France

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Paris fears that prolonged coalition talks could leave Germany without a designated government for months.

By Ido Vock

Defections by mainstream politicians suggest that backing France’s hard-right National Rally in regional elections is no longer a dramatic leap.

By David Broder

The son of a Hungarian immigrant, the interior minister has taken France by storm. Can he now push C

By David Lawday