Libération (Paris)

According to French leftist paper Libération "Spring is in the air" - this refers to the progress made by socialist candidates in the local elections.  The Sociality Party may not have received the tidal wave of support it was hoping for, but the article points out it should be happy it has managed to destabilize the ruling UMP party to a certain extent.  The paper says this may have been partly down to the fact the socialists had a joker card to play with - President Nicolas Sarkozy himself!  Sarkozy's recent bad press and the country's economic slowdown encouraged some voters to publish [sic - punish] his party in the local elections.  

Figaro (Paris)

Right-wing paper Le Figaro publishes an article pointing out that while the socialists made progress the UMP party did better than expected in the elections.  There was no sudden come back from the left and there is still a long way to go.  The paper likens the elections to a football game, explaining some of Sarkozy's supporters may well have wanted to issue him with a warning - or a yellow card.  This doesn't mean, however, they've changed their political tendencies and they are unlikely to go all the way in the second round of voting, giving him a red card.

http://www.france24.com/en/press-review/734980

They have some quite extended debates on important issues with left and right represented. What I like about it is that unlike BBCworld, there is far less about business and sport and a lot more on culture in general. Thus it might be a welcome change for US viewers and seem more "European" :-)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.