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

France finally passes 2026 budget - what it means for residents

Budget has measures to help homeowners and low earners but is more punitive to business and local authorities

LATEST POLITICS NEWS

France must do more to protect citizens detained in Iran, says former hostage

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Marine Le Pen appeals public office ban: how could this impact France's 2027 presidential election?

French 2026 budget fails: special law needed to levy taxes

The law will now be required to keep spending at current levels and prevent US-style shutdown

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

Why calls for Emmanuel Macron to resign as president of France are misguided

Mercosur trade deal explained: why French farmers are angry and will it pass?

A decisive vote is due on Friday December 19. Unions say if it passes there will be major disruption

Bardella: ‘great patriot’ Nigel Farage will be next UK PM

Meeting is first time Farage has agreed to meet with French far-right

‘Leave Brigitte Macron alone after anti-feminist comment’: Government official

The president’s wife was filmed backstage at a show by a controversial comedian

French MPs vote in favour of 2026 Social Security budget: What changes for you?

Pension reform suspended but planned freezes on this and other benefits removed

Far-right MP suggests reopening of legal brothels in France

‘The current system is the height of bourgeois hypocrisy’, he has claimed

Voluntary national military service to return to France

Proposal has widespread support across political spectrum and public in a poll

Public transport, roads, tap water: French residents’ priorities for local spending in poll

Majority of people experienced infrastructure issue in last year