"I'd say I am one-third Thatcher, two-thirds Merkel, meaning I'm a woman who reforms, I'm a woman who directs, I'm a benevolent woman, who respects the French people, who is used to social dialogue." ...

PARIS (AP) — A conservative politician vying to become France’s first female leader is hoping to boost her declining fortunes in the campaign so far with her first major rally. Less than 60 days from ...

Valerie Pecresse describes herself as part Angela Merkel, part Margaret Thatcher. She is attempting to unseat French President Emmanuel Macron in April's voting there. But as NPR's Eleanor Beardsley ...

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 ...

PARIS (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 believes ...