This Is Beirut, 2024-07-16 19:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
France's President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal's government, which will now serve only in a caretaker capacity, the presidency said. French politics have been in gridlock since an inconclusive snap election earlier this month, with parties in the National Assembly scrambling to put together ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-15 10:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
French president Emmanuel Macron tackled the “historic upheavals” of the Middle East during his speech to the troops on Saturday, just before the Bastille Day national holiday on Sunday, July 14, 2024. “Nearly 700 of our soldiers are engaged in UNIFIL, with numerous partners,” he said, adding that “their mission is essential, and is ...
2024-07-15 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The latest elections in France unveiled the evolving political chasms, the growing political and constitutional discrepancies and the systemic exclusions aimed at hobbling the National Rally (NR), and perpetuating the stigmas and the ostracism against this political formation. Ten million political voters are discounted from the French political ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-14 10:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
France does not know where its government is headed and on Sunday, the armed forces will also take an unusual detour at the start of their annual Bastille Day march. Preparations to host the Olympic Games blocked the national day parade from its traditional route on the Champs Elysées, and a smaller military contingent will instead march on the ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-08 15:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal submitted his resignation to Macron on Monday but was asked to remain in power in a caretaker capacity to see out the Olympic Games and reassure the markets that France still has a government. Macron's office said, after the meeting, that the president had thanked Attal for leading the centrist alliance in the ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-07 22:07 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
According to initial figures, none of the political blocs has won a majority in the French parliamentary elections. The New Popular Front came out on top in the second round of legislative elections on Sunday July 7, ahead of Ensemble-Renaissance and Rassemblement National. Turnout for this second round was 67.1%, the highest since ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-07 21:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A loose alliance of French left-wing parties thrown together for snap elections was on course Sunday to become the biggest parliamentary bloc and beat the far -right, according to shock projected results. The New Popular Front (NFP) was formed last month after President Emmanuel Macron called snap elections, bringing together socialists, greens, ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-07 17:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
French voters turned out in number on Sunday for the second round of a historic election that is expected to leave the far right as the biggest force in a deeply divided parliament. At midday, according to interior ministry figures, some 26.63% of voters had turned out for the high-stakes poll — the highest number at that time since 1981. At ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-05 19:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's party held onto its lead in opinion polls published Friday ahead of legislative elections, but its chance of wielding an absolute majority was receding. The anti-immigrant, eurosceptic National Rally (RN) remains on course to be the biggest party in parliament after Sunday's second-round vote but is not ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-02 19:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
At least 200 candidates stood down ahead of France's runoff election as President Emmanuel Macron and a left-wing coalition seek to block the far right, an AFP tally showed on Tuesday. On Sunday, France votes in the decisive final round of the snap legislative polls Macron called after his camp received a drubbing in European elections last ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-30 23:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron has taken many risks in a political career marked by countless crises, but his decision to call snap elections may be one too many, marring his legacy and ushering in an era of extremes. The tremors from Macron dissolving the National Assembly after his centrist party suffered a drubbing in European polls remain strong, with even ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-30 21:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN) party, Jordan Bardella, said Sunday he wanted to be the "prime minister of all French" if his party wins an absolute majority in the second round of elections. "The French people have handed down a clear verdict," Bardella, 28, said after his party came out on top in the first round of the ...