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Jul 7, 2024 · On June 9, French President Emmanuel Macron took a gamble that took most political experts by surprise. Following a crushing defeat in European Parliament elections that saw France’s far-right...
Jul 7, 2024 · “I threw my live grenade at their feet” is how French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly saw his call for snap elections after a stinging far-right victory in June’s European elections.
Jul 1, 2024 · As we have been reporting, the National Rally came top in an unprecedented victory leaving President Emmanuel Macron to join together with political opponents of France's hard-right to try to...
Macron became the first president of France to win a re-election bid since Jacques Chirac won in 2002. In the first round, Macron took the lead with 27.9% of votes, followed by Le Pen with 23.2%, Jean-Luc Mélenchon of La France Insoumise with 22%, and Éric Zemmour of Reconquête with 7.1%.
French President Emmanuel Macron has voted in high-stakes legislative elections that could force him to share power with the rising far right. Macron called the surprise vote after the anti-immigration, nationalist National Rally made huge gains in the June 9 European elections, taking a huge gamble that French voters would block the far-right ...
Jul 7, 2024 · Five of France’s main polling institutes project that the left-wing New Popular Front will be the largest bloc with roughly 170 to 200 seats. President Macron’s centrist coalition will have ...
Apr 25, 2022 · Emmanuel Macron has won five more years as France's president after a convincing victory over rival Marine Le Pen, who nevertheless secured the far right's highest share of the vote yet. He won...
Apr 24, 2022 · April 24, 2022. PARIS — Emmanuel Macron won a second term as president of France, triumphing on Sunday over Marine Le Pen, his far-right challenger, after a campaign where his promise of...
Apr 24, 2022 · PARIS — Emmanuel Macron won a second term as president of France, triumphing on Sunday over Marine Le Pen, his far-right challenger, after a campaign where his promise of stability prevailed over...
Apr 24, 2022 · PARIS—French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected Sunday, according to projections based on early ballot counts, overcoming deep divisions among voters worried about inflation and...
