France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said he would maintain the current centrist caretaker government through the end of the Paris Olympics to avoid “disorder”. His remarks came just after the leftist New Popular Front (NFP) bloc, which won the
French parliamentarians at the National Assembly on Thursday re-elected Yaël Braun-Pivet as the chamber’s speaker following snap legislative elections that failed to give any party a majority. The vote for parliament’s new president, a role that has taken on increasing importance
Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigrant National Rally led a first round of voting on Sunday in exceptionally high-stakes elections that could put France’s government in the hands of a far-right party for the first time since World War II. President Emmanuel
French President Emmanuel Macron shocked France when he called an election earlier this month Two neighbouring countries are approaching elections that were called out of the blue. Both have governments that are expected to fall. In both countries political tensions
French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday he would “act until May 2027”, the end of his second term, regardless of who wins the snap parliamentary elections he called. French President Emmanuel Macron on June 23, 2024 maintained that he would
French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling early legislative elections, setting off a political earthquake after his party suffered a humbling defeat at the hands of the far right in elections for the
French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that he wanted Kyiv’s EU accession talks to start “by the end of the month” as he hosted Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky for discussions in Paris. Macron added that he wanted to “finalise” the
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday is set to address the French parliament. His speech comes a day after world leaders marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in World War II, and after French President Emmanuel Macron announced
French President Emmanuel Macron lands in Germany on Sunday for a three-day state visit followed by a bilateral cabinet meeting as the European Union’s two biggest powers seek to show unity ahead of next month’s EU parliamentary elections. File photo:
President Emmanuel Macron arrived in riot-hit New Caledonia, having crossed the globe by plane in a high-profile show of support for the French Pacific archipelago wracked by deadly unrest and where Indigenous people have long sought independence from France. French