Francois Hollande has ousted Nicolas Sarkozy from the French presidency - to become the country's first Socialist president in 17 years. It was a close call - winning 51 per cent of votes to his rival's 49. Our correspondent Tesa Arcilla has been witnessing the wild celebrations at Socialist Part...
Elections présidentielles 2012:débat Sarkozy-Hollande
Will the French be able to breathe freely if Sarkozy's gone? Do they really want Hollande in power? Would Hollande be able to reinvent a welfare state? Will Sarkozy be woo Marine LePen's electorate to win the elections? And if Hollande outdoes him, would it undermine France's commitment to the EU...
French presidential rivals Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande get their last chance to sway votes in the only TV debate before Sunday's run-off. The incumbent president will have to throw everything into the duel with socialist challenger Hollande who's currently leading the polls. They're fig...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, behind in the polls ahead of presidential elections this weekend, addresses giant crowd at May Day rally under the Eiffel Tower, says three days left to victory.
Presidential candidates Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande vote in the first round of the French election.
Just a day after the first round of the presidential elections in France, the two remaining candidates begin campaigning for next month's run-off. Read more: www.telegraph.co.uk
The non-verbal communication says it all. Asked about what they told Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at Sunday's euro crisis talks in Brussels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy respond with smiles and then go on to say that their call on Italy to prese...
Riot police had to break up a crowd of dozens of left-wing supporters, and some Basque separatists, after French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrvied to campaign in Bayonne ahead of April's presidential race.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed to catch the Toulouse school killer and announced a minute of silence is to be held in all schools in France on Tuesday.
Socialist Francois Hollande defeated conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday to become France's next president. Hollande's election heralds a major shift in French policy. Subscribe to the Associated Press: bit.ly Download AP Mobile: www.ap.org Associated Press on Facebook: apne.ws Assoc...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has unveiled his latest vision for the country, less than three weeks before the presidential vote gets underway. He's been boosted by his anti-radicalism stance following the recent shootings in Toulouse. But Sarkozy's crackdown on religious extremism that follow...
FRENCH ELECTIONS 2012 - FRANCE 24's Melissa Bell reports from Sarkozy's election night headquarters in Paris. Watch the latest breaking news and information on the latest top stories, international, business, entertainment, politics, and more. With our correspondents all over the world in the fie...
Syria now faces punishing sanctions from the Arab League, as a diplomat from the body says Damascus ignored Friday's deadline to accept foreign observers. Meanwhile, France is actively seeking international support for a humanitarian corridor to be set up in the crisis-torn country. This is also ...
A cinq jours du choix historique que feront les Français pour leur avenir, lors du second tour de l'élection présidentielle, la majorité silencieuse a répondu en masse à l'appel du Président de la République pour s'unir et le rejoindre sur la place du Trocadéro et la place des droits de l'homme, ...
