Trump’s European allies leap to his defense as FBI probes new ‘attempted assassination’
Shooter was just a few hundred meters away from former U.S. president.
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Thousands protest across France after Macron rejects left’s demands
Demonstrations took place in Paris as well as other cities including Nantes, Nice, Marseille and Strasbourg.
‘Charged up’ and ‘busy’ atmosphere in Paris as thousands rally against Macron
The atmosphere in central Paris is “charged up” and “busy” as protesters gather to rally against President Macron and his recent nomination of Michel Barnier as prime minister, FRANCE 24’s Yinka Oyetade said, adding that police are expecting between f…
Macron rejects left’s PM candidate, keeping governance talks stalled
The French president reiterated his refusal to appoint a left-wing government following last month’s snap elections.
French left looks to UK Labour as a model for booting out Mélenchon
France’s centrist socialists are eyeing Britain’s experience of how to purge the hard left.
French left splits again after Mélenchon calls for Macron’s impeachment
Fresh spat in the left-wing New Popular Front alliance is good news for the Macron camp, which hopes to benefit from a fragmented opposition.
Macron to hold consultations next week to form new government
Possible new PMs include left-wing Lucie Castets, former socialist heavyweight Bernard Cazeneuve and conservative Xavier Bertrand.
French prime minister hopefuls line up for post-Olympics race
On your marks, get set, go: The Olympics respite is over and France now has to fix its political crisis.
Democracy in dark times: Hopeful lessons from Greece’s 50-year odyssey
The country’s half-century milestone cements that only democracy and international cooperation can provide solutions to 21st-century challenges.
The French left never had a plan for winning, and it could cost them their victory
If the New Popular Front can’t agree on a prime minister soon, the alliance could fall apart
France is at a historic turning point — and it has been here before
The New Popular Front stands on the cusp of a victory that has the potential to transform the course of French history.
French left suggests former communist MP Huguette Bello for premiership
Following France’s election runoff Sunday which left the lower house of parliament without any overall majority, but a broad alliance – the New Popular Front (NFP) – of Socialists, Communists, Greens and the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) which won th…
France: EU files the left coalition agrees on – and those it could divorce over
The left-wing Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) coalition, the relative winner of France’s snap legislative elections, is set to lead negotiations on a future coalition government but internal disagreements over a few fundamental EU files could test the al…
Macron’s camp plots unlikely comeback amid French election chaos
With no one in charge, the French president’s allies believe anything is possible.
Who could be the next French PM?
The winning left-wing alliance has many options for Prime Minister. None of them will make everyone happy.
Exit poll shows surprise win for leftwing alliance in French election
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally falls into third place, despite strong showing in first round of votingFrench election live – latest updatesA leftwing alliance was on track to become the biggest force in the French parliament on Sunday after tactical vo…
French legislative election: France set to enter prolonged phase of political paralysis — live updates
Following the left’s shock win, no single party or alliance is able to form a majority.
Where’s Macron? French president disappears amid election crisis
Facing a snap election wipeout, Emmanuel Macron’s allies have told him to shut up.
Far right victory leaves left-wing French supporters with bittersweet taste
Left-leaning activists gathered in Paris on election night to protest the National Rally win in the snap legislative election.
Thousands gather in Paris square to protest far-right National Rally party
Anti-far right protests erupted in Paris’s Place de la République Sunday evening where left-wing voters gathered to show support for the New Popular front – an alliance formed between French Socialists, Communists, Greens and France Unbowed party – af…
Jean-Luc Mélenchon will not be PM if left-wing alliance wins majority, Greens candidate says
France Unbowed’s Jean-Luc Mélenchon will not become the next prime minister if the New Front Popular – a left-wing alliance formed between French Socialists, Communists, the greens and the France Unbowed party – wins a majority in the French parliamen…
Trump keeps flip-flopping his policy positions after meeting with rich people
Top CEOs were seen nodding their heads when Trump talked about finding ways to keep American-educated talent at home.
‘Mother of all battles’: French left join forces to beat far-right electoral threat
The Socialists, Greens and Communists have put aside their differences to form a ‘New Popular Front’ The posters strung across the street in Montreuil, east of Paris, were still fluttering in the breeze days after the stage, the microphones and the pol…
French election: Your guide to a vote that is set to shake the EU and NATO
Global strategic and financial consequences hang on the outcome of the June 30 and July 7 ballot — a complex, two-round process that needs some explanation.
Forget the far right. It’s the left that may squeeze Macron out of power.
Macron’s weakened coalition could lose almost all its representation in parliament in the legislative elections, strangling his centrist agenda
Are France’s senior civil servants ready to serve the National Rally?
Senior state officials are wondering what attitude they should adopt if they had to work for a far-right government.
French leftwing parties form ‘Popular Front’ to contest snap election
Socialists, Greens, Communists and France Unbowed to have joint platform with a candidate in every constituency France’s four main leftwing parties have agreed to form a “New Popular Front” (NPF) to contest the snap election, as the far-right leader Ma…
French election descends into madcap reality TV
The French political class is tearing itself apart with feuding and backbiting ahead of this month’s vote.
France’s far-right forces hold talks on teaming up to beat Macron
An alliance with Reconquest would strengthen Marine Le Pen’s National Rally ahead of a snap election.
The French hate Paris. That’s good for the far right.
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party has harnessed the country’s widespread discontent with the elite in the capital.
Roots of Robert Fico’s shooting lie in Slovakia’s bitter divides
Minister fears country is “on the verge of civil war” after attempted assassination.
‘We can be on the path to the EU or to Belarus’: Political thug culture grips Georgia
Intimidation is becoming a feature of daily life, even before a controversial new Kremlin-style law takes effect.
Progressives cheer Biden’s Israel weapon pause while Republicans fume
“We’re trying to turn the Titanic,” one Democratic lawmaker said.
‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living
The Basque Country’s Mondragón Corporation is the globe’s largest industrial co-operative, with workers paying for the right to share in its profits – and its losses. In return for giving more to their employer, they expect more backWhen Marisa Fernánd…
‘Did Something Happen to Mom When She Was Young?’
The hidden history of the Cold War adoption complex.
Moldovan Parliament backs bid to join EU, but divisions remain
Moldova’s Parliament on Thursday (21 March) endorsed an appeal to press on with a drive to join the European Union, but the opposition walked out of the vote and separatists in the Transnistria region urged authorities to drop their claim to the enclave.
Portugal swings right in knife-edge snap election
Just a few hundred votes separate the 2 largest parties, with almost all ballots counted.
Stalin could have been poisoned by the West, Russian communists claim
Party calls for a probe on 71st anniversary of Soviet dictator’s death.
Russia communist party asks for probe into West’s possible involvement in Stalin’s death
The Communists of Russia party has asked the FSB security service and top prosecutors to investigate the possible involvement of Western intelligence services in the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1953, RIA news agency reported on Tuesday (5 M…