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Quick View – Contents France has unveiled its new government, led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier. The country had been plunged into chaos after a…
“Barnier’s cabinet is likely to reassure the business world. … First in terms of method: the prime minister is consulting experts widely and has undertaken to continue doing so in preparation for his government policy statement. This marks the beginning of a culture of compromise that is quite foreign to France. And secondly in the choice of personnel: there are few or no big names in this team, but the ministers are experts in their fields and will be careful not to break with the dynamic created over the past seven years. … With the cast, the method and the direction now set, the 2025 budget will be the acid test.”
“If you zoom out of France and look at the whole of Europe, you see that by appointing Michel Barnier as prime minister the once moderate Emmanuel Macron has brought his country into line with many of its neighbours. On the same weekend, the AfD only narrowly lost to the SPD in the Brandenburg elections. … In Belgium, a poll published on Saturday showed a Flanders that is further to the right in its voting preferences than ever before – Vlaams Belang is on form. … Above all, these events mark the end of a week in which the new EU Commission has been dominated by the right.”
France on the verge of naming new government France is on the verge of unveiling a new government, with the final decision awaiting approval from…
France’s Macron won’t name leftist prime minister, prolonging political crisis French President Emmanuel Macron ruled out naming a prime minister from the leftist New Popular…
Macron rules out leftist PM as ongoing government crisis continues French President Emmanuel Macron has refused to accept a government led by the left-wing New…
Macron says he won’t name government until after Olympics French President Emmanuel Macron announced he won’t appoint a new government until after the Paris Olympics,…
France elections: How likely is a far-right victory? France is voting in the second and final round of parliamentary elections today and the second-largest EU…
France’s Marine Le Pen says absolute majority still possible for far right French far-right National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen on Thursday said her…
French election candidates withdraw in bid to block far right As the deadline for candidate declarations in the French elections passed on Tuesday, numerous left…
France election 2024: Far right France election results – Le Pen’s National Rally party looks to make history France is voting in a parliamentary election…
In a televised address from the Élysée Palace, Macron acknowledged the voters’ message and emphasised the need for “a clear majority in serenity and harmony” to counter the far-right’s progress.
During his visit to police headquarters in the capital, Nouméa, on Thursday, President Macron acknowledged the challenging days and weeks ahead but assured that Paris would “go until the end” to restore order.
Breaking – Huge manhunt in France after two prison officers killed in van attack At least two French prison officers have been killed in an…
French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe must escape from its self-imposed naivety or face the risk of dying. In a speech on the EU, he said Europe must react fast to survive in a changing world. “We need to be lucid, and recognise that our Europe is mortal. It can die. It all depends on the choices we make, and those choices need to be made now,” he said.
Passengers waiting for a train in Lyon on February 17, 2024, may soon have a new and exciting option for their travels. The long-awaited “rail…
As the June 9 European elections draw near, the presidential coalition finds itself facing a significant challenge as they trail far behind the far-right Rassemblement…
French President Emmanuel Macron and president of France’s Assemblée Nationale Yael Braun-Pivet paid a moving tribute at the Maison d’Izieu memorial to the deported Jewish…
President Emmanuel Macron hailed the decision as a source of “French pride” that had sent a “universal message”.
Abortion has been legal in France since 1974 but pressure has grown to further cement it in law.
France’s Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected several measures in a divisive new immigration law that critics call inhumane, in a new blow to President Emmanuel Macron and his government.
Tens of thousands of people marched in the streets of cities across France on Sunday to call on President Emmanuel Macron not to sign into law tough new legislation on immigration that they say bears the footprint of the far right and betrays French values.
Breaking: Emmanuel Macron picks Attal, 34, as France’s youngest PM France’s next prime minister is set to be Gabriel Attal, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks…
French President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Sunday that 2024 will be a year of French pride and hope, marked by the Paris Olympic Games and the re-opening of Notre-Dame Cathedral, in his traditional New Year’s Eve address from the Élysée Palace in the French capital.