Institutions seek to lure elite scholars who fear being caught up by tougher US visa rules
French president’s visit to Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore will portray Paris as more respectful than US or China
Interior minister Bruno Retailleau has emulated far right on migration and crime
Paris wins approval from Berlin to remove anti-nuclear bias in EU legislation, say officials
French president in talks with Germany and Poland over whether warheads can protect them against Russia
Paris hopes Chancellor Friedrich Merz will bring new dynamism to European defence projects
French president warns that curbing scientific research puts America’s economy and democracy at risk
The firebrand politician on stoking a ‘citizen revolution’, the effects of US policy — and whether he will run for president in 2027
Rassemblement National chief says he would compete if court judgment blocks his mentor
François Bayrou’s daughter says she was beaten at Catholic school where other alleged victims described sexual abuse
François Bayrou urges clean-up of public finances but faces a vote of no confidence if opposition object to budget cuts
Far-right leader addresses supporters at demonstration after conviction that could ban her from standing for president
Her supporters argue that the French politician’s guilty verdict is an attack on democracy — a strategy that can be successful
France’s far-right leader emulates Donald Trump in attacking ‘politicisation’ of judges who found against her
Far-right leader has limited legal options as ruling fires starting gun on race to succeed Emmanuel Macron
Also in this newsletter: Has the EU become an institutional ‘monster’?
Far-right leader vows to contest verdict that jeopardises her ambitions to run for French presidency in 2027
Banning the far-right leader from standing for office will inflame French politics
French far-right leader could be banned from running by judges issuing verdict in EU fraud case
Former French president awaits verdict in corruption case linked to the late Libyan dictator Muammer Gaddafi
Alexis Kohler leaves chief of staff job he has held at the Élysée Palace since French president’s election in 2017
Military officials from France and UK to travel to Kyiv soon, says French president
As America retreats, Paris dreams of bringing the ‘grande nation’ out of retirement
Macron may not yet be bragging about it, but his crusade for strategic autonomy seems at long last to be vindicated
France’s president opens debate over using country’s atomic arsenal as a deterrent against Russia if US scales back its presence
