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Marine Le Pen is on trial. A guilty verdict could doom her presidential ambitions.

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The French far-right wants to make the best out of a complication situation during a trial which could potentially bar Le Pen from running for president in 2027.

World leaders voice frustration at Israel and the US as violence mounts in Middle East

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The U.N. contends with its own limitations as violence in the Middle East ratchets up amid General Assembly.

Europeโ€™s new normal: High energy bills, fading industry and one chance to fix it

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German manufacturers are being strangled. The EU is feeling the pinch. Mario Draghi on Monday warned the EU may be staring at โ€˜slow agony.โ€™

French far-right leader Bardella allegedly faked documents to avoid EU funds embezzlement charges

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French Rassemblement National (RN) sweetheart Jordan Bardella allegedly drafted falsified documents to prove he was working as a part-time MEP assistant while he was actually working for the party, an investigation by French daily Libรฉrationย found.

Le Penโ€™s far-right party to judge Barnier on performance

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French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) has vowed not to oppose President Emmanuel Macron’s pick for prime minister, said party figurehead Marine Le Pen and party leader Jordan Bardella over the weekend, adding that Michel Barnier would inst…

3 Israelis killed at Jordan-West Bankย crossing

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The attack comes amid a tense military and political situation for Israel, with many people protesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to reach a cease-fire deal.

Crypto is the new Trump family business. Ethics watchdogs have concerns.

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The former presidentโ€™s eldest sons are gearing up to launch a new cryptocurrency venture.

Zuckerbergโ€™s new Washington game

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Meta has largely won its legal battles over social media bias โ€” and now its CEO is hedging his bets against a potential Trump presidency.

Why energy is Israelโ€™s weak spot

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As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, keeping the lights on is becoming a national security priority.

Zuckerberg says he regrets caving to White House pressure on content

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Metaโ€™s CEO tells the House Judiciary Committee that he wishes he had been more outspoken against the Biden administration during the pandemic.

How has Jordan Bardella voted in the European Parliament?

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During his time in the European Parliament, the French MEP and president of the Patriots for Europe group has voted against a resolution on EU support for Ukraine, the pact on migration and asylum and the European health pass.

The Media Mogul and the President: A Cautionary Tale for Elon Musk

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Musk isnโ€™t the first media magnate to fall in love with a politician. See: The fallout over the bromance between Henry Luce and Dwight Eisenhower.

Gaza records first polio case in 25 years

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Analysis of sewage samples had first detected the presence of the virus in the region in June.

Macron protรฉgรฉ Gabriel Attal turns into biggest threat to president

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Branded as Macronโ€™s mini-me, 35-year-old Gabriel Attal is emerging as a ruthless rival to the French leader.

Franceโ€™s far fight goes quiet as Paris Games shows what real patriotism is all about | Philippe Auclair

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A political faction that thrives on anger and division was unable to revel in a successful Olympics built on shared joySomething unusual happened to the French far right during these Olympic Games: it went silent. Jordan Bardella, the poster boy o…

How Britainโ€™s far right rallied on Telegram

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Far-right agitators have long enjoyed an unparalleled level of impunity on Telegram.

Smart Clinics: Bringing healthcare to where itโ€™s needed most

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In rural Colombia, a converted bus and a 30-strong interdisciplinary team are bringing basic healthcare services to pregnant women affected by poverty.

Itโ€™s Elon Muskโ€™s X and governments are having to live with it

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Officials from London to Washington say Musk is accountable to no one.

Romanian PM to boycott Olympic closing ceremony in gymnastics protest

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Ana Barbosu demoted from bronze while celebratingRomanian great Nadia Comaneci also criticises decisionRomaniaโ€™s prime minister, Marcel Ciolacu, said he will boycott the Olympic closing ceremony after his country were denied a medal in the womenโ€™s gymn…

European Commission bans staff from accepting Olympics freebies

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After a string of scandals, the bloc’s executive arm warns officials not to be tempted by complimentary tickets.

Here are the world leaders Kamala Harris has on speed dial

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Vice President Kamala Harris would enter the White House with working ties with some allied heads of state โ€” others sheโ€™d have to build.

What a Kamala Harris foreign policy could look like

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She would likely stay tough on Russia and China, and has rebuked Israelโ€™s handling of aid into Gaza.

Failing to become PM, Franceโ€™s Bardella seeks international stature in EU Parliament

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The chairman of the new far-right group Patriots for Europe (PfE), Frenchman Jordan Bardella, will take a seat on the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET), which, according to his entourage, is an opportunity for him to gain a firmer …

A new kind of Republican Party is forming at the RNC

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The GOP is dramatically transforming. Just listen carefully to the RNC.

