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French parties scramble to gather allies after inconclusive results

July 9, 2024 admin

A coalition on the left that came together unexpectedly ahead of France’s snap elections won the most parliamentary seats in the vote, according to polling projections. The surprise projections put President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance in second and the far right in third. | Photo Credit: AP French parties sought to project strength and gather…

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Macron refuses French Prime Minister’s resignation after chaotic election results

July 8, 2024 admin

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron. | Photo Credit: AP French President Emmanual Macron refused the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister, asking him on July 8 to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the government in limbo. French voters split the legislature…

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France President Emmanuel Macron to start efforts to extract from severe political uncertainty

July 8, 2024 admin

France’s President Emmanuel Macron takes a selfie photograph with supporters after casting his vote in the second round of France’s legislative election at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on July 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP President Emmanuel Macron on July 8 was to start efforts to extract France from its most…

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Disaster Averted, Emmanuel Macron Still Faces Big Challenge Ahead

July 7, 2024 admin

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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French leftists win most seats in elections, pollsters say; far right falls to third

July 7, 2024 admin

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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Voters in France’s overseas territories kick off a pivotal parliamentary election

July 6, 2024 admin

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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Emmanuel Macron Urges Benjamin Netanyahu To Prevent Israel-Hezbollah “Conflagration”

July 2, 2024 admin

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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200 candidates quit French runoff election, aiming to block far right

July 2, 2024 admin

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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Macron aims to thwart French far right in election runoff

July 1, 2024 admin

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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Setback For Macron As French Far Right Wins First Round In France Election

July 1, 2024 admin

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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