The overwhelming majority of Europeans support climate action, but they must be compensated for its costs in tangible waysThis year was not an easy time to be Green. Green parties took a beating in June’s European elections, with their seat count plumm…
La motion de censure déposée par la gauche a été adoptée par 331 voix.
Speaking on the eve of a no-confidence vote in the French parliament, Prime Minister Michel Barnier said he would not give in to “blackmail” from the far-right National Rally (RN) party. Barnier’s minority government relied on far-right support for it…
The National Rally’s move to topple the government of Michel Barnier on Wednesday brings fresh questions over its “increasingly unsustainable” long-term political strategy.
Cette décision du Premier ministre ouvre désormais la voie à une motion de censure de la part de ses oppositions.
Far-right party has promised to maintain pressure until all ‘red line’ demands are met
Legal journalist Maximilian Steinbeis’s play A Citizen of the People shows how easy it could be for a party like AfD to upend the country’s 75-year-old democracyA smile so sweet it will melt your heart, a handshake so earnest it will make you want to b…
Jordan Bardella’s glitzy book tour encourages speculation about a palace coup at the top of the National Rally party.
Request from Paris prosecutor threatens to undermine the National Rally leader’s efforts to polish image ahead of 2027 electionsThe Paris prosecutor on has requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office for far-right leade…
U.S. election night 2024 promises to be a sober affair in Europe.
Alice Weidel’s grandfather was a military judge in Hitler’s regime.
We’ve pulled together a handy list of European safe spaces if you need to eject from America after Tuesday’s vote.
France’s incoming commissioner is a Macron loyalist who prefers backroom dealing to attention-grabbing stunts.
Nous avons analysé les 172 votes publics sur le volet “recettes” de l’Etat, voici nos résultats.
La source d’informations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par OCÉANE HERRERO Avec KLARA DURAND Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames à partager ? Ecrivez à Océane Herrero, Klara Durand et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU — Vers une consultation sur les casinos en ligne. — Groupes d’études : les prétendants se préparent à […]
Ambassadors from the bloc’s 27 countries are holding strategy meetings with top EU officials.
As leader of the AfD’s most radical faction, he is infamous in Germany and his critics have long accused him of using language that echoes the Nazis. This year, a court put that question to the test. By Alex Dziadosz Continue reading…
Le projet de loi de finances 2025, riche en sujets inflammables, est débattu toute la semaine à l’Assemblée nationale.
“The nuclear issue cuts across all divides,” Aleksandar Nikolic (PfE/RN)
La source d’informations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par OCÉANE HERRERO Avec KLARA DURAND et TIPHAINE SALIOU Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames à partager ? Ecrivez à Océane Herrero, Klara Durand et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU — Cybersécu : la transposition de la directive NIS2 enfin là. — “Fair share”, CIR… […]
According to the new rules, senior commissioners will be able to hire slightly fewer staff members than their predecessors.
La source d’informations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par OCÉANE HERRERO Avec KLARA DURAND, TIPHAINE SALIOU Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames à partager ? Ecrivez à Océane Herrero, Klara Durand et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU — Budget : pour s’engager sur le CII, Clara Chappaz veut d’autres économies. — Les plateformes tardent à […]
Les parlementaires veulent inciter l’exécutif à prévenir la menace d’un rachat d’un fleuron de l’industrie française par le chinois Tencent.
Ministres, PDG ou lobbyistes, ils façonnent le débat public sur le sujet.
Elue présidente de la commission des Affaires économiques, la mélenchoniste Aurélie Trouvé a bénéficié de la rupture de l’accord entre la droite et les macronistes sur la répartition des postes au Palais-Bourbon.
Far-right French presidential hopeful, who will go on trial on Monday, allegedly embezzled money from EUThe French far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen and a slew of fellow National Rally (RN) chiefs will go on trial on Monday over allegations …
While the National Rally (RN) has never been as influential in France and Brussels, Marine Le Pen and 26 other individuals must answer for “embezzlement of European funds” in a trial that could determine the presidential ambitions of the far-right part…
A win for the former president would surely further galvanize the bloc’s populist parties and encourage their normalization — much as it did in the US.
Newly-appointed French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has revealed his government, keeping much of the pro-Macron agenda while making key concessions to the far-right Rassemblement National (RN).
The wedding took place in Copenhagen in the presence of close friends and family.
The wedding took place in Copenhagen in the presence of close friends and family.
Newly-appointed French Prime Minister Michel Barnier presented his government on Saturday (21 September), largely maintaining the political course of previous pro-Macron administrations while making concessions to the far-right Rassemblement National (…
Attention is focused on regional vote this Sunday that could determine the fate of the national governmentBjörn Höcke shielded his eyes from the bright lights as he peered from the stage into the crowds gathered on a square in front of a gothic church …
Shooter was just a few hundred meters away from former U.S. president.
