France will hold the first round of its next presidential election on 18 April 2027 and the runoff on 2 May after the government formally approved the dates at Wednesday's cabinet meeting.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ballot papers are seen in a ballot box at a polling station during the second round of France's municipal elections in Paris.

Le Pen is now eligible to run in the forthcoming election, but would have to do so wearing an electronic tag, something she has previously ruled out.

France will hold the first round of its next presidential election on April 18, 2027, with a run-off set for May 2, an executive source said on Tuesday. The vote is widely seen as a pivotal test for ...

PARIS, July 9 (Reuters) - Far-right leader Marine Le Pen could well win France's presidential election next year despite an appeal court this week upholding a guilty verdict for embezzlement of EU ...

French voters returned to the polls this Sunday to elect mayors in Paris, Marseille and more than 1,500 other municipalities, in a vote widely seen as a test for political parties ahead of next year’s ...

Mathieu Kassovitz's landmark 1995 film "La Haine" is heading to television in a new form, with French broadcaster France Télévisions set to air the stage adaptation “La Haine, sur scène – Jusqu'ici ...

Moody’s Ratings warned that France’s political divisions and the build up to presidential elections risk thwarting further efforts to reduce the bloated deficit even as it maintained its Aa3 ...

PARIS, March 22 (Reuters) - France holds the second round of municipal elections on Sunday, the last major ballot ahead of next year's presidential election. The vote will help measure the strength of ...