France's far right has made gains in the first round of municipal elections in the southeast, while big cities head to a ...

Polling booths have opened across France for municipal elections – widely seen as a barometer of France's political mood ...

Polling booths have closed after the first round of France's municipal elections, considered a litmus test for the ...

French voters cast ballots in municipal elections marred by low turnout on Sunday, in the last major test of the public mood ...

Voters across France choose mayors this week. The far right is performing strongly in the country’s second city, making the ...

By Gianluca Lo Nostro and Michel Rose PARIS, March 15 (Reuters) - Marseille's leftist mayor and his far-right rival were tied ...

Last year, a French court convicted Le Pen of embezzlement and prohibited her from seeking public office for five years. She ...

By Ingrid Melander PARIS, March 15 (Reuters) - France holds municipal elections on March 15 and 22, seen as a key test ahead ...

In France's municipal elections the far right National Rally is gaining momentum, and France Unbowed has made a breakthrough. Both parties treated the municipal elections as a test-run for the ...

Ahead of France’s municipal elections on 15 and 22 March — which will help define the political landscape ahead of the 2027 presidential vote — Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released a new ...

Far-right mayoral candidate Eric Ciotti won the first round of voting in Nice, France’s fifth-largest city, as Marine Le Pen and her nationalist allies seek to boost support ahead of next year’s ...

The rise of the far-right movements in France has changed the nature of politics in Paris and other French cities. We look at how this might affect the results of thousands of mayoral elections today.