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Move came as Emmanuel Macron vowed to 'eradicate' kidnappers of French citizen Sophie Pétronin, who has appeared in hostage video.

Police play cat and mouse with hundreds of migrants stuck in Italian border town of Ventimiglia who are desperate to get to northern Europe.

Defeated presidential candidate Benoît Hamon announces plans to establish a new 'First of July movement' aimed at rebuilding ailing Left.

The highly contagious H5N8 strain of bird flu had been confirmed on a farm in northern France.

Élysée official say new president's 'complex thought process' lends itself badly to traditional Bastille Day television interview with journalists.

Le Pen, who is being investigated for breach of trust, has previously denied any wrongdoing in a case that she has said is politically motivated.

A Jewish survivor of a Nazi death camp at Ravensbruck, she secured the legalization of abortion in France in the 1970s.

The man reportedly wanted to avenge attacks linked to Islamic State that have killed dozens in Paris over the past years.

New government faces test to find extra savings deemed necessary by audit office, after the last administration overspent in its final months.

President Macron's speech to both houses of Parliament in Palace of Versailles next week is intended to set the tone of his presidency.