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Poll suggests French voters don't want Nicolas Sarkozy back

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Though activists in opposition UMP party favour former president, public would prefer alternative candidate such as ex-premier Alain Juppé.

Paris flower market renamed in British Queen's honour

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Ceremony to rename place she visited during her first trip to Paris in 1948 as a princess brings to end monarch's three-day visit to France.

France’s ticking time bomb

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Commentator says the French are now asking the unthinkable: can far-right Front National rise to top of the national ladder and grab presidency?

D-Day: Francois Hollande's plea to fight threats to peace

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French president urges people to fight current threats to peace with 'same vision, the same courage' as those who took part in Normandy landings.

A French message to Britain: get out of Europe before you wreck it

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Former French premier Michel Rocard argues the UK is stopping the European Union from finding the democratic force and legitimacy it needs.

D-Day anniversary: France's forgotten Blitz

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President Hollande will pay tribute to the terrible civilian casualties suffered by the French due to Allied bombing during liberation of France.

D-Day anniversary: British Queen honours France's war dead in Paris

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UK monarch joins French president François Hollande in laying floral tribute at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe.

World leaders arrive in France for D-Day celebrations

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Around 400 separate events will be held as American, Russian and British heads of state are among those marking 70th anniversary of landings.

France moves to defy allies over sale of warships to Russia

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Despite calls from US and other nations to scrap or suspend deal, France will train Russian sailors later this month in how to operate new ships.

Sarkozy allies urge him to return and lead divided French opposition

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Supporters of the former president have queued up to say he should stand for leadership of conservative UMP party which is engulfed by crisis.