Raise the Tricolore for France's most important public holiday - 'La Fête Nationale' - when all things Gallic are celebrated with a day off work. Quel dommage that it falls on a Sunday...

Ex-Prime Minister battles with former ally for leadership of the UMP

French investigating judges plan to seize hundreds of millions of euros worth of assets and bank accounts belonging to the business tycoon Bernard Tapie.

Former French President’s failed campaign saddled UMP with huge debts

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.

Louis XIV used fashion as political tool, says our style columnist

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

Former president stands accused of de-frauding the L’Oréal heiress to finance his 2007 election campaign

France today abandoned ambitious plans which would almost have doubled its network of high speed railway lines over the next two decades.

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

France Telecom’s CEO has said the IMF chief, Christine Lagarde, was fully briefed before approving a “fraudulent” arbitration process that saw the tycoon Bernard Tapie awarded a huge payout in 2008.

The French business tycoon, Bernard Tapie, 70, has been arrested for questioning about an alleged conspiracy with former President Nicolas Sarkozy to “defraud” the French state.

Actor claims he’s no tax exile – and that Russian President Vladimir Putin likes his ‘hooligan side’