Leaked speech shows French president holding axe over own alma mater as part of reform drive

Former French president suggests Delhi forced Dassault to deal with tycoon Anil Ambani

Former French president defends record in book and says successor stoking inequality

Business confidence and healthier eurozone lift France’s growth prospects

Expectations crumbled during a race of upsets and surprises

Presidential vote is a four-way contest of candidates from hard left to extreme right

Gap narrows between candidates as first round of polls nears

Fillon says his centrist rival and the Socialist president have the same policies

Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière says he ‘never refused a loan to anybody’

Former frontrunner blames president for leaks to media on his financial affairs

Is it as bad as François Hollande’s critics say? The FT examines the data

The Fifth Republic faces its most unpredictable presidential contest

Old guard’s vision of ‘multi-speed’ Europe sets the scene for split in club of equals

EU leaders summit in Malta dominated by US president’s chaotic first weeks in power

The scandal engulfing France’s former presidential favourite has thrown the race into chaos

President forges foreign policy amid concerns about direction he plans to take US

‘Club Med’ summit calls for greater economic convergence within EU

Independent Macron may be the real winner of the Socialist primary

Power company’s bid to keep plant open shows president’s waning authority

First face-off in primaries to choose leftwing presidential challenger

French president’s intervention signals a Franco-German split over debt relief freeze