugs and arms

On the eve of its five-year closure, the Centre Pompidou is hosting an exhibition of Constantin Brâncuși’s work that is only the second of its kind in France

The art that brought Paris back from the dead

A call for peace remains an integral part of France's annual workers' march

The film festival is now about making deals, but in its early days it was about making stars, as young Europeans mixed with Hollywood’s elite

It's time Westminster put its money where its mouth is

In doing so, the party must prepare for the inevitable backlash from the far right fringes

After years of false starts, the Channel Tunnel opened 30 years ago this week. Yet Brexit shows that it has failed to bring us closer to Europe

Protesters at the Paris Institute of Political Studies have taken a leaf out of Columbia University’s book

An exhibition of 150 objects found in the river opens at the Archaeological Crypt on Île de la Cité, Paris

Amid all the glories of Paris, the Pompidou Centre stands as a monument to modernism and to the man whose name it bears

Despite not being a Francophile, post-Brexit Britain pushed me to find work and a future in France

A dream provided an epitaph inadvertently appropriate for a man who spent his life producing art and literature that shocked and appalled the unsuspecting

As the Entente Cordiale turns 120, more reasons to celebrate

Prime minister Gabriel Attal’s decision to bring the format to parliament is already proving controversial

Even for all her success and the wealth that came with it, Valadon’s bohemianism remained undiminished

I’ve spent time with refugees in French coastal camps where they've told me the policy hasn't put them off the journey

The polls opened at the Russian embassy in Paris – what I saw there gave me hope

Finesse, sensuality and richness are what Debussy brought to a staid musical world unprepared for such an emphatic upending of form and technique

In Britain, unbelievably, abortion technically remains a crime. That must change