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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 ...

Macron Pledges to 'Act' Until End of Second Term

par 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 ...

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 ...

200 Candidates Quit French Runoff, Aiming to Block Far Right

par This Is Beirut, 02/07 19:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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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 ...

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, ...

Reactions to French Legislative Elections Results

par This Is Beirut, 07/07 22:07 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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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 ...

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 Accepts French Government Resignation

par This Is Beirut, 16/07 19:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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France's President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal's government, which will now serve only in a caretaker capacity, the presidency said. French politics have been in gridlock since an inconclusive snap election earlier this month, with parties in the National Assembly scrambling to put together ...

Left’s Victory in the UK and France Is 'No Defeat' for the Right

par Tamer El Imad, 16/07 19:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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In early July, the British and French went to the polls to elect new legislatures. Both elections saw a victory for the left, with the Labor Party and New Popular Front (NPF) winning in Britain and France respectively. However, these victories for the left were not defeats for the far right, as many have claimed. The results show a continuation of ...

Macron Won't Name New French PM Until After Olympics

par This Is Beirut, 23/07 23:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, on Tuesday, dismissed a left-wing alliance's push to name a new prime minister after snap elections, saying parties in a fractured parliament must come together to build a broad coalition after the Paris Olympic Games. "Of course we need to be concentrated on the Games until mid-August," Macron told broadcaster ...

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