Olivier Faure spoke as he joined his party colleagues outside the National Assembly The leader of France's Socialist party, Olivier Faure, has thrown his hat in the ring to be prime minister ...

At the time of the election campaign, France had a divided government, with a right-wing Gaullist president, Jacques Chirac, elected in 1995, and a Socialist Party majority in parliament ...

France's justice minister said on Monday that he was "resolutely opposed" to a bill aimed at removing "apology for terrorism" ...