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Les Républicains seek candidate capable of taking on Macron and Le Pen
With presidential elections next year, a far-right victory in the EU’s second-biggest economy would have huge consequences
Far-right leader challenges Macron in struggle between ‘nationalists’ and ‘globalists’
French president faces tighter fight as his far-right opponent adopts more mainstream positions
Gérald Darmanin defends crackdown on Islamists as helping save France from extreme right
The Sarkozy case shows that conservatives must modernise to win the presidency next year
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo seen as possible saviour for enfeebled Socialist party
Marion Maréchal has criticised her aunt for failing to seek allies and build electoral coalition
Les Républicains still searching for credible challenger to Emmanuel Macron
French voters are still keen to throw out established representatives
His imperious manner and lack of emotional intelligence make him vulnerable
Polls indicate far-right leader is Elysée contender in realignment of French politics
Les Républicains struggle for strategy after poll defeat and leader’s resignation
Former PM and presidential hopeful accused of fictitiously hiring wife as ‘aide’
The elite school remains the primary path to top positions in government
A Montpellier window into grievances aired in the ‘Grand Débat National’
Leader of centrist coalition partner MoDem steps down amid probe into party finances
France’s premier has a useful flair for cross-party compromise
Ministers co-opted from the left and right as leader eyes parliamentary majority in June
‘He seduces useful people, then drops and humiliates them’
New French president also won over voters in areas of high joblessness and low income
President denies France is in decline and reaches out to ‘forgotten’
President-elect opts not to run against some rivals minded to work with him
The French election serves as a reminder that voters will listen to a reasoned case
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