Stephane Faure

About 48 mil­lion French vot­ers will choose their leader among 12 can­di­dates.

An­a­lysts say the French pres­i­dent, who faces an un­cer­tain elec­tion, may be ben­e­fit­ing from the sit­u­a­tion in Ukraine.

Noth­ing seems like­ly to pre­vent a de­ba­cle in April vote for French left that used to dom­i­nate France’s pol­i­tics.

The French pres­i­dent, whose lead­er­ship will be chal­lenged in April, may seek re­forms as he guides the EU.

The Eu­ro­pean Par­lia­ment vote is of­ten con­sid­ered mun­dane but with Brex­it and ris­ing pop­ulism, this year could sur­prise.

A French­man who grew up a stone’s throw from the icon­ic cathe­dral re­flects on what it means to him and his coun­try.