PARIS − France took a big step Sunday toward its first far-right government since World War II after Marine Le Pen's anti-immigration and eurosceptic National Rally party made gains in the first round ...

France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday pressured MPs to pass a national budget for 2026 by the end of the year. The contested legislation will head to the Senate for review on Monday ...

The French government on Wednesday criticized the decision by an Algerian court to uphold a seven-year jail sentence for ...

President Emmanuel Macron is on Sunday to set new French defence targets in the face of a menacing Russia and concern about the strength of Washington's committment to the defence of Europe, his ...

France’s commitment to the French language is above all reflected in the International Strategy for the French Language and multilingualism, unveiled by President Macron on 20 March 2018. The strategy ...

Speaking another language is always helpful, especially if you love to travel. And French, commonly thought of as one of the most beautiful in the world, is also more useful than you might realize.

Commentators in France and elsewhere have taken the recent terrorist attacks in Paris as an occasion to reflect more broadly about Muslims in France. Many read the attacks as a sign of French Muslims’ ...

From the Three Lions of England, to Wales' red dragon, the South Korean tiger and Germany's eagle. International football nations are usually represented by a deadly predator. Not France, who proudly ...

France has the largest defence budget in the European Union A chronology of key events in modern French history: 1789 - French Revolution ends rule of monarchy going back to 9th Century; followed by ...

Moving to another country can be scary and moving without speaking the language even more so. So here’s our survival guide on how to move to France if you don’t speak French. If you’ve ever been to ...

Quebecois French has long been mocked for its rough-and-tumble sound, but this version of French is more likely what 17th-Century French aristocracy spoke – including the king. It was a perfect ...