As French politicians head off on holiday, John Lichfield looks back at a turbulent year in French politics and what it all ...

Farmers threw manure and rubbish at environmentalist party offices in south-west France in a direct-action protest against an online petition calling for the repeal of the controversial farming law ...

A road trip can be the perfect way to explore France and access some of the more off-the-beaten track attractions - here are some tips for planning a summer trip.

France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati is to go on trial accused of receiving payments from Renault-Nissan while she was a ...

The UK has banned imports of raw milk cheeses from France on Italy on what it says are safety grounds - but the same cheeses ...

The French are, as a nation, subject to quite a few stereotypes and myths, often romantic ones - but how do real French ...

A mysterious online collective has issued a call for a 'total and unlimited' blockade of France from September, in protest at the budget plans of prime minister François Bayrou.

France has started moving some of its most most notorious drug traffickers to a high-security prison as part of a heightened campaign against the narcotics trade.