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Emmanuel Macron, the man who once described his leadership style as Jupiterian now resembles Icarus, after he played with political fire and got burnt.
Gabriel Attal urges tactical voting in second round to keep party from forming country’s first far-right government
French voters propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty, according to polling projections.
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is trying to outmaneuver rivals that are pulling out well-worn tricks to keep the far-right out of power in the final round of legislative elections on Sunday.
French left and centrists pull candidates from run-off vote in attempt to block far right on linkedin (opens in a new window)
Squeezed by the far-right National Rally party and the left, President Emmanuel Macron faces a country that may prove ungovernable.
Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party scored historic gains to win the first round of France's parliamentary election on Sunday, official results showed, but the final result will depend on days of horsetrading before next week's run-off.
Bloomberg News analysis reveals that 83% of France’s municipalities increased support two fold for the National Rally and allies since 2017.
Max Bergmann, director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and the Stuart Center on Northern European Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the French election and how the vote suggested a real rejection of Emmanuel Macron.
The second, and final, round of votes will be held on July 7. Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) party led voting after the first round of France's surprise general election on Sunday, Ministry of Interior data showed.
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is facing a bigger barrier to forming France’s next government after rivals maneuvered to reduce the number of three-way races that would favor her far-right party in the final round of the legislative elections.
When the screens flashed up news of his decisive victory over Marine Le Pen, there were cheers from the assembled guests. Seven years later, Le Pen’s Rassemblement National has just won the largest share of the vote in the first round of French legislative elections and Macron’s party has been trounced.
It was a defining moment in Marine Le Pen’s painstaking bid to “de-demonise” her party. As the National Rally leader was about to deliver a speech at her party’s traditional May 1 march in 2015, her estranged father took to the stage.
Marine Le Pen is seeking support from beyond her far-right National Rally party that would allow her to govern even if she falls short of an absolute majority in Sunday’s legislative election.Most Rea
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Marine Le Pen is seeking support beyond her far-right National Rally party that would allow her to govern even if she falls short of an absolute majority as mainstream parties pull candidates from Sunday’s runoff election to block her from taking control.
Not for the first time in French politics, nothing is entirely clear after an election. The first round of the contest for the National Assembly on Sunday brought about a heavy defeat for Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party leaving the National Rally (RN) in a position to secure a majority.
Werner Mueller thinks a series of lucky breaks masked the essential incoherence of the French president's political project.
Projections of Sunday's vote showed that National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, got some 34% of the vote, followed by a coalition of left-wing parties, which got 29%. President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party,
The Palais Bourbon, where the National Assembly meets, is a grand and historic part of France’s civic infrastructure. When Jean-Luc Mélenchon pointedly removed his tie to enter its chamber one day in 2017,
After the first round of France's election, behind-the-scenes horse trading is taking place. Marine Le Pen’s far-right party may soon control parliament. Its opponents say they would fight back.
In the first round of France’s legislative elections, Marine Le Pen’s conservative Rassemblement National party leads with 33.2 percent of the vote, followed by the left-leaning Nouveau Front Populaire with 28 percent.
Le Pen’s advantage is seen as a positive development for Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and ECR’s role in the EU, according to Italian media.
Analysts warn that the far-right National Rally's success may challenge relations between Paris and Berlin and complicate Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s agenda.
Withdrawals and tactical voting suggest there’s still a lot to play for in the second round of France's legislative elections next Sunday.
Marine Le Pen was surrounded by supporters on Sunday, 30 June, as she celebrated her National Rally (RN) taking a lead in France's first round of parliamentary elections. The far-right leader's party won 33 per cent of the vote while current president Emmanuel Macron's Together coalition came in third place on 20 per cent,
Violent protests have erupted in Paris against Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally, which made historic gains in France's parliamentary election. Thousands of people gathered in the Place de la Republique after first-round legislative elections on Sunday saw National Rally (RN) win.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance and the left-wing New Popular Front are weighing whether to pull candidates from the second round of the legislative election on Sunday to keep the ascendant far-right National Rally out of power.
Rassemblement National is likely to secure over 33% of the vote according to an Ipsos poll, followed by the left wing New Popular Front at around 28%. Will the far-right Rassemblement's political opponents now cooperate effectively?
Marine Le Pen declared her party had “practically wiped out” Emmanuel Macron after winning the first round of voting in the French election.