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Macron Warns of Wide Far-Fight Presence in EU Parliament

par This Is Beirut, 06/06 23:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron warned Thursday that the EU risked being blocked by a big far-right presence in the European Parliament after this week's elections. "If France sends a very big far-right delegation, if other big countries do this, Europe could be blocked," Macron told French television. "Because what is a Europe where the ...

Zelensky Calls for Increased Western Efforts for 'Fair Peace'

par This Is Beirut, 07/06 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the West on Friday to do more to achieve a fair peace as Ukraine battles the Russian invasion, telling US leader Joe Biden that Kyiv is counting on “shoulder-to-shoulder” support. One day after Western leaders went to northern France to mark the 80-year anniversary of the D-Day landings in World War II, ...

France: Five Possible Scenarios for Early Legislative Elections

par Ali A. Hamadé, 10/06 21:43 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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Following President Emmanuel Macron's announcement of the dissolution of the National Assembly on Sunday evening and the scheduling of the two-round legislative elections on June 30th and July 7th, France is bracing for a period of deep political uncertainty. His move follows the European elections, marked by a landslide victory for Marine Le ...

European Elections: A Different Perspective

par Rami Rayess, 14/06 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Since the announcement of the European parliamentary election results, there has been a surge of political and non-political analyses to understand their anticipated impact on the "old" continent and their implications for the future European trajectory. These concerns were amplified by the swift and surprising move by French President Emmanuel ...

Gallant Rules Out Macron’s Initiative

par This Is Beirut, 14/06 17:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant rejected on Friday the initiative presented by French President Emmanuel Macron in which France, along with the US and Israel, formed a contact group to work on defusing tensions on the southern Lebanese border. “While we are fighting a just war in defense of our people, France adopts anti-Israeli ...

France Braces for Frenetic Campaign as Mbappé Strikes at Extremes

par This Is Beirut, 16/06 22:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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On Sunday, France was bracing for a frenetic fortnight of election campaigning for snap polls called by President Emmanuel Macron to combat the far right, as star footballer Kylian Mbappé waded into the febrile environment with a warning not to vote for extremes. Candidates had until 4 PM GMT to register for the 577 seats in the lower house ...

France's Election Campaign Starts, Macron Encounters Obstacles

par This Is Beirut, 17/06 21:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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France began a frantically short election campaign Monday, with President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance facing an uphill struggle to avoid a new defeat at the hands of the far right. Macron called the snap parliamentary elections three years early in a dramatic gamble to shake up politics in France, after the far right trounced his ...

European Union Leaders Haggle For Bloc's Top Jobs

par This Is Beirut, 17/06 23:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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European Union leaders huddled in Brussels on Monday to thrash out how to divide up the bloc's top jobs, with early signals putting Ursula von der Leyen on track for a second term as chief of the powerful European Commission. Far-right gains in EU-wide elections in early June, which triggered snap polls and political upheaval in France, appear to ...

Macron Pledges to 'Act' Until End of Second Term

par This Is Beirut, 23/06 22:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Amid promises of "change," Emmanuel Macron and his team assured on Sunday that governance will be more collaborative in case of victory, while the New Popular Front is mired in leadership battles for the prime minister's seat. Despite his camp struggling in the polls, Macron vowed to "act until May 2027," countering suggestions from some ...

Macron Warns Far-Right, Hard-Left Policies Could Lead to ‘Civil War'

par This Is Beirut, 24/06 22:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Emmanuel Macron on Monday warned that the policies of his far-right and hard-left opponents could lead to "civil war" as France prepared for its most divisive election in decades. French politics were plunged into turmoil by Macron calling snap legislative elections after his centrist party was trounced by the far-right National Rally ...

Macron and Abdullah II Warn of Catastrophic Escalation in South Lebanon

par This Is Beirut, 24/06 23:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron and King Abdullah II of Jordan on Monday stressed the need to support efforts to restore calm to the border between Lebanon and Israel, and to bolster stability in the Land of the Cedars. Over lunch at the Élysée Palace, they warned against a "conflagration that would be catastrophic for the region" if the ...

Le Drian’s Next Visit Pending Progress on Presidential Election

par This Is Beirut, 25/06 13:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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French presidential envoy, Jean-Yves Le Drian carried out his latest visit to Lebanon on May 28-29 at the sole request of President Emmanuel Macron, according to a diplomatic source. “Le Drian, actually, did not want to come to Beirut as there was nothing new regarding the presidential elections and no change in political positions,” the ...

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