Despite his outrageous outbursts, which have irritated people in his own camp, the leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party led it to the top of the polls in the Thuringian regional elections – a first since the post-war period.
For as long as the center fails to make its case in a way that galvanizes, there will be many more like Sahra Wagenknecht.
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 Libération found.
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…
What the Italian prime minister sees as a matter of human geography evokes an anxiety-inducing idea linked to internal identity issues for the RN leaderector.
Despite coming third in the snap legislative elections on 7 July, the far-right Rassemblement national (RN) holds new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s fate in its hands and could decide at any moment to bring down the future government.
L’extrême droite ne cesse de progresser dans le pays, malgré les efforts déployés pour l’arrêter.
The far-right Alternative of Germany just keeps rising despite efforts to stop it.
It’s the first time since WWII that a far-right party appears on course to enter a state parliament, with the AfD polling at over 32% according to exit polls published on Sunday.
The far-right Alternative for Germany appeared set to win an election in the eastern German state of Thuringia and is running a close second in Saxony, according to initial forecasts.
The far right and far left are expected to surge in Sunday’s state elections.
As leader of the AfD’s most radical faction, he is infamous in Germany and his critics have long accused him of using language that echoes the Nazis. This year, a court put that question to the testBjörn Höcke, a former history teacher who has become a…
Elections in three eastern German states are likely to usher in Russia-friendly parties, giving Vladimir Putin a foothold in the country’s politics.
The fierce debate following an attack the chancellor called “terrorism” may benefit the far-right Alternative for Germany party.
Sahra Wagenknecht’s brand of “left conservatism” is upending German politics ahead of critical elections in the east.
Alternative for Germany’s Björn Höcke was in a bullish mood at a rally in Thuringia, one of three regions where support is high for the far-right party ahead of elections next monthThe most feared man in German politics cleared his throat and took a si…
The AfD accuses the ruling coalition and the moderate center-right opposition of shortcomings on security.
Dem BSW fehlt es in dem Freistaat an Personal für den Bundestag. Sahra Wagenknecht könnte sich in Thüringen aufstellen lassen — schließlich hat sei dort die größten Chancen auf ein Direktmandat.
In Hessen versucht Kohl-Enkel Johannes Volkmann für die CDU in den Bundestag zu gelangen.
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…
The legal dispute comes as Thuringia is expecting a far-right shift in its state election in September.
BERLIN — Wer es in Niedersachsen schafft, kann Kanzler, Bundespräsident oder EU-Kommissionspräsidentin werden. Immerhin ist das Flächenland nach Nordrhein-Westfalen und Bayern der drittgrößte Landesverband im Bundestag. Die SPD Zwei Sozialdemokraten haben ihren Abschied angekündigt: Susanne Mittag und Bernd Westphal. Weitere Abgänge werden nicht erwartet. Dafür einen Zugang, der dringend einen Wahlkreis sucht: Boris Pistorius. Der Verteidigungsminister war 2023 ins Kabinett aus dem niedersächsischen Landtag berufen […]
In 14 Monaten wird im Bund gewählt. Die Landesverbände haben mit der Vorbereitung auf die Wahl begonnen — wir tauchen ein in die Welt der Wahlkreise.
The country’s ascendant Christian Democratic Union remains utterly baffled as to how it might wield power.
The EU’s choice to lead for the next five years, Ursula von der Leyen, will have a tough time facing down the populists.
EU leaders will fight back against “too powerful” von der Leyen as she assembles her team.
The left-wing parties of the New Popular Front (NFP), whose ad-hoc coalition managed to beat the far-right Rassemblement national (RN) in the snap legislative elections, are now at loggerheads over the name of a new prime minister.
A fragmented election with no clear winner is typical for most EU countries. Can France learn to love the messy art of compromise?
The outgoing prime minister secures a way forward after the snap election debacle.
Les extrémistes et les nationalistes se sont renforcés, même si la barrière électorale érigée par leurs rivaux les a empêchés d’obtenir une majorité
People in the central Auvergne region are divided as they watch France’s political parties struggle to form a ruling majority in Parliament. The 577-seat National Assembly is roughly split into thirds between the New Popular Front (NFP) left alliance …
Marine Le Pen’s RN and Hungary’s Fidesz have joined forces. But Europe’s far right is fractured and Orbán isolated“Victory in defeat, there is none higher,” wrote Robert A Heinlein in Stranger in a Strange Land, about unsung heroes who never give up. A…
Cracks are appearing in the newly formed far-right Patriots for Europe group, with France’s Rassemblement National opposing Italy’s Lega’s proposal for the vice presidency of the group.
Marine Tondelier, whose party forms part of the election-winning New Popular Front, says politics must change to regain voters’ trustThe French Green leader, Marine Tondelier, has said the risk of the far right rising to power in France has not disappe…
The far-right leader, while not down and out, faces an uphill task in the 2027 presidential election.
