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Philip Short’s meticulous new biography forces us to look at Vladimir Putin’s most appalling acts from a Russian perspective

His mutability has let him straddle political divides, but now he must settle on an identity, says French journalist Marion Van Renterghem

Emmanuel Macron’s decisive victory over Marine Le Pen in the second round of France’s presidential election on 24 April 2022 is no surprise. For more than a year, opinion polls had been predicting it. As early as April 2021, the leading polling institutes (Elabe, Harris interactive, Ifop, Ipsos) estimated the…

Far-right leader hails ‘victory in itself’ and vows to fight on after winning more than 40% of the vote

Emmanuel Macron is 24 years younger than his wife, and the incoming French president is exasperated that people keep talking about it.

As the candidates prepare for Wednesday’s face off, a look back at a tradition that has the power to swing the result

Any presidential campaign has its emblematic moments that change the course of the race, be they breathtaking instant tide-turners or incidents laden with meaning only in hindsight. With French voters set to elect a president on April 24, FRANCE 24 looks back at telling moments from campaigns past. In the…

French ex-president Francois Hollande on Thursday called on voters to back President Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the country's presidential election, stressing that support for the incumbent is the best way "to ensure [Marine] Le Pen does not win".

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday denied striking any wider political agreement with conservative former president Nicolas Sarkozy in exchange for his endorsement ahead of a close second round of voting in presidential elections on April 24. French media have speculated that Macron, who will need to secure a new…