France

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Éric Zemmour, now polling second, is proving able to appeal to voters that Marine Le Pen could never reach.

By Ido Vock and Ben Walker

The former EU chief Brexit negotiator warns that Europe needs to change before it dies. Will anybody listen?

By Ido Vock

Paris fears that prolonged coalition talks could leave Germany without a designated government for months.

By Ido Vock

Defections by mainstream politicians suggest that backing France’s hard-right National Rally in regional elections is no longer a dramatic leap.

By David Broder

The son of a Hungarian immigrant, the interior minister has taken France by storm. Can he now push C

By David Lawday