Fractured polls raise possibility of divisive far-right government or hung parliament
Coastal southern Europe beckons – from Sicily to Puglia via the Côte d’Azur
Cyril Hanouna is a key player in Vincent Bolloré’s Fox News-like media empire
Also reviewed: ‘Samson’ by Rameau attempts to revive a lost opera
Sacked ‘whistleblowers’ launch California court action against Europe’s biggest bitcoin-miner-turned-AI-datacentre-builder
Following the England team in Germany, Gideon Rachman watches new football stars emerge in the shadow of war and a resurgent far right
Political chaos dents France’s image and raises security issues at world’s most-watched sporting event
Harris Interactive predicts hung parliament ahead of high-stakes run-off on July 7
Raise un verre to the mixologists drawing on drinks from around the nation for their creations
Investor returns imply that the welfare of future human beings is close to irrelevant
Airline says traffic to and from French capital is behind other European cities in run-up to games
The smutty humour of György Ligeti’s 1978 work has dated but the singing keeps it fresh
New facility is aimed at smaller projects that would otherwise struggle to find cover
Where to shop, eat and visit this midsummer
Ramondas and dawn poppies planted while working at the Munich alpine garden in the 1960s have seeded new generations
‘The question we get asked most frequently is if money is safe in France’
Macron madness rings my contrarian bells
With a nod to the upcoming Olympics, some designers were inspired by sport, while others played to their strengths with dramatic shapes and decorative detailing
The election is the culmination of a gloomy picture that has been 50 years in the making
Lauren Elkin explores questions of feminism and fidelity in a time-hopping tale of two marriages
Berlin overhauls nationality criteria to include adherence to the country’s values
The stories of the historic sites and key venues in the birthplace of the modern Olympics — and many international sports events
EU and French elections have revived the narrative of a fractured Europe
The far right scents an opportunity, the left evokes the spirit of 1936 and liberal democracy is squeezed in the middle
Overshadowed by French peers since 1874, artists from the UK, Sweden and elsewhere are gaining in prestige and price
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