Jean Lassalle is a big personality and has been involved in French politics since 1977, but he failed to make a dent during the last presidential election. 66-year-old Jean Lassalle has been an MP for ...

IF IT takes 3m French street protesters to overturn a law, how many does it take to stop a factory relocating? Answer: one—but he has to be a member of parliament and on hunger strike. This form of ...

A French politician was left red-faced after accidentally holding up a passenger train by parking his car on a level crossing that he’d inaugurated two years previously. Jean Lassalle, an independent ...

Here is a look at all the hopefuls — from Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo to ruralist Jean Lassalle — and the frontrunners Emmanuel ...

Jean Lassalle, a centre-right Modem deputy, rounded up an eight-month long trek spanning 5.000 km, to gauge the extent of voter apathy. His analysis is brutal. After visiting 1.500 towns and 18 ...