France

Most of France celebrated the defeat of Marine Le Pen last Sunday. But the price of victory will be chaos

Politics doesn’t always go your way, so it’s important to drink it in when it does

Le Pen and Bardella are the stuff of 2016 nightmares

Both leaders thought politics would be easier than finance. They were wrong

A new novel that reimagines art’s most toxic relationship and reintroduces the photographer and artist’s legacy to the world

Being French and yet so invested in British life, you get double the highs and double the lows

Marine Le Pen’s clear win underscores her party’s achievement of making a duplicitous surface-level transformation to voters

In Nice, a stronghold of the French hard right, the racial and political tensions simmer

As Marine Le Pen’s extreme right party creeps ever further ahead of its rivals, a new democratic collective has emerged

The sentiments of the city’s inhabitants reveal a complex mix of political engagement and disillusionment

In past French elections, the left has voted for the centre to keep out Le Pen. Now the right is being asked to do the same – but will they?

The late French actor’s enigmatic beauty came to symbolise bohemian style and feminism across Europe

The remarkable legacy of the late singer, who epitomised both French cool and French angst

The philosopher’s observations of a Parisian waiter carrying out his job like an automaton led him to define a psychological phenomenon

Macron’s snap election call has triggered turmoil across the country as parties rush to form alliances in time for June 30

An incendiary book that makes the case for meat-eating has opened up a new rift in an already divided nation

The iconic French singer has died after a long battle against cancer

The hard right has boomed under Macron – that will be his epitaph

Macron is playing a dangerous game by calling an election – and if Le Pen wins, we all lose

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