Just four days before the first round of the 2002 French presidential election, the then-Socialist prime minister Lionel Jospin, relaxed and smiling, sat down with a mischievous reporter keen for ...

The co-founder of the main French postwar far-right movement Jean-Marie Le Pen is to be buried Saturday at a strictly ...

He stood for president five times, most successfully in 2002 when he shocked France by defeating Socialist candidate Lionel Jospin in the first round of voting, Jacques Chirac in the second round ...

He got close to winning during the 2002 presidential election when he beat socialist candidate Lionel Jospin in the first round to face Jacques Chirac in the second round. The latter ended up ...

The co-founder of the main French postwar far-right movement Jean-Marie Le Pen is to be buried Saturday at a strictly family-only funeral after his death aged 96 exposed polarising attitudes ...

the essential story of the poll was the decline of support for both President Chirac and his socialist opponent Lionel Jospin, and the division of that discontent among a raft of smaller parties.

In 2002, he came perilously close to victory, defeating the Socialist candidate, Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, in the first round of the election. In round two, he was trounced by President ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen qualified for the second round instead of Lionel Jospin, the Socialist who had been prime minister during five years of cohabitation with the scandal-plagued right. Le Pen would ...

Two great names in contemporary art honored by the iconic Grand Palais. From December 9, 2025 to March 15, 2026, the sublime ...

The sharp shift to the right within New Caledonia’s political establishment comes after seven months of unrest by the French ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of France's main postwar far-right movement, was buried Saturday in a private ceremony in his ...