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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…
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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Olivier Faure, First Secretary of the Socialist Party | Photo Credit: AP The French left will choose a candidate for prime minister from within their victorious electoral coalition within the week, Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure said on July 8. Also Read: An overview of the French elections | Explained Mr. Faure’s socialists are one…
French Government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot leaves following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Just days before a high-stakes legislative election, French government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot was attacked on the campaign trail, officials said on July 4. Ms. Thevenot, a candidate for the Macron-led…
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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