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Wauquiez’s Les Republicains face existential crisis after slump to 8% of votes
Former PM and presidential hopeful accused of fictitiously hiring wife as ‘aide’
Asset manager has long been an outlier among French firms
Move highlights porous borders between France’s political and financial elite
First round of legislative vote suggests 70% of seats will go to République en Marche
Team says presidential candidate reused some lines in ‘wink’ to centre-right voters
To support Macron in the run-off against Le Pen is not to endorse his programme
Euro, bonds and shares gain after centrist comes out top in first round vote
Rapid fall from grace for one-time favourite for the presidency
Expectations crumbled during a race of upsets and surprises
Presidential vote is a four-way contest of candidates from hard left to extreme right
Presidential election is closest and most unpredictable for 50 years
The presidency designed by de Gaulle struggles to produce decisive leadership
Four radically different contenders entertain high hopes of reaching run-off
Voters have grounds to despair of politicians, but not of their country
A round-up of our news and analysis on the close race for the Elysée
Funding scandals dogging François Fillon’s campaign have undermined his core support
Gap narrows between candidates as first round of polls nears
French presidential hopeful offers most radical pro-business reform agenda
Candidates of left, right and centre lay claim to the general’s mantle
French politics may be on the verge of a profound realignment
Fillon says his centrist rival and the Socialist president have the same policies
Far-left’s Mélenchon emerges on top as France’s presidential rivals clash in TV debate
French election outcome depends on turnout gap between second-round contestants
Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière says he ‘never refused a loan to anybody’
