David Cameron was hailed as a "brilliant friend" of France by Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP Party, despite being at loggerheads with the president over the European Union.

David Cameron may be talking about a new relationship with France, but let’s hope the Conservatives do better than Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP, which suffered a heavy defeat in local and regional elections, with a Socialist-led opposition alliance taking an estimated 52 percent of the vote. This is bad. At least three of President Sarkozy’s enemies have now made a comeback: the French ...

With only sixty days to go before the European elections, the centre-right UMP party of French President Nicolas Sarkozy is still embroiled in discussions over the composition of its electoral lists. Gender parity and constituency issues, and demands from centrist party allies, are complicating the UMP's choices. EurActiv France reports.

President Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right UMP party suffered a heavy defeat in French regional elections yesterday (21 March). With over 97% of the ballot counted, a Socialist-led opposition alliance took 52% of the vote and the UMP scored just 35%. Opposition candidates won in 21 of France's 22 mainland regions.

DAVID Cameron hailed Britain's enduring relationship with France yesterday when he joined Nicolas Sarkozy in marking the anniversary of a key moment in the Second World

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is a lucky man. He has lost all credibility, but the voters have no political alternative to his right or to his left. The president is currently campaigning for the European elections on a domestic theme, the rise of crime in France, which he promised to combat in earlier campaigns. In normal circumstances, Mr. Sarkozy’s UMP party would lose considerably to ...

Leading defence contractors in Britain and France want Tuesday's summit between David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy to boost bilateral industrial collaboration

The leaders of Britain and France have not spoken since last month when David Cameron blocked a new EU treaty to enforce fiscal discipline

UK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrive in Tripoli, the most senior Western leaders to visit since Muammar Gaddafi was ousted.

Prime Minister David Cameron today said he would not support a referendum on UK membership of the European Union.