Nicolas Sarkozy

Socialist incumbent president is expected to declare whether he will stand by December.

While Putin's immediate target is Ukraine, ultimately he wants to redraw the map of Europe much as Hitler did at Munich.

The French presidential hopeful is accused of 'knowingly underestimating' elements of his campaign financing in failed 2012 bid.

Former president says Les Republicains must unite behind the winner of the primary for France's presidential contest.

Decision follows a ruling by France's high court that a similar ban was illegal.

Britain and some French politicians disagree over how the Franco-British border should be managed.

Alain Juppe and Nicolas Sarkozy are the leading contenders for the Les Republicains' nomination for president.

Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he would impose a nationwide ban on burkinis if elected back to the presidency in 2017.

Extreme secularism isn't just hypocritical and often racist—it doesn't work.

The ex-French president wants radicalization suspects to be expelled from the country.

Former president Nicolas Sarkozy has crept back into contention to become the conservative candidate in France's 2017 presidential election

Former president could face Marine Le Pen and Francois Hollande in 2017 if right-leaning parties embrace his candidacy.

A new poll in "Les Echos" sees the French president third in a variety of scenarios.

France's right-wing parties are looking favorably towards Russia.

The probe relates to the financing of Sarkozy's 2012 election campaign.

The right-winger's Republican primary entry could see Sarkozy lose the presidential nomination.

The current fluctuations in the French regional elections signal a further rise of the right.

The president of a leading French Muslim group said that imams must respect the laws of the country

The trip has not been endorsed by the parliament or government.

Former French president signs 22,000-strong petition against converting churches into mosques.

Six former officials in Sarkozy's presidential administration have been linked to a polling scandal

The house voted in favour of reinstating fines and prison sentences for sex workers.

Francois Hollande's Socialist party set to lose half its departments as ex-president calls for change.

Marine Le Pen's Front National is banking on building a base of local officials to become more mainstream.

Pre-election polls had the right and hard-right groupings neck and neck.

According to French press both police and gendarmerie have requested more funding after the Paris attacks.

François Hollande was once regarded as France's least popular leader but is currently enjoying a boost now.

French police have been unable to find Hayat Boumeddiene leading to speculation that she's left the country

French security experts cite a lack of manpower for failings in the run up to this week's attacks

The far-right Front National leader was not invited to the 'Republican' march organised by President Hollande.