It is stirring tensions inside her party as it edges closer than ever to the presidency. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

While the Rassemblement National is fielding candidates in 34 municipalities with over 100,000 residents, its highest hopes lie with Perpignan – already under the party's control – Toulon and Nice. It ...

France is gearing up for municipal elections this month, with a presidential candidate testing his popularity and the far right eyeing gains ahead of a crunch vote for the country's top job next year.

A National Rally victory in France’s second city in municipal elections that start on Sunday would be hailed by the party as a step towards taking the presidency next year ...

The former PM Édouard Philippe is seen as well placed to beat the far right in next year’s French presidential election. But first he has to see off a Communist challenger in Le Havre.

It’s time for Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella to prove they can win big. The far-right National Rally is under pressure to score a decisive victory in municipal elections across France that begin on ...

The result will come down to complex second-round run-offs in which runners-up can swing the vote by choosing to withdraw, merge or endorse rivals, a process that will play out across France as it ...

France’s coolest city has been shaped by immigration, yet a win for Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in local elections could be seismic – for the whole country, says Marseille-based journalist Mary Fit ...

A “new left wave” is rising in Paris and other large cities such as New York as mayors pursue progressive policies to counter ...

Elon Musk's social media platform also carries more political content than TikTok or Instagram, the same study finds ...

In the streets of Perpignan, a faded Mediterranean city near France's border with Spain, the incumbent far-right mayor Louis ...

Elections in French cities this month are parties’ last big test of strength ahead of the far-right’s bid for national power ...