France
Explore our coverage of France’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
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The Economist reads
The romance and reality of Paris, the Olympics’ host
Five non-fiction books about a city that is both gilded and gritty
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Europe
J.D. Vance, an honorary Frenchman, sends Europe into panic mode
Millennial, MAGA champion, hillbilly…Gaullist
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Money Talks
Could political turmoil derail France’s commercial revival?
Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week: the economic fallout from the country’s messy election
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Europe
France is desperately searching for a government
Party rivalry threatens deadlock before compromise
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Leaders
The French far right may not have peaked
After winning 32% of the vote in parliamentary elections it will eye the presidency
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Europe
After a deadlocked election, can anyone govern France?
The country is scrambling to find a new prime minister
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Europe
A shock election result in France puts the left in the lead
But they are well short of a majority; uncertainty looms
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International
Trump and other populists will haunt NATO’s 75th birthday party
Threats to Western alliances lie both within and without the club
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Europe
Europe faces a new age of shrunken French influence
Sharing power will weaken the federalist president’s sway in Brussels
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By Invitation
This needn’t be France’s Brexit moment, says its business envoy
Pascal Cagni explains why foreign investors should not panic
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Europe
A crushing blow for Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance
A big turnout for Le Pen’s hard right makes clear the president’s gamble backfired spectacularly
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Europe
France heads to the polls in a critical parliamentary vote
Marine Le Pen’s hard-right party is expecting a massive surge
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Europe
Emmanuel Macron’s centrists are facing a disastrous first-round vote
Marine Le Pen’s party will be the main beneficiary
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Leaders
Macron has done well by France. But he risks throwing it all away
After the election, populists of the right and left could hobble a centrist president
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Business
Is the revival of Paris in peril?
The French election threatens a remarkable commercial renaissance