President Francois Hollande’s Socialist Party, bolstered by left-wing allies, is poised to take control of France’s lower house of parliament so he can revamp a country his partisans see as too capitalist and push to save the eurozone through growth.

THE city of Paris pulled out of a corruption case against former French president Jacques Chirac yesterday after he agreed to pay €2.2 million lost to municipal funds because of a financing scandal while he was mayor.

The city of Paris pulled out of a corruption case against former French president Jacques Chirac today after he agreed to pay €2.2m lost to municipal funds because of a financing scandal while he was mayor.

Wine flavoured with wood chips was, until recently, just the kind of thing France’s vintners were proud to have nothing to do with.

France’s Prime Minister says he has heard the message from voters who showered support on the opposition left and reinforced the far right in the first round of regional elections.