From the far right to fake news, France's election is bitter, chaotic and wide open
Marine Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron and Francois Fillon all have chance of entering the Elysee Palace.
Marine Le Pen tries to banish far-right demons in quest to woo voters sick of 'politics as usual'
Her main opponent is Thatcherite Francois Fillon, who will struggle to attract the French left.
France's 'morality police' provoke mockery and shame as beach burkini ban scandal widens
Witness on French Riviera speaks of Muslim woman on beach being told to 'Go home' as her daughter cries.
France walks tightrope between liberty and security after Isis horrors shake nation to its core
French state fears far right backlash over calls for anti-Muslim measures.
No matter how we prepare, Western nations are prime targets for terror attacks
Attacks in Paris, Brussels, Istanbul, Beirut and Dhaka bear witness to the export of terror.
French prisons are helping turn criminals into jihadis who cheer mass murderers like Salah Abdeslam
A small minority of Muslim prisoners cheered the Paris attacker when he arrived in Fleury-Mérogis.
How anti-establishment politicians such as Rome's Virginia Raggi have tapped into a groundswell of European discontent
Five Star owes its rise to the groundswell of discontent with a failed political mainstream.
