“MMMM, A NICE baguette from the Ardennes!” declares Valérie Pécresse, tearing off a chunk of the warm crusty loaf she has just bought at a boulangerie and popping it into her mouth. The centre-right ...

PARIS, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Fifteen years ago, Valerie Pecresse quelled a student uprising over her university reforms with the same blend of consensus-building politics and reformist mettle that she ...

PARIS, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Valerie Pecresse, a moderate conservative who has described herself as '1/3 Thatcher, 2/3 Merkel', will go into a runoff as favourite to be picked as the centre-right Les ...

Valérie Pécresse, the center-right candidate in April’s presidential election, has adopted the vocabulary of the far right when discussing immigration. By Norimitsu Onishi PARIS — As president, the ...

Valerie Pecresse, a veteran politician who served as minister under former President Nicolas Sarkozy, will go into a runoff as favourite to be picked as the centre-right Les Republicains' candidate in ...