With 15 days before the Olympics, Paris mayor says ‘relieved’ by far-right’s defeat

With Paris set to welcome the world for the Summer Olympics, its mayor, Anne Hidalgo (Parti Socialiste, PS), expressed her “immense relief” at the defeat of the far right in snap elections and said she was reassured that the current government would re…

Ahead of France’s legislative elections, unions and employers make their voices heard

Ahead of the legislative elections on 30 June and 7 July, French trade unions are divided over what strategy to adopt in the face of the rise of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN), while major employers seem wary of the promises made by the left…