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Marine Le Pen’s National Rally hopes polishing its act will deliver victory

July 12, 2024 admin

After a shock defeat in France’s legislative elections, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) will double down on weeding out problematic candidates to counter successful efforts by mainstream parties to block the far right from power. Polls had suggested the RN would secure the most seats in the snap two-round election, which French President Emmanuel…

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Emmanuel Macron Says France Will Continue To Support Ukraine “As Long As Necessary”

July 11, 2024 admin

Macron said that France will continue to support Ukraine “as long as necessary.” Washington: US President Joe Biden was “in charge” and on top of matters at a NATO summit with fellow leaders in Washington, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday. “I was able to talk with President Biden at length yesterday at dinner,” Macron…

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France’s unions call for strikes to pressure Macron into allowing leftist coalition government

July 11, 2024 admin

File picture of CGT union secretary general Sophie Binet. File | Photo Credit: AP With just 15 days before the start of the Olympic Games in Paris, a leader of a major French union on July 11 called for mass strikes to pressure President Emmanuel Macron into “respecting the results” of recent legislative elections and…

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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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