French Communist-Socialist Bloc Win After Deal With Macron: Exit Poll
The New Popular Front, a coalition of socialists and communists, won the final vote in hastily called legislative elections by French President Emmanuel Macron, who sided with the far-left in a bid to thwart Marine Le Pen’s populist party. 2040 Update: Far-Left Leader Mélenchon Makes Demands on Macron After winning more seats than any other […]
Whoops! Macron Wipeout in Snap Election he Called, Le Pen Surges
President Emmanuel Macron’s parliamentary faction was completely wiped out in a surprise snap election he called just three weeks ago, leaving Le Pen’s party seeking to almost triple its seats. In France, the first round of voting in the week-long parliamentary elections closed this week. While the actual distribution of seats is not entirely clear, […]
French right in commanding position as ‘fed up’ voters prepare to send Macron message in elections
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FACT CHECK: Did A French Politician Say French President Emmanuel Macron Will Be Arrested?
A post shared on Facebook claims French politician Marine Le Pen said French President Emmanuel Macron will be arrested. Verdict: False The post is inaccurate. It was originally posted by a website known for posting misinformation. Fact Check: Macron has said France could head towards “civil war” if extremists of either side win the country’s […]
Marine Le Pen – or the hard left? Macron has left France’s voters with a ‘scary choice’ | Paul Taylor
IMust choose between plague and cholera: Millions of French voters are anguished at the prospect of having to choose between candidates from Marine Le Pen’s far-right, anti-immigration Rassemblement National party and the plague or cholera. – The runoff parliamentary elections on July 7th were won by the Liberal France party (RN) and Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left […]
French rivals Macron, Le Pen decry Jewish girl’s gang rape as antisemitic attack sends pre-election shockwave
French President Emmanuel Macron and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen both condemned the gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl outside Paris, which authorities classified as an anti-Semitic attack. President Macron said at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday that French schools were being intimidated by “anti-Semitic threats” after a 12-year-old girl complained to police […]
Macron stands by move to dissolve parliament, trigger snap elections
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday defended his decision to call early parliamentary elections following last weekend’s European Parliament elections, in which his centre-right parties suffered a crushing defeat to the right-wing National Rally. Macron argued that voters in the elections he just called would buck current trends and choose so-called “progressives.” “I think the […]
Macron Says he Won’t Resign No Matter What
President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday issued a challenge to the French people and the right-wing populist opposition, calling for early elections to save his leadership and now saying he will not resign even if defeated. France will elect a new parliament on June 30 after a surprisingly short election campaign – just three weeks after […]
Macron Trounced by Populists, Immediately Calls Snap National Election
In Sunday’s European Parliament elections, Le Pen’s populist nationalists won twice as many votes as Emmanuel Macron’s globalist centrist ruling bloc, forcing him to immediately dissolve Parliament and call new French elections in order to regain power for the remainder of his presidency. Updated 2215 BST: Le Pen speaks Shortly after President Macron announced he […]
France’s Macron calls snap legislative elections after party’s defeat in EU vote
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