Saturday, September 07, 2024

 
ARROMANCHES-LES-BAINS, FRANCE - JUNE 07, 2024: View of the French national flag in Arromanches-les-Bains, France, on June 07, 2024. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

July 9, 2024 5:16 PM

French left wants to rule but centrists demand a role

said they intended to govern according to their tax-and-spend programme, but centrists laid claim to a role as the left lacks a majority. The unexpected outcome of the snap election has plunged France into uncertainty just before the Paris Olympics,...

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 07: Supporters of the left wing union, New Popular Front, gather at the Place de la Republique on July 7, 2024 in Paris, France following the defeat of the far-right in France's legislative elections. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

July 8, 2024 11:31 AM

France election: Policy paralysis looms as left gains and far right stumbles

France faced a hung parliament and the prospect of taxing negotiations starting Monday to form a government, after a surprise left-wing surge blocked Marine Le Pen's quest to bring the far right to power. The leftist New Popular Front (NFP) emerged ...

PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 30: Voters queue outside a polling station during the first round of parliamentary elections on June 30, 2024 in Paris, France. Today is the first round of legislative elections, with the second vote being held on July 7. The snap election was called by President Macron in response to his party's defeat in the European elections earlier this month. (Photo by Owen Franken - Corbis/Getty Images)

July 4, 2024 12:11 PM

As France votes, Europe holds its breath

When President Emmanuel Macron shocked France last month by calling a snap election, he was gambling with the future of Europe as well as his own country. While much depends on the second round of voting on Sunday, it already seems clear that Macron...

July 3, 2024 4:36 PM

Far-right majority can be avoided, French PM says

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron, said he believed a cross-party bid to deprive Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally of a majority in next Sunday's parliamentary run-off could succeed. Attal was spea...

BAYEUX, FRANCE - JUNE 28: Illustrative photo of a set of French electoral ballots for the first round of the 2024 legislative election distributed to electors in the 5th constituency of Calvados, on June 28, 2024, in Bayeux, Normandy, France. France will hold an early legislative election in two rounds on June 30 and July 7 2024, following President Emmanuel Macrons decision which was triggered by his partys heavy defeat to the far-right National Rally in the 2024 European Parliament election. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

July 1, 2024 12:47 PM

Far-right National Rally wins first round in France election

 Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) party scored historic gains to win the first round of France's parliamentary election, but the final outcome will depend on days of alliance-building before next week's run-off vote. The RN and all...

June 10, 2024 3:47 PM

Euro and French markets roiled by shock Macron election call

The euro tumbled, while French bonds and stocks were hit hard on Monday, following French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to call a snap parliamentary election after being trounced in a European Union vote by the far right. The euro fell 0.5%...

New Delhi, Sept 10 (ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the media during a press conference after G20 Summit, in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI Photo/Mohd Zakir)

June 10, 2024 9:48 AM

French President dissolves country’s parliament after heavy defeat in EU vote, elections on June 30

French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the country's parliament, as well as the National Assembly, calling for snap elections after exit polls showcased his party's heavy loss in European parliamentary elections on Sunday. Preliminary estima...

New Caledonians (Kanaks) of Toulouse are taking to the streets in protest against the constitutional revision of the French Constitution by French President Macron to expand the electorate who can vote in local elections. Kanaks are saying they are already outnumbered by French people coming from the metropole and that the widening launched by Macron will be catastrophic for them. They are explaining this is plain colonialism. Since the vote on the law to widen the electorate, riots are happening in New Caledonia and the French government is sending riot police and military to quell the insurrection there. Five people have already died. In Toulouse, France, on May 18, 2024. (Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

May 26, 2024 11:21 AM

The colonial-era inequalities that fuelled the New Caledonia crisis

French President Emmanuel Macron said on a visit to New Caledonia on Thursday that inequalities had widened on the French-ruled Pacific archipelago and were a driving force in the deadly civil unrest that broke out last week. The island territory is...

May 13, 2024 5:00 PM

Microsoft to invest 4 billion euros in France

Technology and software giant Microsoft will invest 4 billion euros ($4.3 billion) in France as part of the annual 'Choose France' business summit, its president Brad Smith announced on Monday (May 13). "We're going to spend 4-billion euros to build...

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