Results show the lay of political land before 2027 presidential election to succeed centrist President Emmanuel Macron.

Paris and Marseille are held by the Socialists in local elections which saw the nationalist right win in Nice and certain towns.

City hall veteran beats rightwinger Rachida Dati, while Marseille’s leftist incumbent defeats far-right opponent ...

French voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors in Paris, Marseille and more than 1,500 other cities and towns, in a test of the far right’s strength and the resilience of mainstream parties ...

Emmanuel Grégoire has won the Paris mayoral election, maintaining the Socialists’ hold on the French capital. After 25 years ...

Senior politicians from all parties were quick to claim the outcome on March 22 was good news for them. Read more at ...

Left-wing parties have held onto Paris, Marseille and Lyon, according to provisional results announced on Sunday evening. The ...

Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally won second-round runoffs in several French towns on Sunday but fell short in ...

Gregoire replaces fellow socialist Anne Hidalgo as the French capital’s mayor. The local elections are being closely watched to gauge the political mood in the country ahead of next year’s ...

By Michel Rose, Juliette Jabkhiro and Ingrid Melander PARIS/MARSEILLE, March 22 (Reuters) - France's far-right National Rally (RN) failed to win the cities of Marseille and Toulon which they had hoped ...

By Ingrid Melander PARIS, March 22 (Reuters) - France holds the second round of municipal elections on Sunday, the last major ...

French voters were called out on Sunday for the second round of nationwide municipal elections to decide a final result in those places where no candidates garnered a majority of votes cast in the ...