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Five Key Takeaways from the 2024 EU Elections

par This Is Beirut, 10/06 13:07 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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At a glance, here are the five key takeaways from Sunday's European Union elections. Far-right parties made striking gains in European Union elections on Sunday, while the ultimate losers were French President Emmanuel Macron -- and the Greens. Here are five takeaways from the vote which saw Europe's centrist political groups emerge relatively ...

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 ...

Legislative Elections: Could a Left Popular Front Govern France?

par Marie de La Roche Saint-André, 12/06 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Following President Macron’s abrupt dissolution of the National Assembly, the French Left has rallied together. Their goal: to thwart the far-right’s surge in the wake of the National Rally’s significant success in the European elections, a success that could be further strengthened by allying with certain Republicans. Shortly after the ...

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

par 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, ...

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 ...

Macron Asks French PM to Remain in a Caretaker Capacity

par This Is Beirut, 08/07 15:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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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 ...

Political Variations

par Charles Chartouni, 15/07 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The latest elections in France unveiled the evolving political chasms, the growing political and constitutional discrepancies and the systemic exclusions aimed at hobbling the National Rally (NR), and perpetuating the stigmas and the ostracism against this political formation. Ten million political voters are discounted from the French political ...

Macron to Clarify Post-Election Plans and Olympic Truce

par This Is Beirut, 23/07 14:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron will break his silence on Tuesday to clarify his intentions after the legislative elections and define the “Olympic and political truce” he is invoking, in the face of a left that is still clamoring to govern despite its divisions and a right that is proposing an a minima agreement. Accused by his opponents of ...

France's Macron Calls for 'Restraint' in Middle East

par This Is Beirut, 05/08 20:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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France's President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he had spoken to the leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia and all three had urged "restraint" to avoid an escalation in the Middle East. "I have spoken to President Mohamed bin Zayed and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the situation in the Middle East. We call on all actors to be ...

Macron Begins Thorny Consultations on New Government

par This Is Beirut, 23/08 12:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron is beginning a round of thorny consultations on Friday with political leaders, hoping to cobble together a viable ruling coalition after last month's inconclusive election. A full six weeks after a snap election in which Macron lost his parliamentary majority, he has still not named a new prime minister, whose ...

France's Macron Accelerates Efforts to Break PM Deadlock

par This Is Beirut, 02/09 12:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday intensified efforts to find a new prime minister after almost two months of deadlock following inconclusive legislative elections, hosting two former presidents and two potential candidates. France has been without a permanent government since the July 7 legislative polls where the left formed the ...

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