Emmanuel Macron

French Election Reactions: Left Calls for Unity, RN Gloats

This Is Beirut, 30/06 21:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN) party, Jordan Bardella, said Sunday he wanted to be the "prime minister of all French" if his party wins an absolute majority in the second round of elections. "The French people have handed down a clear verdict," Bardella, 28, said after his party came out on top in the first round of the ...

France's Leftist New Popular Front Leads in Overseas Departments

This Is Beirut, 30/06 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The provisional results of the first round of the French legislative elections in Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana have been released. They place the Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) in the lead in these overseas departments, despite a breakthrough by the Rassemblement National (RN). In Martinique, no candidate managed to secure an absolute ...

Le Drian’s Next Visit Pending Progress on Presidential Election

This Is Beirut, 25/06 13:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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French presidential envoy, Jean-Yves Le Drian carried out his latest visit to Lebanon on May 28-29 at the sole request of President Emmanuel Macron, according to a diplomatic source. “Le Drian, actually, did not want to come to Beirut as there was nothing new regarding the presidential elections and no change in political positions,” the ...

Macron and Abdullah II Warn of Catastrophic Escalation in South Lebanon

This Is Beirut, 24/06 23:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron and King Abdullah II of Jordan on Monday stressed the need to support efforts to restore calm to the border between Lebanon and Israel, and to bolster stability in the Land of the Cedars. Over lunch at the Élysée Palace, they warned against a "conflagration that would be catastrophic for the region" if the ...

Macron Warns Far-Right, Hard-Left Policies Could Lead to ‘Civil War'

This Is Beirut, 24/06 22:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Emmanuel Macron on Monday warned that the policies of his far-right and hard-left opponents could lead to "civil war" as France prepared for its most divisive election in decades. French politics were plunged into turmoil by Macron calling snap legislative elections after his centrist party was trounced by the far-right National Rally ...

Macron Pledges to 'Act' Until End of Second Term

This Is Beirut, 23/06 22:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Amid promises of "change," Emmanuel Macron and his team assured on Sunday that governance will be more collaborative in case of victory, while the New Popular Front is mired in leadership battles for the prime minister's seat. Despite his camp struggling in the polls, Macron vowed to "act until May 2027," countering suggestions from some ...

European Union Leaders Haggle For Bloc's Top Jobs

This Is Beirut, 17/06 23:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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European Union leaders huddled in Brussels on Monday to thrash out how to divide up the bloc's top jobs, with early signals putting Ursula von der Leyen on track for a second term as chief of the powerful European Commission. Far-right gains in EU-wide elections in early June, which triggered snap polls and political upheaval in France, appear to ...

France's Election Campaign Starts, Macron Encounters Obstacles

This Is Beirut, 17/06 21:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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France began a frantically short election campaign Monday, with President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance facing an uphill struggle to avoid a new defeat at the hands of the far right. Macron called the snap parliamentary elections three years early in a dramatic gamble to shake up politics in France, after the far right trounced his ...

France Braces for Frenetic Campaign as Mbappé Strikes at Extremes

This Is Beirut, 16/06 22:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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On Sunday, France was bracing for a frenetic fortnight of election campaigning for snap polls called by President Emmanuel Macron to combat the far right, as star footballer Kylian Mbappé waded into the febrile environment with a warning not to vote for extremes. Candidates had until 4 PM GMT to register for the 577 seats in the lower house ...

Gallant Rules Out Macron’s Initiative

This Is Beirut, 14/06 17:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant rejected on Friday the initiative presented by French President Emmanuel Macron in which France, along with the US and Israel, formed a contact group to work on defusing tensions on the southern Lebanese border. “While we are fighting a just war in defense of our people, France adopts anti-Israeli ...

European Elections: A Different Perspective

Rami Rayess, 14/06 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Since the announcement of the European parliamentary election results, there has been a surge of political and non-political analyses to understand their anticipated impact on the "old" continent and their implications for the future European trajectory. These concerns were amplified by the swift and surprising move by French President Emmanuel ...

Macron Asks Backing from All "Able to Say No to Extremes"

This Is Beirut, 12/06 13:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron called Wednesday for backing from people "able to say no to extremes" in snap elections he called after a European poll battering. "I hope that when the time comes, men and women of goodwill who have been able to say no to the extremes will come together... will put themselves in a position to build a shared, ...

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