Prosecutor says 120 investigators and technical experts on bomber’s trail

Emmanuel Macron leads a last-minute push to deprive Marine Le Pen of electoral victory

Privatisation of airport group blocked by cross-party referendum plan

French president’s party faces risk of losing to Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National

Villeroy de Galhau: Better communication needed to keep trust in euro

Eyewear group’s chairman and co-chief executive work towards ‘peace deal’

Europe and US rebuke Tehran after it says it will stop complying with parts of 2015 deal

Legal & General and Fidelity International among those seeking new independent directors

Franco-German consortium to supply electric cars will need €4bn from private sector

France’s biggest bank reports 22.4% rise in profits, beating analysts’ estimates

Police arrest 220 as ‘gilets jaunes’, trade unionists and extremists challenge Macron

They suspect €12m for entertainment, suits and private jets were for personal benefit

Move aimed at making country carbon-neutral by 2050

Medef calls it ‘unacceptable’ for companies to pay more tax so individuals can pay less

Relations sink to new low after double snub to French carmaker

President hopes plans will help him regain political initiative from ‘gilets jaunes’ protesters

Beijing steps up rhetoric in sign of rising tensions over status of island nation

Former PM and presidential hopeful accused of fictitiously hiring wife as ‘aide’

Donations by France’s richest families illustrate the changing relationship between business, culture and the state

Macron opponents attack suggestion of modern designs and materials

Some call it a populist gesture, others welcome an overdue reform to reduce inequality

International competition for ‘flèche’ that crashed through roof in cathedral blaze

Hundreds of millions of euros pledged to restore ancient cathedral