PARIS, France --Prime Minister Lionel Jospin has confirmed his presidential candidacy with a pledge to "lead in a different way." Jospin officially said on Wednesday he will challenge incumbent ...

Likening the result to "a thunderclap", the disgraced Socialist called the far-right foray "a very worrying sign for France and for our democracy". Lionel Jospin concludes his concession speech ...

After the socialist party won the majority, Chirac had to cohabitate with Socialist prime minister Lionel Jospin for five years ... Trust in France which, when faced with difficult times, has ...

PARIS, France --Thousands of students have taken ... elbowing Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin into third place and an unexpected early retirement from politics. Officials fear that as ...

Should Bardella be appointed prime minister, France would enter into what it ... From 1997 to 2002, Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin governed under President Chirac. Dividing power between ...

France had a divided government, with a right-wing Gaullist president, Jacques Chirac, elected in 1995, and a Socialist Party majority in parliament, led by Prime Minister Lionel Jospin ...