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Emmanuel Macron faces a number of headaches including a left that now believes it has a mandate to govern Paris: President Emmanuel Macron has avoided his nightmare scenario of the far right coming to power in France but still faces an unprecedented challenge steering his country and the remainder of his presidency through an uncertain…
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Supporters of French far-left opposition party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed – LFI) react after partial results in the second round of the early French parliamentary elections at Place Stalingrad in Paris, France, on July 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A coalition on the left that came together unexpectedly ahead of France’s snap elections…
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A woman enters a voting booth in to cast her vote in the French parliamentary elections. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Voters in France’s overseas territories and living abroad started casting ballots on July 6 in parliamentary run-off elections that could hand an unprecedented victory to the nationalist far right. Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration party…
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Macron also called on Netanyahu to refrain from any “new operation” in Gaza near Rafah or Khan Yunis. Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday urged Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to prevent a “conflagration” between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, during a telephone call between the two leaders. Macron “reiterated his serious concern over…
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A campaigner pastes an election poster of French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) candidate Sandrine Chadournec (C) in Libourne, southwestern France on July 2, 2024, as part of the French legislative elections. | Photo Credit: AFP At least 200 candidates have stood down ahead of France’s runoff election as President Emmanuel Macron and a left-wing coalition…
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France’s President Emmanuel Macron leaves the polling booth prior to cast his vote in the first round of parliamentary elections at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on June 30, 2024. A divided France is voting in high-stakes parliamentary elections that could see the anti-immigrant and eurosceptic party of Marine Le Pen sweep…
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Emmanuel Macron had stunned the nation and baffled even some allies by calling snap polls Paris: France’s far right was on Sunday eyeing a historic chance to form a government and claim the post of prime minister after winning the first round of legislative elections with the centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron coming in…
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Paris: Emmanuel Macron has taken many risks in a political career marked by countless crises but his decision to call snap elections may be one too many, marring his legacy and ushering in an era of extremes. The tremors from Macron dissolving the National Assembly after his centrist party suffered a drubbing in European polls…
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Supporters of Marine Le Pen, French far-right leader and far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally – RN) party candidate, celebrate after partial results in the first round of the early French parliamentary elections, in Henin-Beaumont, France, on June 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party was seen leading the first round…
People queue outside a polling station at the Magenta district before they cast their votes during the first round of France’s crunch legislative elections in Noumea in the first constituency of the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, on June 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Voting got underway in France’s overseas territories on Saturday…
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