A new kind of Republican Party is forming at the RNC

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The GOP is dramatically transforming. Just listen carefully to the RNC.

The French left never had a plan for winning, and it could cost them their victory

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If the New Popular Front can’t agree on a prime minister soon, the alliance could fall apart

Patriots for Europe? Viktor Orbรกnโ€™s new EU group is another hollow victory for the far right

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Marine Le Penโ€™s RN and Hungaryโ€™s Fidesz have joined forces. But Europeโ€™s far right is fractured and Orbรกn isolatedโ€œVictory in defeat, there is none higher,โ€ wrote Robert A Heinlein in Stranger in a Strange Land, about unsung heroes who never give up. A…

The end of Le Pen?

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The far-right leader, while not down and out, faces an uphill task in the 2027 presidential election.

How Le Penโ€™s far right blew it

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Bad candidates, incompetence and a fierce fightback by rivals denied the National Rally its election dream.

EU Parliament centrists circle wagons to keep far right out of top jobs

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Liberals are incensed over a backdoor deal between the EPP and ECR.

Le Pen, Orban and the โ€˜Patriots for Europeโ€™: Is the EU being undermined from within?

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Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party this week joined forces with the camp of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to form a powerful new far-right bloc in the EU parliament. The group, Patriots for Europe, will be led by Jordan Bardella, L…

In Europe as in France, Le Penโ€™s party still trapped behind โ€˜cordon sanitaireโ€™

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The President of the Rassemblement National (RN), Jordan Bardella, already saw himself as Prime Minister, but he was elected to lead the Patriotes pour l’Europe group in the European Parliament on Monday 8 July, remaining for the time being trapped beh…

What role for far-right Patriots in the European Parliament? | Radio Schuman

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Patriots of Europe is the new far-right group at the European Parliament, initiated by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Led by Jordan Bardella, the new political force will oppose the so-called ‘cordon sanitaire’.

French election gridlock means yet more uncertainty for Europe

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Emmanuel Macronโ€™s battles at home means he risks losing sway in Brussels.

How France voted: Charts and maps

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POLITICO analyzes the vote that redrew French politics, in which the left beat Marine Le Pen’s far right.

Patriots for Europe becomes EU parliamentโ€™s 3rd-largest group, picks Jordan Bardella as president

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France’s National Rally has a new home in the European Parliament, together with Viktor Orbรกnโ€™s party, Fidesz.

5 things to know about Franceโ€™s messy election

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What happens now? Did Macron’s snap election work? Is Le Pen finished? POLITICO walks you through the rubble.

Who could be the next French PM?

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The winning left-wing alliance has many options for Prime Minister. None of them will make everyone happy.

Marine Le Pen vs. Jordan Bardella: Franceโ€™s next power struggle

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A budding rivalry could tear apart the French far rightโ€™s โ€œwinning ticket.โ€

Le Penโ€™s National Rally to take control of far-right Patriots in EU Parliament

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The new group, which also includes Viktor Orbรกn’s MEPs, is set to become the third-biggest force in Parliament.

Far right leader Jordan Bardella slams left-wing ‘alliance of dishonour’

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French far-right National Rally party leader Jordan Bardella Sunday slammed a left-wing coalition which came out on top in France’s legislative elections, calling it an โ€œalliance of dishonourโ€. The far right party and its alliance came in third accord…

French election: Nazi attire and racist comments dog Le Penโ€™s campaign

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National Rally leadership is under fire for fielding candidates who have made racist comments or done favors for the Russian government.

French election: Your guide to the final round of voting

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A far-right win, a hung parliamentโ€ฆ All options are on the table in Sunday’s existential vote.

A far-right agriculture minister in France: Panic in the Agrifish Council?

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On Sunday evening, after the second round of legislative elections, France will have a new National Assembly. If the Rassemblement national and its right-wing allies win an absolute majority – which is unlikely but not impossible – it will be up to the…

What happens if Italy and Franceโ€™s right-wing firebrands unite?

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Once in office, Italyโ€™s Giorgia Meloni moderated her positions. Will Marine Le Pen do the same?

Kylian Mbappรฉ fears โ€˜these peopleโ€™ running France as far right shoots for election win

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French football captain calls first-round results ‘catastrophic’ after Marine Le Pen’s big victory.

