T HREE YEARS ago the French Socialist Party was crushed into irrelevance. The party that supplied two modern presidents—François Mitterrand (1981-95) and François Hollande (2012-17)—and nine prime ...

France's prime minister has used special executive powers to get the 2025 budget approved without a vote by lawmakers.

Political uncertainty is again looming in France after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou warned that he would use special ...

Jean-Luc Mélenchon has declared war on his socialist “allies” after they refused to back a no-confidence motion against the ...

On a weekday at Dakar’s open-air Fass Market, traders call out in a rhythmic buzz as some buyers approach from a nearby major ...

A cabal of top French business leaders say ... to the Socialists’ change of tack is Mr Hollande. Now a backbench MP, the 70-year-old ex-president owes Mr Bayrou a favour. In 2012 the centrist ...

France has already had as many as four prime ministers in 2024, and there's no guarantee there will be fewer this year.

Although the wound remained fresh in independent Senegal, officials kept quiet about the killings until 2012 when then-French President Francois Hollande admitted France’s culpability.

The left and some centrist officials condemned Donald Trump's proposal. President Emmanuel Macron said it would be a 'serious ...

In previous years, notable figures who attended include Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in 2017, French President Francois Hollande in 2016, and US President Barack Obama ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will Monday force through France's budget without a vote, a move set to prompt a ...