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Updates on the political situation, including elections as well as key global events affecting foreign people living in France

France passes anti-fraud bill with 100 plus new measures: key points

Crackdown focuses on social welfare fraud. Officials will be allowed greater access to bank statements and healthcare log-in information

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Seven-year sentence demanded for former French president Nicolas Sarkozy

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Why the Pope arrived in Monaco by helicopter for historic visit

Elon Musk criticises French officials after they share information with US counterparts

Billionaire may have manipulated company valuation through public controversy, Paris prosecutor suspects

The electorate is to blame for France's political mess

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Trump’s rhetoric feeds France’s long tradition of national decline

Key points to take away from the local elections in France

France is dividing in a similar way to the United States and the UK

Find out who has been elected as mayor in your French commune

Majority of rural candidates ran without official party support

Map: how did French parties perform in first round of municipal elections?

Leaders after first round still face tough challenges across country

Key dates for next French elections: MPs, mayors, president

Voters head to the ballot box several times in the next few years

Why former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is back in court

The hearing is expected to run until early June

Paris municipal election posters displayed on a public notice board in front of a bright street mural.

France municipal elections: Alliances form in several cities against far-right

Candidates forge local agreements but no national agreement between left-wing parties

French municipal elections: key points from the first round

Results show far-right strength in smaller towns and fragmented alliances in major cities