France
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Britain
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are forging a tight link
As Donald Trump threatens to leave Europe on its own
Europe
Le Chat, the cat-bot France has pinned its AI hopes on
Mistral AI’s chat assistant raises a pressing question
Middle East & Africa
France’s bitter retreat from west Africa
The danger is a security void now opens up
Europe
The French government’s survival is now in Socialist hands
Moderates attempt to move away from the radicals
Europe
A French-sponsored Ukrainian army brigade has been badly botched
The scandal reveals serious weaknesses in Ukraine’s military command
Europe
France’s new prime minister is trying to court the left
François Bayrou gambles with Emmanuel Macron’s economic legacy
Europe
How extremist politics became mainstream in France
Jean-Marie Le Pen paved the way for his daughter, Marine
Culture
Ten years after the Charlie Hebdo attack, satire is under siege
Public support is waning for the right to offend
Europe
France’s new prime minister faces a looming mess
François Bayrou has an emergency budget but no government yet
Europe
Emmanuel Macron has yet another stab at finding a prime minister
François Bayrou, an old hand, will face the squabbling that is paralysing France. How long will he last?
Finance & economics
France is not alone in its fiscal woes
Deficits look worryingly wide across Europe
Europe
Emmanuel Macron loses another prime minister
Michel Barnier’s fall accelerates the unravelling of the French centre