French president appears to exclude far-right RN and radical left LFI in call for alliance of ‘republican forces’Emmanuel Macron has called on political parties to “rise to the occasion and work together” to build a mainstream coalition with a solid ma…
One successful test launch doesn’t mean that Europe’s struggles in the space race are over.
Bad candidates, incompetence and a fierce fightback by rivals denied the National Rally its election dream.
Within the EU institutions, after the relief of the RN’s defeat, there is concern that, in the absence of a stable majority, Paris will lose its leading role among the 27 member states.
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…
Political turmoil on the Continent is reshuffling power players going to the NATO gathering.
Sunday’s surprising election result prompted an international sigh of relief, but Emmanuel Macron’s gamble has weakened him and EuropeIt was a good week for Europe. It was a bad week for Europe. Good because Britain now has a strong, stable centrist go…
With no one in charge, the French president’s allies believe anything is possible.
Progressive and centrist voters joined forces to keep Marine Le Pen’s party at bay. But last-ditch resistance is not a long-term strategyConfronted with its biggest test since the second world war, France’s republican front magnificently, defiantly hel…
POLITICO analyzes the vote that redrew French politics, in which the left beat Marine Le Pen’s far right.
France may rediscover a taste for moderate social democracy – and find out that compromise is not a dirty wordFrance has dodged a bullet. We have no idea how the country will be governed in the coming months with a hung parliament without any natural m…
Tactical voting kept the far right from election victory – but with gridlock in parliament the future is unclearFrance’s snap elections have produced the most fragmented parliament since Charles de Gaulle founded the Fifth Republic. The two-round major…
In today’s newsletter: A shock defeat for the far right National Rally in France, while in the UK the new Labour government gets down to work• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.The far right were riding high from the firs…
Socialist and leftist politicians from across Europe expressed their satisfaction about the defeat of far-right Rassemblement national (RN) in the second round of the French elections on Sunday, with some pointing out the unity of leftist forces.
The French far-right party Rassemblement national (RN) is set to join the “Patriots for Europe” group formed in the European Parliament by Viktor Orban and his allies, several sources within the party and Lega confirmed to Euractvi on Sunday (July 7).
The French far right led by National Rally (RN) on Sunday, contrary to expectations, lost France’s second round of legislative elections according the projections. While RN has managed to improve its image after Marine Le Pen took over the party from …
French far-right party National Rally (RN) suffered an unexpected defeat in Sunday’s legislative elections as it came in third, behind a left-wing alliance and President Macron’s centrist group. RN leaders and supporters said that they have been “vict…
While the left-green alliance look set to form the largest bloc, country could face years of political paralysisFrench election 2024 – liveThe New Popular Front (NFP), a left-green alliance dominated by the radical left Unbowed France (LFI) of Jean-Luc…
National Rally (RN) leader Jordan Bardella, who’d hoping to be France’s next PM, reacts to the result.
France’s leftwing New Popular Front (NFP) coalition is expected to win the most seats in the second voting round of parliamentary elections, leading pollsters said on 7 July, putting it on track for an unexpected win over the far-right National Rally (…
A parliamentary candidate from France’s far-right party National Rally told FRANCE 24’s Catherine Norris Trent that the party is aiming to win the presidential election in 2027 despite coming in third in the French legislative elections Sunday. Matteo…
Defying all expectations, the loose left coalition Nouveau Front Populaire came out on top of the second and final round of France’s snap elections on Sunday (7 July), well ahead of the far-right Rassemblement national (RN) but without an absolute majo…
Markets reverse early losses after Marine Le Pen’s RN falls well short of expected gains in parliament
French voters turned out en masse Sunday for the second round of parliamentary elections, with turnout at 5pm, three hours before polls close, at its highest in four decades. Interior ministry figures showed 61.4 percent of the electorate had taken pa…
Activist groups have sprung up across the country in efforts to defeat National Rally in second round of electionsThe truck rumbled through the streets of Montpellier, eliciting insults and bursts of applause as it made its way through the French city….
Following the left’s shock win, no single party or alliance is able to form a majority.
As voters decide in the second round of elections today, the far right’s shock success last week has left many asking what the future holds for the republicIn the past week, since Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) stormed into its daunting lead in th…
Far-right National Rally of Marine Le Pen poised to become dominant force in country’s national assemblyVoting has begun in France in one of the country’s most momentous elections in living memory, with the far-right National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pe…
A far-right win, a hung parliament… All options are on the table in Sunday’s existential vote.
Many say they feel stuck in middle between far-right National Rally and hard-left France UnbowedAs France faces a high-stakes second round of elections on Sunday, French Jewish people say they are grappling with tough choices and feel caught between ex…
Hungarian leader needs only one more national party for his right-wing alliance to qualify as an official grouping in the European Parliament.
