Opinion | France Is in a Deep, Deep Hole
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Opinion | France Is in a Deep, Deep Hole

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines François Bayrou, France’s fourth prime minister in a year, knew he had trouble ahead. In his inaugural speech in December, he acknowledged “all kinds of difficulties”: a debt mountain, political strife and, alarmingly, “the splintering of society itself.” So far, he’s at least…

Far-Right Leaders Rally in Spain to ‘Make Europe Great Again’
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Far-Right Leaders Rally in Spain to ‘Make Europe Great Again’

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Since taking office, President Trump has threatened European countries’ security and economies, angled to take control of Greenland, and promised to “definitely” slap the nations with tariffs. Even parties that would seem to be his natural allies are nervous. Some have quietly tiptoed…

France Far-Right Party Embraces Jean-Marie Le Pen as a Visionary
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France Far-Right Party Embraces Jean-Marie Le Pen as a Visionary

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For years, France’s main far-right party tried to distance itself from the long trail of inflammatory and derogatory comments made by Jean-Marie Le Pen, its founding president. His daughter, who took the party reins in 2011, kicked him out. It changed its name,…

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Rabble-Rousing Leader of French Far Right, Dies at 96
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, Rabble-Rousing Leader of French Far Right, Dies at 96

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founding father of France’s modern political far-right who built a half-century career on rants of barely disguised racism, antisemitism and neo-Nazi propaganda, has died. He was 96. His death was confirmed on X by Jordan Bardella, the current president…