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France's 'Republicans' Back Alliance with Far-Right 'National Rally'

par This Is Beirut, 11/06 16:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The leader of France's right-wing Republicans (LR) on Tuesday backed an alliance in snap legislative elections with the far-right National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen. "We need to have an alliance while remaining ourselves — an alliance with the RN and its candidates," Eric Ciotti told TF1 television, setting out a position set to be hugely ...

Ex-French President Hollande Runs in Parliamentary Elections

par This Is Beirut, 15/06 14:27 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Former French president François Hollande announced on Saturday his candidacy for the legislative elections in Corrèze under the banner of the Nouveau Front Populaire, while a crisis has erupted within La France Insoumise (LFI) over nomination disputes. Former French President François Hollande is standing as a candidate for the legislative ...

France Braces for Frenetic Campaign as Mbappé Strikes at Extremes

par 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 ...

Possible Scenarios in French Parliamentary Elections

par This Is Beirut, 19/06 10:28 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Absolute or relative majority? Government coalition or institutional deadlock? Who will be Prime Minister? In France, suspense hangs over the consequences of the parliamentary elections on June 30 and July 7, although some are already putting forward their views on the various scenarios. Absolute Majority This is the clearest hypothesis from an ...

France Goes to the Polls, in High-Stakes Parliamentary Elections

par This Is Beirut, 30/06 10:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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France heads to the polls, on Sunday, in a high-stakes election, that sees the far-right National Rally party on the cusp of power. French people voted on Sunday in the first round of high-stakes snap parliamentary elections which could alter France's trajectory and see the far-right party of Marine Le Pen take power in a historic ...

France's Leftist New Popular Front Leads in Overseas Departments

par 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 ...

Turnout in French Election Up Sharply From 2022

par This Is Beirut, 30/06 18:45 - Reading : less than a minute

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Turnout in France's snap parliamentary elections on Sunday was 59.39% at 5:00 PM (1500 GMT), the Interior Ministry said, some 20 points higher than at the same stage in the last such polls in 2022. This would equate to a final turnout of 67.5-69.7% when polling stations close this evening, according to projections by several polling ...

French Far-Right Wins Election First Round, Macron Alliance Third

par This Is Beirut, 30/06 21:07 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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France's far right won the first round of pivotal legislative elections on Sunday with the centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron coming in only third behind the left after the highest turnout in over four decades, estimates said. But it remained unclear if the far-right National Rally (RN) party of Marine Le Pen would win an absolute ...

Jordan Bardella, the Spoiled Child of Le Pen

par This Is Beirut, 30/06 22:27 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Jordan Bardella, 28 years old and ever closer to Matignon since the National Rally (RN)'s success in the first round of legislative elections, has established himself as the poster child and embodiment of LePenism without even bearing the name. Since the dissolution announcement, he has tried his hand at three-piece suits, whose austerity should ...

Isolated Macron Stung by French Voters’ ‘Revenge'

par This Is Beirut, 30/06 23:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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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 ...

French Voters Turn Out in Number as Far Right Eyes Power

par This Is Beirut, 07/07 17:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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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 ...

France Says No to Far-Right, Which Ends Up Third

par This Is Beirut, 07/07 21:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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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, ...

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