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 […]
France is holding the first round of early parliamentary elections on Sunday that could bring the country’s first far-right government since Nazi occupation during World War II. The second round is on July 7. The outcome of the vote is highly uncertain. Turnout is unusually high. Three major political blocs are competing: The far-right National […]
Voters across mainland France began casting their ballots on Sunday in the first round of exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist, far-right parties for the first time since the Nazi era. The outcome of the two-round election, which will conclude on July 7, could affect European financial markets, […]
France is holding the first round of an early parliamentary election that could bring the country’s first far-right government since Nazi occupation during the Second World War. The second round is on July 7, and the outcome of the vote remains highly uncertain. Three major political blocs are competing: the far-right National Rally, President Emmanuel […]
PARIS (AP) — Voters across mainland France have begun casting ballots Sunday in the first round of exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist, far-right forces for the first time since the Nazi era. The outcome of the two-round election, which will wrap up July 7, could impact European […]
France is holding the first round of an early parliamentary election on Sunday that could bring the country’s first far-right government since Nazi occupation during World War II. The second round is on July 7, and the outcome of the vote remains highly uncertain. Three major political blocs are competing: The far-right National Rally, President […]
PARIS (AP) — French voters around the world are casting ballots Sunday in the first round of an exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist, far-right forces for the first time since the Nazi era. The outcome of the two-round election, which will wrap up July 7, could impact […]
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin warned on Friday of potential unrest in France following the upcoming parliamentary elections. “On the evening of the first round and no doubt on the evening of the second round when the final results are announced, the ultra-left and ultra-right can take advantage of this to sow a form of […]
IVRY-SUR-SEINE, France (AP) — Amid market stalls heaped with fresh foods, the shopper walked past the young candidate campaigning for votes in France’s high-stakes and torrid legislative election but then paused and doubled back to give Shannon Seban a piece of her mind. What happened next is becoming depressingly familiar for the 28-year-old candidate, who […]
By Dominique Vidalon and Bertrand Boucey PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is confident her party will win an absolute majority in parliament, form a government and impose limits on what President Emmanuel Macron can do to support Ukraine, she said days before voting starts. Macron will remain president after a snap […]
Insights from Time, Jacobin, Politico, and The Financial Times The News French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Monday that either a far-left or far-right victory in the country’s upcoming election could spark “civil war,” accusing both Jean-Luc Melenchon’s France Unbowed and Marine Le Pen’s National Rally of stoking sectarian tensions. Left and right-wing leaders condemned […]
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s far right National Rally (RN) party and its allies are seen leading the first round of the country’s parliamentary elections with 35.5% of the vote, according to a poll published Sunday. The Ipsos survey – conducted for Le Parisien newspaper and Radio France on June 19-20 – showed the left-wing New […]