Far-Left Rhetoric as France Snap Election Looms
France’s left-wing leader defended slogans against killing police and made threats himself, ahead of the first round of early parliamentary elections that carry huge risks for President Emmanuel Macron. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the left-wing leader and most visible face of the New Popular Front (NFP) coalition, which draws everyone from pro-European centrists to pure-blooded communists, laughed […]
Tour de France 2024: stage one from Florence to Rimini – live | Tour de France 2024
Important Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Richard Cutler emailed me the following prediction: The truth is, I have no idea, but someone in my Velogames group predicts that Mathieu van der Poel will win today and probably keep his yellow card for a week. I have a 10p […]
The 7 critical stages in the 2024 Tour de France
The Tour de France is a 21-day race, excluding two rest days, so we encourage you to watch as much of it as you can, but understand that spending three weeks in midsummer watching guys in lycra bikes through towns with names like Gignac, Mino and Chorges (yes, these are all real towns) can be […]
‘Mother of all battles’: French left join forces to beat far-right electoral threat | France
TPosters on the streets of Montreuil, east of Paris, still flutter in the breeze, days after the stages, microphones and politicians who gathered to inaugurate France’s new government have left. Here, from the smoldering ashes of a domestically bickering left, an anti-far-right coalition has risen. The New Popular Front (NFP) is a nervous coalition of […]
France stall against Netherlands and Austria on the up – Football Daily | Football
Rate, review and share Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audio Boom, Mix Cloud, cast and Stitcherand join the conversation Facebook, twitter and email. On today’s podcast, France and Holland play out in the first goalless draw of the Euros after a VAR decision disallowed a winning goal from Barry’s favourite, Xavi Simons. The panel discusses that decision […]
Netherlands v France: Euro 2024 latest – live | Euro 2024
Important Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature What are your expectations?If you have any thoughts, hopes or concerns, please email us. share Cesc FabregasWayne Rooney and Big Alan Shearer join Gary Lineker in BBC Studios tonight and there’s sure to be plenty of insight. Cesc Fabregas: Chatting away. Photo: […]
France captain Kylian Mbappé urges vote against rising ‘extremes’ in election | Euro 2024
Kylian Mbappe found himself at the centre of political turmoil in his country on the eve of France’s opening match of Euro 2024, describing the tumultuous events in his home country as a key moment in French history. The usual question about what threat Austria poses in the Group D match in Duesseldorf was not […]
France elections: unpopular ex-president François Hollande to run for parliament again | France
France’s former Socialist President Francois Hollande said on Saturday he intends to run again in parliamentary elections, the latest political development following his successor Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call surprise parliamentary elections. The victory of the French far right in the European elections and President Macron’s dissolution of Parliament rapidly reshaped the landscape of French […]
Biden lays wreath in US cemetery in France in trip that served as a rebuke to Trump
President Biden concluded his five-day visit to France on Sunday with a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Military Cemetery, where more than 2,200 U.S. soldiers who fought in World War I are buried. Biden laid a wreath at the gravestone of a U.S. soldier in a solemn ceremony remembering those who sacrificed their lives in […]
EU elections: significant far-right gains in Germany and France, exit polls show | European parliamentary elections 2024
As data trickled in before official results were announced late Sunday, exit polls showed far-right parties in France and Germany made impressive gains in the European Parliament elections. The success of the far-right in the EU’s two largest member states has exceeded expectations of Italy’s far-right Brothers of Italy party, led by Prime Minister Giorgia […]