Jean-Luc Mélenchon
France’s Le Pen says she will let new Prime Minister Barnier do his job
“We don’t wish to cause obstructions,” Le Pen says in interview with La Tribune.
Thousands protest across France after Macron rejects left’s demands
Macron sweats under growing pressure to appoint prime minister
Macron to meet with Socialist PM front-runner Monday
French left looks to UK Labour as a model for booting out Mélenchon
French left splits again after Mélenchon calls for Macron’s impeachment
Macron hopes glitzy Olympics can deliver political breather
French left picks Parisian Lucie Castets as PM candidate after days of bickering
Castets works as a top financial officer for the city of Paris and, like President Emmanuel Macron, graduated from the elite École national d’administration.
France’s fractured legislature faces first big hurdle
Could Macron and the right unite to beat the leftist alliance in advancing a president to the lower house of parliament?
The end of the French exception
A fragmented election with no clear winner is typical for most EU countries. Can France learn to love the messy art of compromise?
France has no majority. But these policies might.
POLITICO looks at the policies with the best chance of making it through France’s new hung parliament.
Macron’s camp plots unlikely comeback amid French election chaos
With no one in charge, the French president’s allies believe anything is possible.
How France voted: Charts and maps
POLITICO analyzes the vote that redrew French politics, in which the left beat Marine Le Pen’s far right.
Kremlin mopes over French election results
“We do not harbor any special hopes” for improving ties with France, Moscow said.
5 things to know about France’s messy election
What happens now? Did Macron’s snap election work? Is Le Pen finished? POLITICO walks you through the rubble.
Who could be the next French PM?
The winning left-wing alliance has many options for Prime Minister. None of them will make everyone happy.
French left beats Le Pen’s far right in election shock
Macron’s snap election saddles France with a messy hung parliament as the price for stopping the far right.
French election: Your guide to the final round of voting
A far-right win, a hung parliament … All options are on the table in Sunday’s existential vote.
Rivals unite against Le Pen’s far right for French election
Hundreds of candidates from Macron’s camp and the left-wing alliance withdraw in an effort to keep the National Rally out.
French election: What happens next?
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is in a strong position after the first round of voting, but the next 24 hours will be crucial as rivals plot to stop the far right.
Macron is already over. Can anyone stop Le Pen?
The president must decide if his candidates should drop out and back the left to stop the far right winning power in France.
Far-right victory leaves left-wing French supporters with bittersweet taste
Left-leaning activists gathered in Paris on election night to protest the National Rally win in the snap legislative election.
France’s Le Pen, Macron and Mélenchon dealing with very different election hangovers
Emmanuel Macron’s election gamble spectacularly backfired, leaving his centrist alliance trailing the far right and far left.
Jordan Bardella’s hometown won’t be voting for him
Voters in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis — home to many immigrants and Muslims — fear the surging far right but also resent Macron’s presidency.
France be warned: You could become Italy
French political circles are openly discussing the possibility of a very Italian option: an emergency government of experts.
French PM lashes out at leftist leader Mélenchon after antisemitic assault
Key figures in the French president’s camp criticized three-time presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s stance on antisemitism and the Israel-Gaza war as having contributed to an environment of insecurity for French Jews.
French election: Your guide to a vote that is set to shake the EU and NATO
Global strategic and financial consequences hang on the outcome of the June 30 and July 7 ballot — a complex, two-round process that needs some explanation.
Macron draws fire on trans rights comments
The French president’s remarks on the left’s proposal to facilitate the legal recognition of gender changes at town halls sparked criticism even within his own ranks.
Forget the far right. It’s the left that may squeeze Macron.
Macron’s weakened coalition could lose almost all its representation in parliament in the legislative elections, strangling his centrist agenda
Meloni was on her best behavior — now her mask is starting to slip
The Italian prime minister and her fellow euroskeptics now want to “change” EU from within, extracting benefits while hollowing out its real spirit of unification.