French PM says โ€˜no place for violence and intimidationโ€™ after candidate attacked putting up election posters โ€“ Europe live

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Gabriel Attal said candidate Prisca Thevenot and members of her campaign team were attacked by four individualsโ€œIf Iโ€™m on CNEWS this morning, itโ€™s because on Sunday every vote will count to prevent Jordan Bardella from entering Matignon,โ€ the Ecologist…

Whereโ€™s Macron? French president disappears amid election crisis

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Facing a snap election wipeout, Emmanuel Macron’s allies have told him to shut up.

US political uncertainty crashes central bank retreat in Portugal

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Reports of financial chaos in France have been vastly overstated, Europe’s economic elite say. Instead, the U.S. election is the one to watch.

Marine Le Pen says National Rally should not try to form government without a majority โ€“ Europe live

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Far-right politician says National Rally โ€˜wish to governโ€™ France but cannot do so properly without a majorityFranรงois Bayrou, a heavyweight former minister who heads a party allied to Macron, has said republicans and democrats must face their responsib…

The Guardian view on Franceโ€™s snap election: the unthinkable becomes plausible | Editorial

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Sundayโ€™s first round vote puts Marine Le Penโ€™s radical right within touching distance of power. The priority must now be damage limitationIf Emmanuel Macron still harboured hopes that his decision to gift Marine Le Pen a snap parliamentary election wou…

Head of French Greens accuses far-rightโ€™s Bardella of only wanting to debate men

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Marine Tondelier urges National Rally leader to take part in TV debate before second-round parliamentary electionMarine Tondelier, the head of the French Green party, has called on the far-right National Rally (RN) leader, Jordan Bardella, to take part…

Investors too confused by French election to panic โ€” yet

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Markets will certainly make their position known if politicking threatens to stretch public finances.

European markets open higher on relief at French election results

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Stocks bounce sharply as the first round of voting leaves Le Pen’s National Rally looking short of securing a majority in parliament.

Port Talbot steel union suspends strike; French share prices jump after elections โ€“ business live

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Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Unite suspends Tata Steel strike and Marine Le Penโ€™s National Rally set to be largest party in FranceUK mortgage approvals dipped slightly in May, but were right in line with expect…

French far-fight defeats Macronโ€™s centrists

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The French headed to the polls to decide on their next government after President Emmanuel Macron announced a snap election a few weeks ago. Jordan Bardellaโ€™s far-right Rassemblement National emerged victorious in this first round of legislative electi…

Macron is already over. Can anyone stop Le Pen?

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The president must decide if his candidates should drop out and back the left to stop the far right winning power in France for the first time.

What the French election results mean for Le Pen, Macron and Mรฉlenchon

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Emmanuel Macron’s election gamble spectacularly backfired, leaving his centrist alliance trailing the far right and far left.

Republicansโ€™ Eric Ciotti: โ€˜We will build right wing government to re-establish order on our streetsโ€™

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Centre right The Republicans Party President Eric Ciotti Sunday said that though his alliance with National Rallyโ€™s Jordan Bardella, he aims to build a right-wing government โ€œto re-establish order on our streetsโ€ and โ€œfight mass immigrationโ€.

National Rally leader Jordan Bardella: โ€˜I wish to be a prime minister of daily lifeโ€™

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Far-right party National Rally leader Jordan Bardella Sunday said he hopes to be โ€œa prime minister of daily lifeโ€ after primary results showed that the party won a comfortable lead in the first round vote of Franceโ€™s high-stakes legislative elections….

Le Penโ€™s far right set for big win in first round of French election

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Early projections show National Rally on course for victory in the vote for a new parliament as Emmanuel Macron’s election gamble backfires.

Le Pen pushes back against Macron picking Breton as EU commissioner

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New fight brews between French president and surging far right ahead of snap election.

A la centrale ร  charbon de Saint-Avold, des lรฉgislatives ร  โ€œquitte ou doubleโ€

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Les salariรฉs se sentent abandonnรฉs par lโ€™exรฉcutif, dans un territoire oรน le RN a rรฉcoltรฉ prรจs d’une voix sur deux aux europรฉennes.

French election: Le Pen threatens to clip Macronโ€™s wings on Ukraine and defense

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Military and foreign policy have long been seen as the “reserved domain” of the president โ€” but the far right is challenging that assumption.

French leaders take part in TV debate ahead of first round snap legislative elections

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National Rally president Jordan Bardella and French Socialist Party’s Olivier Faure slam Emmanuel Macron’s comments of not ruling out putting French troops on the ground in Ukraine but those remarks are defended by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal who said…

โ€˜How arrogant!โ€™ Macron slams far right for assuming it will win French election

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National Rally has repeatedly questioned Macron’s presidential powers in the event Marine Le Pen’s party wins the snap French parliamentary election.

