Euro and Shares Jump After Vote
The euro jumped to a five-month high after the first round of voting in the French presidential election on Sunday. Centrist Emmanuel Macron topped the voting, going through to the final round with...
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French Election: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen To Fight For Presidency
Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the second round of the French election, where he will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Mr Macron, a former banker, is seen as a political newcomer...
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen To Fight For French Presidency
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to fight for French presidency Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will go head-to-head in just under two weeks' time Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the...
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen To Fight For Presidency
Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the second round of the French election, where he will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Mr Macron, a former banker, is seen as a political outsider,...
Outsider Macron Sets Sights On Presidency
Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the second round of the French election, where he will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Mr Macron, a former banker, is seen as a political outsider,...
Macron Faces Le Pen For French Presidency As Mainstream Parties Bow Out Early
Independent centrist Emmanuel Macron will face anti-EU, anti-immigration candidate Marine Le Pen in the French presidential run-off duel on May 7, according to initial estimates after Sunday’s...
Le Pen-Macron ‘in French Run-Off’
The centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen have won the first round of voting in French presidential elections, projected results say. The two saw off a strong challenge from...
Macron, Le Pen Likely To Face Off In Final Round
Polls have closed in the first round of the French presidential election, with higher than expected turnout in a closely watched race that could change the future of Europe. First projections based...
France Votes For New President Amid High Security
Voters are going to the polls in France to choose their next president, amid high security following a deadly attack on Paris police three days ago. About 50,000 police and 7,000 soldiers are being...
France Goes To Polls Amid High Security
Voters are going to the polls in France to choose their next president, amid high security following a deadly attack on Paris police three days ago. About 50,000 police and 7,000 soldiers are being...
France Prepares To Vote For New President Amid High Security
France is preparing to vote in presidential elections on Sunday, amid high security after a fatal assault on a Paris policeman three days ago. About 50,000 police and 7,000 soldiers are being...
In A Paris Suburb, Apathy and Fear of Le Pen
Sevran, France - A few hundred feet away from Sevran's Beaudottes metro station is a wall of metal attached to a railing, without distinguishing features except for the posters on it. Every one of...
Accusations of Paris Attack ‘exploitation’
Leading candidates on the right in France’s presidential vote have been accused of using the killing of a policeman in Paris for political ends. The far right’s Marine Le Pen pledged to expel...
France Presidential Candidates In Last TV Pitch Ahead of Vote
All 11 French presidential candidates have made their final pitches in the last set-piece TV encounter ahead of Sunday’s first round of voting. Both far-right leader Marine Le Pen and radical...
Gunman Was ‘focus of Anti-Terror’ Probe
People could be seen walking towards police with arms raised to show their hands after the shooting The gunman who shot dead a policeman in Paris on Thursday has been identified from papers left in...
French Presidential Hopefuls Clash Over Economy, Europe In Marathon Debate
All 11 candidates for the French presidency fought for the spotlight in a marathon debate Tuesday, setting out their visions for turning around a moribund economy and redefining France's place in...
Fillon’s Wife Penelope Under Formal Investigation
Mr Fillon has said his enemies are trying to "take me down, through Penelope" The wife of French presidential candidate François Fillon has been placed under formal investigation amid the continuing...
Nearly Half of French Voters Undecided In Presidentials
A month before the first round of France's presidential election, 43 percent of voters are hesitant about who to vote for, a poll said on Friday, underlining the uncertainty surrounding the volatile...
Francois Fillon Placed Under Formal Investigation
French presidential candidate Francois Fillon has been placed under formal investigation over an alleged diversion of public funds, prosecutors say. The centre-right contender is suspected of paying...
Candidate Makes Fighting Speech At Rally
Beleaguered French presidential candidate Francois Fillon has urged supporters to fight on, in a speech to a mass rally in Paris. He told tens of thousands of supporters, many waving tricolour flags,...