par This Is Beirut, 23/06 22:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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 ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/06 22:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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 ...
par 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 ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/06 13:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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 ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/06 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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 ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/06 23:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron has taken many risks in a political career marked by countless crises, but his decision to call snap elections may be one too many, marring his legacy and ushering in an era of extremes. The tremors from Macron dissolving the National Assembly after his centrist party suffered a drubbing in European polls remain strong, with even ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/07 19:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
At least 200 candidates stood down ahead of France's runoff election as President Emmanuel Macron and a left-wing coalition seek to block the far right, an AFP tally showed on Tuesday. On Sunday, France votes in the decisive final round of the snap legislative polls Macron called after his camp received a drubbing in European elections last ...
par This Is Beirut, 05/07 19:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's party held onto its lead in opinion polls published Friday ahead of legislative elections, but its chance of wielding an absolute majority was receding. The anti-immigrant, eurosceptic National Rally (RN) remains on course to be the biggest party in parliament after Sunday's second-round vote but is not ...
par This Is Beirut, 07/07 17:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
French voters turned out in number on Sunday for the second round of a historic election that is expected to leave the far right as the biggest force in a deeply divided parliament. At midday, according to interior ministry figures, some 26.63% of voters had turned out for the high-stakes poll — the highest number at that time since 1981. At ...
par This Is Beirut, 07/07 21:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A loose alliance of French left-wing parties thrown together for snap elections was on course Sunday to become the biggest parliamentary bloc and beat the far -right, according to shock projected results. The New Popular Front (NFP) was formed last month after President Emmanuel Macron called snap elections, bringing together socialists, greens, ...
par This Is Beirut, 07/07 22:07 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
According to initial figures, none of the political blocs has won a majority in the French parliamentary elections. The New Popular Front came out on top in the second round of legislative elections on Sunday July 7, ahead of Ensemble-Renaissance and Rassemblement National. Turnout for this second round was 67.1%, the highest since ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/07 15:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal submitted his resignation to Macron on Monday but was asked to remain in power in a caretaker capacity to see out the Olympic Games and reassure the markets that France still has a government. Macron's office said, after the meeting, that the president had thanked Attal for leading the centrist alliance in the ...