Ukraine war briefing: Moscow considering downgrading relations with west over Ukraine involvement

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Kremlin says no final decision has been taken on relations, which were maintained even during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. What we know on day 856Russia is considering a possible downgrading of relations with the west due to the deeper involvement of…

Macron wants Breton to return as EU commissioner in a blow to the far-right

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National Rally had claimed it should nominate the French commissioner if it wins the parliamentary election โ€”ย but the president wants Breton back in Brussels.

France laid the foundations for campus โ€˜wokeโ€™ ideology. Now itโ€™s leading a global backlash

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Le wokisme, which the French love to hate, traces its intellectual genealogy back to 1960s French intellectuals.

The dirty little secret no politician will admit: There is no way to โ€˜go for growthโ€™

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Everything now is just a euphemism for financial repression and austerity. That doesn’t stop politicians looking for magical alternatives.

Le Pen raises the stakes by challenging Macronโ€™s role as commander-in-chief

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Far right is warning it will use budget as lever to influence French president’s authority over defense policy.

Bardella revives market unease with pledge to claw back billions from EU

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The leader of France’s National Rally reignited market unease after hinting that a major fight with the EU is still on the cards.

Jordan Bardellaโ€™s hometown wonโ€™t be voting for him

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Voters in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis โ€” home to many immigrants and Muslims โ€” fear the surging far right but also resent Macron’s presidency.

EUโ€™s former border chief turned far-right MEP wants to be Franceโ€™s next commissioner

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โ€œI think I have experience and qualifications that are beyond [those] of a senior civil servant or average politician,โ€ said Fabrice Leggeri.

EU aid to Ukraine could be under threat by Rassemblement Nationalโ€™s rise to power

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Before the legislative elections on 30 June and 7 July, the president of the Rassemblement National (RN), Jordan Bardella, is explaining that Ukraine has “the right to defend itself”, but the far-right party’s long-standing friendship with the Kremlin …

Far right charts irresistible rise in Franceโ€™s conservative heartlands

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Political boundaries are shifting in Sarthe, a traditional bastion of the French conservatives.

What if Macron is enemies with his next prime minister?

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A liberal president constantly fighting a far-right prime minister would be a recipe for political catastrophe.

French far-right leader Bardella wants to ban dual nationals from strategic government jobs

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Jordan Bardella, the president of the far-right Rassemblement national (RN) party, said on Monday (June 24) he wanted to ban dual nationals from the most strategic government posts, to protect France from attempts at interference, drawing angry comment…

Far-right National Rally promises to bar dual-nationals from state jobs in France

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Pledge by Jordan Bardella who is hoping to become prime minister in the election on 7 July, draws sharp criticism from the leftThe far-right National Rallyโ€™s pledge to bar dual-nationals from certain state jobs in France has been criticised by the left…

Macron thought he could defeat Le Pen by shifting right. Instead, he has emboldened her | Didier Fassin

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The presidentโ€™s hazardous strategy has failed. Now France stands on the brink of its first far-right government since 1945The image was an oxymoron. Earlier this month, in a luxurious Parisian venue, Emmanuel Macron stood in front of a white wall on wh…

Far-right leader Bardella unveils immigration program ahead of snap elections

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Jordan Bardella confirmed Monday (June 24) that he intended to abolish France’s “droit du sol”, birthright to citizenship, after the snap elections, and said he would restrict Schengen space to EU citizens only.

Franceโ€™s existential election

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This could be the most destructive election since the war โ€” not only for France but also for the EU, NATO and the Western liberal order.

Who you gonna call when France gets ungovernable?

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French political circles are openly discussing the possibility of a very Italian option: an emergency government of experts.ย 

France’s Great Divide: Can far-right lure struggling middle classes?

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In the blink of an eye, France is already into the final days of campaigning, a speed dating exercise that has got the far-rightโ€™s more than ever knocking on the doors of power.ย Polls suggest that Emmanuel Macronโ€™s surprise decision to dissolve parlia…

French nukes are for France only, says far-right National Rally

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In its new electoral program the party refuses โ€œtransfers of competenceโ€ to the EU in terms of defense and foreign policy.

Far-right National Rally ready to govern France, Jordan Bardella says at manifesto launch

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Officials of Marine Le Penโ€™s party say support in towns and village signals a clear rejection of Emmanuel MacronThe French far-right leader Jordan Bardella has said his party is ready to govern as he unveiled manifesto pledges to limit immigration and …

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