Benoît Payan

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Gregoire replaces fellow socialist Anne Hidalgo as the French capital’s mayor

In the weeks leading up to the first round of voting on 15 March, criticism directed at the radical-left party La France Insoumise (LFI) and its confrontational leader, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, reached new levels of intensity

The final round of French mayoral elections this weekend is seen as a test of the political temperature before a crucial presidential race next year, when Emmanuel Macron’s two terms in office end, with Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party polling high nationally

The final round of French mayoral elections this weekend is seen as a test of the political temperature before a crucial presidential race next year, when Emmanuel Macron’s two terms in office end, with Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party polling high nationally

Dati spent Monday trying to negotiate a form of alliance with the centrist candidate, Pierre-Yves Bournazel, to boost her chances, despite the two of them exchanging bitter criticisms while campaigning

Heading nearly 35,000 municipalities — from major cities to villages with only a ‌few dozen residents — mayors are France's most trusted elected officials

France’s voters go to the polls on 15 and 22 March for two rounds of municipal elections that will provide the clearest indication so far of the country’s political temperature in the runup to the presidential election next year

Rachida Dati's campaign to become mayor of Paris faces a new complication

La Jeune Garde, founded in Lyon in 2018, were politically inexperienced and had organised a series of sometimes violent confrontations with far-right groups