Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy returns to the political stage on Monday to appeal for support for his debt-ridden party, as a poll suggests that three out of five French people are opposed to him running for office.

UMP – already heavily in debt – ordered to pay back €11m state subsidy after campaign overspend

'If there are rules they should be for everybody,' says spokesman

The leader of France’s far-right National Front party, Marine Le Pen, was stripped of her parliamentary immunity, opening the way for charges of inciting racial hatred to be laid against her.

Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine has confessed to having paid illegal kick-backs to fund the presidential campaign of former French prime minister Edouard Balladur.

Former IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, delivers confident lecture two years after claims he sexually assaulted maid

A Nobel peace prize 10 years ago has done little to reduce the threats faced by the most charismatic champion of democratic rights for women in Iran

The mayor hailed the “historic moment” that two French people of the same sex were united in marriage.

'Public enemy number one' who was inspired by American gangster movies found in Paris

Vincent Austin and Bruno Boileau tie the knot in historic wedding in Montpellier