France
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International
Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen 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
Europe
Emmanuel Macron’s centrists are facing a disastrous first-round vote
Marine Le Pen’s party will be the main beneficiary
Leaders
Macron has done well by France. But he risks throwing it all away
After the election, populists of the right and left could hobble a centrist president
Business
Is the revival of Paris in peril?
The French election threatens a remarkable commercial renaissance
Europe
The alarming foreign policies of France’s hard right and hard left
They could weaken NATO and the West
Europe
The economic recklessness of both France’s hard left and hard right
They favour soaking the rich, big spending and business-bashing
Europe
Hard-right parties are entering government across Europe
Germany is among a dwindling number of holdouts
Europe
Emmanuel Macron faces heavy losses after a short campaign
The next French government may be led by the hard right or hard left
Leaders
Emmanuel Macron’s project of reform is at risk
A snap election in France reveals the flimsiness of his legacy
The Economist explains
How political “cohabitation” works in France
Upcoming parliamentary elections could lead to a new period of political friction
Finance and economics
How bad could things get in France?
The country’s next prime minister faces a brutal fiscal crunch