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French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen. (Photo: AP)

World

President race wide open as France votes

Nearly 47 million people were eligible to vote in the eurozone's second biggest economy.

24 April 2017 6:55 AM IST

The two top rankers in Sundays vote will face off on May 7 for the second and final round of voting. (Photo: AP)

World

Voting continues in France, recent attacks may influence outcome

Polls opened at 8 am local time on Sunday across the country, with initial results expected in the evening.

23 April 2017 3:58 PM IST

There are 11 candidates running, of which four make up the list of frontrunners they are: Hard-leftist, Jean-Luc Melenchon, far-right leader Marine Le Pen, conservative candidate Francois Fillon and independent centrist Emmanuel Macron. The first round of France election is schedule to take place tomorrow on Sunday, April 23, 2017.

World

Overseas voters kick off crucial French presidential election

France will be voting under tight security with over 50,000 police and other security branches fully mobilized for...

22 April 2017 7:25 PM IST

The cable was sent after President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order restricting travel from six Muslim-majority countries. (Photo: AP)

World

Paris attack will help far-right candidate Le Pen in election: Donald...

'She's the strongest on borders, and she's the strongest on what's been going on in France,' Trump said.

22 April 2017 10:30 AM IST

Police seal off the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, after a fatal shooting in which a police officer was killed along with an attacker. (Photo: AP)

World

Paris Champs Elysees shooting: Officer, attacker killed; 3 hurt

Dozens of vehicles from the emergency services were sent to the area.

21 April 2017 1:55 AM IST

French Far-right leader presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (Photo: AP)

World

France's Le Pen struggles with fear of far-right

Her task was underlined on Friday when her party removed Jean-Francois Jalkh after reported comments about a Holocaust...

28 April 2017 8:52 PM IST

World

Voters must choose 'for or against' France: Far-right leader Marine Le...

Marine Le Pen has campaigned fiercely since she and Macron qualified Sunday for the runoff.

28 April 2017 10:10 AM IST

French centrist presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP)

Opinion

France is still deeply divided: It's too early to celebrate

The Gaullist right wing's failure to make it into the second round is unprecedented in the Fifth Republic.

27 April 2017 12:09 AM IST

Opinion

Advantage Macron as France on edge

A united Europe is a vital pole in a multi-polar order, which India advocates.

26 April 2017 2:23 AM IST

Opinion

France waits for May 7

France hasn't been the centre of the world since the First Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte.

26 April 2017 2:20 AM IST

$Head of French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) parliamentary group at the National Assembly Marine Le Pen (R) RN spokesman Sebastien Chenu (L) and Les Republicains (LR) right-wing party president Eric Ciotti attend a press conference of RN president to present the priorities of the \national unity government\ in case the score of the party in the snap parliamentary vote gives it a shot at naming a Prime minister, in Paris on June 24, 2024. The president surprised the country by dissolving parliament after the far right trounced his centrist party in EU Parliament elections earlier this month. (Photo by Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)$ Opinion

Indranil Banerjie | As Europe swings right, extremism is on the rise

The price for the European leadership's decisions is being paid by its ordinary citizens, especially the working class.

28 Jun 2024 12:13 AM IST

A voter gets his finger marked with indelible ink during voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Mathura, Friday, April 26, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Opinion

Shikha Mukerjee | French lesson: Why India's Left needs to reinvent...

The significant change was in North Kerala, where in the Left bastions, the BJP's vote share increased by 100 per cent...

16 July 2024 3:15 AM IST