Yanis Varoufakis supported Emmanuel Macron in his battle with Marine Le Pen, but is determined to see the French president turn his back on his failed neoliberalist policies

Latest: Emmanuel Macron has been sworn in as France's new president in a ceremony at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris.

It can only be a matter of time before British prime minster Theresa May accuses some dark European force of trying to influence the UK’s general election by hacking the Conservative party’s computers.

Speculation on the future leadership of Fine Gael has resurfaced after Enda Kenny said he would speak to his party “soon” on the matter.

Le Pen has transformed the face of politics in France, writes Christine Ockrent

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has upstaged opponent Emmanuel Macron by making a surprise campaign stop to a home appliance factory.

Marine Le Pen calls Emmanuel Macron "a hysterical, radical 'Europeanist'."

The attack came three days before the first round of France's tense presidential election.

If the the far-right Marine Le Pen and the independent centrist Emmanuel Macron square off in the second round of the presidential election, it will be a first in 60 years, says Zaki Laïdi.         

At Cork World Book Fest, Anne Sebba will read from her account of the difficult line females had to tread in Paris in WWII, writes Colette Sheridan.

Politicians from around the world were quick to react on Twitter to news of the US strikes on Syria.

Lufthansa chief Carsten Spohr expects France and Germany to take a hard line against the UK aviation industry in Brexit negotiations, threatening to disrupt flight connections across Europe.

World leaders have condemned the bloody terror attack outside the British Houses of Parliament that ended in the deaths of four people and left up to 40 injured.

The Netherlands election has energised traditional parties across Europe from left and right, with Dutch voters showing Europe that populism is not always inevitable, suggest Raf Casert and Angela Charlton. 

IN a curious twist of fate, the Taoiseach will be the flagbearer of the EU when he meets President Trump at the White House today. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was to have met the President yesterday but snow storms in the US have delayed that meeting until tomorrow.

Poland is likely to lash out at the EU over a perceived recent humiliation. This could offer the EU a chance at emancipation, writes Slawomir Sierakowski.

The incumbent seemed a certainty for re-election, until the ruling party of his own country, Poland, turned against him, writes Slawomir Sierakowski.

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Rioters have again set fire to cars and rubbish bins overnight in spreading violence in the suburbs of Paris over the alleged rape of a young black man with a police baton.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said Israeli legislation to retroactively legalise thousands of West Bank settlement homes is an aggression against the Palestinian people.

France is threatened by two "totalitarianisms" in the form of economic globalisation and Islamic fundamentalism, far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen told her party conference.

The man suspected of attacking soldiers at the Louvre in Paris, before being shot, has been declared fit enough to be interviewed.

The Louvre museum has reopened to the public, less than 24 hours after French soldiers shot a machete-wielding assailant who had shouted "Allahu akbar".

Paris was plunged into panic when soldiers guarding the Louvre Museum shot an attacker who lunged at them with two machetes as the historic landmark went into lockdown.

Enda Kenny is facing a growing backlash over claims he has “no plan” to cope with the escalating Brexit crisis and has “sat on his hands” as the situation unfolded.

EU politicians have criticised British prime minister Theresa May’s hardline post-Brexit plans, saying her policies are a “surreal” and “sad process” that must not break up the “united” EU.

The past year has been full of unpleasant surprises, most notably Britain’s decision in its June 23 referendum to leave the EU.

Francois Fillon has won France's first-ever conservative presidential primary after promising drastic free-market reforms and a crackdown on immigration and Islamic extremism.

French conservatives are choosing their nominee for next year's vital presidential election from among two former prime ministers with deep experience in government and differing views on how to prevent more terror attacks.

US president Barack Obama has joined European leaders to discuss security and economic challenges as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.

French President Francois Hollande has paid his respects to the fallen of the First World War on Paris’ Champs Elysees avenue for Armistice Day.

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If a parentless child is sleeping in the charred remains of a burnt-out camp in Calais, you don’t tell them that the ‘relocation of asylum-seekers is a complex and sensitive process’, writes Clodagh Finn.

The pound yesterday slipped to a four-day low under $1.22, hurt by expectations that Britain’s economy is likely to suffer from a hardline stance by the EU in negotiations on the country’s EU exit.

IMAGINE if, over lunch this weekend, your partner announced your relationship was over and that they wanted a divorce. 

British Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to continue to “work closely” with the EU after Brexit but has voiced her unhappiness about being left out of a meeting of leaders.