With votes from the first round of France's municipal elections on Sunday being tallied, the far-right and far-left parties ...

Charles Hittler, mayor of Arcis-sur-Aube, has always faced jokes about his name but now he faces a rival with another ...

Municipal elections are giving political parties an early stress test before the 2027 presidential race in France.

Far-right and radical left parties likely to increase their local presence in advance of next year’s presidential race ...

The France Unbowed leader wants to build on his party’s success in local elections to become a leading presidential rival to ...

Although largely focused on grassroots concerns, the voting will be scrutinized for any early hints of how parties might fare ...

France’s first round of mayoral elections has exposed a deeply fragmented political landscape, with strong performances from both the hard-left La France Insoumise (LFI) and the far-right National ...

The 2026 municipal elections have already concluded in the vast majority of French towns, with a mayor being directly elected in the first round. In larger cities, however, the right and the ...

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party builds on previous results and set to contest second round in Marseilles and Nice ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. Almost all the medium-sized cities where Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National party has made significant gains since 2014 are concentrated in the north and along the Mediterranean ...

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

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