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French rail strike June 10: how to find out about affected services
Action may impact TER, TGV, Intercités, Transilien and RER trains
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France’s D-Day events and commemorations 2026
Celebrations include official remembrance ceremonies, historic exhibitions and 1940s-themed dances
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Pyrénées Orientales residents to cast vote on name change
Three options are being submitted although a popular fourth has been controversially removed
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen win first round of presidential election, first poll claims
Centrist former economy minister set to face far right candidate in final round for presidency on May 7
Centrist Emmanuel Macron (En Marche) won 23.7% of the votes and far right candidate Marine Le Pen 21.7% in the first round of the presidential election, first estimates in an Ipsos/Sopra Steria poll for France Télévisions and Radio France claim.
The two will face each other on May 7.
Official figures are now awaited at around 22h.
