Socialist Grégoire becomes Paris mayor as the far right wins Nice in key municipal elections

Socialist candidate Emmanuel Grégoire has won the Paris mayoral race, succeeding fellow party member Anne Hidalgo as the French capital’s mayor.

French voters head to the polls in municipal runoffs with Paris, Marseille and Lyon in focus

French voters are returning to the polls Sunday for the second and final round of municipal elections in over 1,500 communes ...

After 25 years of socialist rule, where does Paris go now?

Paris has been a socialist city for 25 years, but this year’s election is the most uncertain in decades. Earlier polls put Socialist Party candidate Emmanuel Gregoire ahead of the conservative ...