Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party scored historic gains to win the first round of France’s parliamentary election on Sunday, exit polls showed, but the final result will depend on days of horsetrading before next week’s run-off. The RN was seen winning around 34 per cent of the vote, exit polls from Ipsos, […]
France’s National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, taking the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron’s centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. The […]
Insights from The Irish Times, Politico, and Euronews The News French President Emmanuel Macron called for a “broad” democratic alliance against the far-right after Marine Le Pen’s National Rally clinched a historic victory in the first round of parliamentary elections. Macron’s centrists are now in a precarious position after they came third, behind a left-wing […]
France’s right-wing National Rally party on Sunday made considerable gains in the country’s first round of elections, putting the centrist President Emmanuel Macron and his supporters on edge. Early projections suggest that the National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, stands a good chance of winning a majority in the lower house of parliament for […]
The far-right scored a major win in the first round of parliamentary elections in France. Marine Le Pen’s National Rally won roughly 34% of the vote, per projections. President Emmanuel Macron called for a snap election in early June in what was a huge gamble. The far-right National Rally has opened up a lead in […]
National Rally is leading in the first round of voting in a high-stakes election that puts France on course for a far-right government for the first time since World War II. Projections by polling agencies suggest that National Rally secured a third of the vote during Sunday’s first round of parliamentary elections. On the opposite […]
Insights from La Dépêche du Midi, Le Figaro, and Bloomberg The News France’s far-right National Rally party dominated in the first round of legislative elections, receiving about 34% of the vote compared to about 20% for President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance, according to exit polls by Ipsos-Talan for France Télévisions and Radio France. Runoff elections […]
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank for International Settlements warned on Sunday that rising government debt levels amid a number of major elections this year could roil global financial markets. Dubbed the central bankers’ central bank, the BIS said the world economy was now on course for the “smooth landing” that many economists […]
Elections supervisor wrong for the job The developer puppet, Supervisor of Elections James Satcher, spells big trouble for Manatee County. He is disenfranchising voters and politicizing his role − and he has only been in the position a couple of months. He recently followed the authoritarian playbook by not allowing an election for one of the open […]
The first round of elections to France’s National Assembly are being held on Sunday, with President Emmanuel Macron seeking to increase the relative majority currently held in the lower house by his centrist movement. Polling booths open at 8 am (0600 GMT), with 49.3 million people eligible to vote. Voting in a number of overseas […]
The French will go to the polls on Sunday to elect new parliamentary representatives following the surprise dissolution of the National Assembly by President Emmanuel Macron three weeks ago. Macron’s shock decision to take the risky gamble followed the resounding defeat of his centrist government by the far right at the elections to the European […]
Polling booths opened on Sunday morning for the first round of elections to France’s National Assembly, with President Emmanuel Macron seeking to increase the relative majority currently held in the lower house by his centrist movement. Some 49.3 million people are eligible to vote. Voting in a number of overseas territories has already started. Macron […]