Mass exit aims to deny parliamentary wins in final vote that could give far right first government since World War II. France’s left-wing and centrist parties have withdrawn hundreds of candidates from Sunday’s parliamentary elections, in a move aimed at thwarting the formation of the country’s first far-right government since…
French authorities have detained two leading arthouse film directors, Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, over accusations of sexual abuse, as a renewed #MeToo reckoning rocks France’s film industry. Jacquot, 77, and Doillon, 80, arrived at a Paris police station on Monday morning, accompanied by their lawyers, according to the AFP…
NewsFeed French President Emmanuel Macron’s high-stakes gamble has backfired with the far right surging to their first electoral victory since World War Two. Here’s what you need to know about the National Rally and its president, Jordan Bardella, who could become prime minister. Published On 1 Jul 20241 Jul 2024…
France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party holds a clear lead in the first round of the country’s snap parliamentary elections, according to exit polls. Pollsters IFOP, Ipsos, OpinionWay and Elabe projected Marine Le Pen’s RN winning around 34 percent of votes, while the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) coalition was…
Authorities say hundreds evacuated as torrential rains cause flooding and landslides. Ferocious storms and torrential rains that lashed France, Switzerland and Italy this weekend have killed seven people, local authorities have said. Three people in their 70s and 80s died in France’s northeastern Aube region on Saturday when a tree…
France has been gripped by two events that are happening in the coming weeks. One is the Summer Olympic Games in Paris. The other is the snap election called by President Emmanuel Macron after Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party made huge gains in European elections. With Macron’s Ensemble…
Honourary rally comes a day before France heads to the polls in the first round of the snap elections with racism taking centrestage in the vote. A year after a French teenager with North African roots was killed by a policeman, his mother led a march to pay homage to…
French voters will cast their ballots on Sunday in the first of two rounds to elect 577 members of the National Assembly, as country looks set to enter a new political era. The elections come after French President Emmanuel Macron called for a snap vote triggered by a crushing defeat…
Jordan Bardella has a smile and a selfie for everyone. In regular TikTok posts to his 1.3 million followers, the far-right leader gunning for France’s prime minister spot appears as an amicable politician alongside jubilant supporters. The 28-year-old frontman of the far-right National Rally (RN), alongside firebrand politician Marine Le…
NewsFeed A viral AI-generated music video telling foreigners in France to ‘return home’ is receiving criticism and praise just days ahead of the country’s snap elections. Rights groups have filed a criminal complaint but far-right French politicians are using the song to spread their anti-immigration policies. Published On 28 Jun…
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