France

Explore our coverage of France’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video


Business

LVMH is splurging on the Olympics

Will it pay off?

Culture

The Seine may determine athletes’ success at the Paris Olympics

Yet the river plays an even more vital role in the culture and economy of the city

International

Paris could change how cities host the Olympics for good

The games will test the success of new solutions to old bugbears

The Economist reads

The romance and reality of Paris, the Olympics’ host

Five non-fiction books about a city that is both gilded and gritty

Europe

J.D. Vance, an honorary Frenchman, sends Europe into panic mode

Millennial, MAGA champion, hillbilly…Gaullist

Podcast Money Talks

Could political turmoil derail France’s commercial revival?

Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week: the economic fallout from the country’s messy election

Europe

France is desperately searching for a government

Party rivalry threatens deadlock before compromise

Leaders

The French far right may not have peaked

After winning 32% of the vote in parliamentary elections it will eye the presidency

Europe

After a deadlocked election, can anyone govern France?

The country is scrambling to find a new prime minister 

Europe

A shock election result in France puts the left in the lead

But they are well short of a majority; uncertainty looms

International

Trump and other populists will haunt NATO’s 75th birthday party

Threats to Western alliances lie both within and without the club

Europe

Europe faces a new age of shrunken French influence

Sharing power will weaken the federalist president’s sway in Brussels

By Invitation

This needn’t be France’s Brexit moment, says its business envoy

Pascal Cagni explains why foreign investors should not panic 

Europe

A crushing blow for Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance

A big turnout for Le Pen’s hard right makes clear the president’s gamble backfired spectacularly

Europe

France heads to the polls in a critical parliamentary vote

Marine Le Pen’s hard-right party is expecting a massive surge

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