Cohabitation government begins in France – archive, 1986
In March 1986, Socialist President Francois Mitterrand appointed centre-right leader Jacques Chirac as prime minister after losing the parliamentary elections
January 2024
Bernadette review – Catherine Deneuve warms up French first lady biopic
The French icon is the most stylish thing about this underpowered tale of the wife of President Chirac attempting a new public image
July 2023
Catherine Deneuve to portray Bernadette Chirac in satirical film
Catherine Deneuve depicts French political spouse’s in ‘benevolent satire’
April 2022
‘Stop pointing your finger at me!’: 50 years of French election TV debates
As the candidates prepare for Wednesday’s face off, a look back at a tradition that has the power to swing the result
February 2021
The Guardian view on France and Algeria: breaking the silence
Editorial: President Emmanuel Macron is right to want to face up to a dark chapter in French history
January 2021
From the Guardian archive
France stops nuclear test programme – archive, 1996
Twenty-five years ago, the French government announced the end of its nuclear weapons programme in the South Pacific
December 2020
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing obituary
Former French president who brought in socially liberal reforms but whose grand style ultimately proved offputting to voters
December 2019
Papers reveal Anglo-French distrust before Srebrenica massacre
The Observer's obituaries of 2019
Jacques Chirac remembered by François Hollande
October 2019
'Karachi affair': six on trial in France over arms sales scandal
Europe now
Chirac delivered little and left office under a cloud. Why does France now love him?
Marion Van Renterghem
September 2019
France mourns Jacques Chirac with funeral and ceremonies
French queue at Élysée Palace to pay respects to Jacques Chirac
World reacts to death of 'spirited, complex' Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac – a life in pictures
Jacques Chirac obituary
Jacques Chirac, former French president, dies aged 86
August 2018
Why Brigitte Macron is the most loved French first lady for years
Supportive yet discreet, strong but without ambition, the president’s wife is a huge hit in a country which reveres alluring older women
April 2017
From the Guardian archive
Jean-Marie Le Pen holds key to second round - archive, 1988
Marine Le Pen denies French role in wartime roundup of Paris Jews
