To read the result as a defeat for right wing populism would be a mistake...

Voting isn’t over, the legislative elections are the third round, says a close Le Pen ally...

The centrist Emmanuel Macron has outclassed his far-right rival Marine Le Pen in the second round of France's presidential election...

With polls showing neither candidate able to count on enough committed supporters, much will depend on cohort of voters...

Incumbent French president and his far-right opponent clashed over cost of living and war in Ukraine as both seek voters' support ahead of decisive final round of voting in presidential election...

The head covering is already outlawed in schools and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen wants a nationwide ban...

France’s presidential poll mirrors a crisis in the EU...

Macron leads in opinion polls but Le Pen closes in...

Trumpism — crude populism, demagoguery, personality cult, the undermining of democratic institutions, racial and religious prejudice — was not invented by him...

Religion, politics and India’s place in the world...