Acting President Emmanuel Macron is the favorite to win both the first and second rounds of the elections and secure a second five-year term. He has survived the two major crises of his mandate: the ...

Voters take ballot cards from stacks during the second round of the 2022 French presidential election in Lyon.STEPHANE MAHE/REUTERS PARIS—Millions of French headed to the polls for the final round of ...

PARIS—President Emmanuel Macron is moving to name a new prime minister rather than calling snap elections, an approach that buys time for the country’s political establishment to pull France out of ...