Jubilant left-wingers thronged the Bastille, a Paris square synonymous with the French Revolution, to celebrate the triumph of Hollande. 'Sarko,...

France handed the presidency to Leftist Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programmes who says the state should protect the...

Nicolas Sarkozy's defeat today marked the end of a five-year presidency during which he divided a France that had put its hopes in him to break with a...

Francois Hollande was elected France's first Socialist president in nearly two decades today, dealing a humiliating defeat to incumbent Nicolas...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist challenger Francois Hollande went through a fierce verbal battle in a primetime televised debate that...

A document made public in Paris claims that French President Nicolas Sarkozy received 50 million euros (around USD 65 million) from slain Libyan...