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Opponents of France's National Rally (RN) stepped up their bid to block the far-right party from power on Tuesday as more candidates said they would bow out of this weekend's run-off election to avoid splitting the anti-RN vote.
"There's one bloc in a position to win an absolute majority, and that's the far right," Mr Attal told French radio. Many French voters would not enjoy using their vote to block RN, he said, but "I consider it's our responsibility to do it".
By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -Opponents of France's National Rally (RN) stepped up their bid to block the far-right party from power on Tuesday as more candidates agreed to pull out of this weekend's run-off election to avoid splitting the anti-RN vote.
As French citizens get set to vote in runoff parliamentary elections on Sunday, hundreds of contenders have bowed out in an effort to block the far right from the gates of power.
Officials from Marine Le Pen’s movement are in advanced talks with other far-right groups in the European Parliament that could see her party abandon its current political family to join forces with Hungary’s Viktor Orban.
By Sruthi Shankar and Jesus Calero (Reuters) -European stocks fell to two-week lows on Tuesday as the relief rally in French shares following the first round of parliamentary elections faded, while data pointed to elevated services inflation in the euro zone.
Far-right politician says National Rally ‘wish to govern’ France but cannot do so properly without a majority. Speaking on France Inter this morning, the far-right National Rally’s Marine Le Pen said she would be respectful of Jordan Bardella ’s role if he becomes prime minister and that she wouldn’t want to be part of the government herself.
Continue reading In more than half of constituencies – around 300 – three candidates qualified from the first round of voting (nearly everywhere else it was just two). If in these constituencies one of the two non-RN runners stands aside,
Denise Rollet says she faces no good options in France's run-off legislative vote in the coming days. The 80-year-old former teacher from Crepy-en-Valois, a small, middle-class town northeast of Paris,
The euro’s rebound after the first round of France’s legislative elections masks lingering pessimism over the currency’s outlook ahead of the second vote.
France’s most streamed singer Aya Nakamura has joined the chorus of voices calling on the French electorate to vote against the far right in Sunday’s high stakes election.
European stocks dipped on Tuesday, reversing some of the previous day's relief rally, while the U.S. dollar hit a near 38-year high versus the Japanese yen as the possibility of a second Donald Trump presidency left Treasury yields elevated.
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen lashed out at President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist group and a left-wing alliance for joining forces to block her National Rally party from getting an absolute majority in the second and final round of the French legislative election.
A leftist alliance and the party of President Emmanuel Macron withdrew almost all their third-place candidates in an attempt to impede Marine Le Pen’s party.
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -Opponents of France's far right sought to build a united front to block the path to government of Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) on Monday, after the party made historic gains to win the first round of a parliamentary election.
Marine Le Pen’s rivals pulled candidates out of 223 French election runoffs to be held on Sunday to avoid splitting the vote against her far-right National Rally party, making it more difficult for her to get an absolute majority in the legislature.
French opposition parties are making hurried deals to try to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally.
French candidates make hurried deals to try to stop far-right National Rally from leading government
French opposition parties made hurried deals Tuesday to try to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally in Sunday's second round of legislative elections, as she said her party would lead the government only if it wins an absolute majority — or close to it.
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is trying to outmaneuver rivals who are attempting to keep the far-right out of power in the final round of legislative elections on Sunday. President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist group and a left-wing alliance are racing to pull out candidates to shut the National Rally out.
Global stocks edged higher while U.S. Treasury yields dipped on Tuesday as markets weighed data showing a persistently tight labor market, and prospects of interest rate cuts after comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
French voters on Sunday face a choice as stark as the UK’s EU referendum: deciding whether they want to be governed by the far right, a leading centre-left politician has warned. Raphaël Glucksmann, a rising star in the left-wing Nouveau Front Populaire alliance (NFP) that came second in last week’s first round of snap elections,
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is trying to outmaneuver rivals that are pulling out well-worn tricks to keep the far-right out of power in the final round of legislative elections on Sunday.
El presidente de la Agrupación Nacional sólo tomará el mando del próximo gobierno de Francia si el partido obtiene una mayoría absoluta el domingo en la segunda ronda de elecciones legislativas, según dijo el martes la destacada líder de ultraderecha Marine Le Pen.
French left and centrists pull candidates from run-off vote in attempt to block far right on linkedin (opens in a new window)
Eurozone stock markets rallied Wednesday and the euro rose on hopes France could avoid a far-right majority in looming polls, while London also gained ground on the eve of its
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is scrambling to get an absolute majority in the final round of France’s legislative election Sunday as rival parties are maneuvering to keep the far-right party out of power.
The far-right National Rally (RN) is the only party capable of winning an absolute majority in France's legislative elections, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Wednesday, urging voters to block their
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More than 210 left-wing or Macronist candidates who qualified for the runoff round of the legislative elections have withdrawn in an effort to block the far right from taking power, a move supported by the French president.
With the ultimate outcome still up in the air, France's fiercely anti-immigration National Rally and opponents of the long-taboo far-right party scrambled Monday to capitalize on an indecisive first round of voting in surprise legislative elections.
The writer Tom Wolfe once quipped, "the dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe." After a series of elections culminating in the first round of a national vote won handily by France's National Rally,
An unlikely pact between French opposition parties sees them pulling out of the race to prevent Marine Le Pen's National Rally from securing a landslide victory, after the far-right party climbed ahead in the first round of early legislative elections.
Yet there is a resurgence of organizing by the left. Harrison Stetler Technically speaking, it’s not flyover country. The passenger jets shooting overhead have taken off from Roissy, a town in the ninth constituency of the Val-d’Oise department that’s home to the Paris region’s sprawling Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is scrambling to get an absolute majority in the final round of France’s legislative election Sunday as rival parties are maneuvering to keep the far-right party out of power.
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is facing a bigger barrier to forming France’s next government after rivals maneuvered to reduce the number of three-way races that would favor her far-right party in the final round of the legislative elections.
France's prime minister on Wednesday urged voters to form a united front to block the far right in legislative elections, warning the anti-immigration party of Marine Le Pen was the
The far-right party National Rally emerged as the strongest party in France’s first round of elections for the National Assembly. Click to read.
France's far-right nationalist National Rally (RN) has a team of ministers already in place and is poised to take over government, according to its former leader Marine Le Pen. "This government will be complete,
Marine Le Pen is seeking support beyond her far-right National Rally party that would allow her to govern even if she falls short of an absolute majority as mainstream parties pull candidates from Sunday’s runoff election to block her from taking control.
Nationalist parties are controlling governments in Italy, Finland, and The Netherlands. France’s far-right party could also take power after Sunday’s elections.
French parties race against a deadline to block the far-right as the future of their country’s democracy hangs in the balance.
Marine Le Pen is seeking support from beyond her far-right National Rally party that would allow her to govern even if she falls short of an absolute majority in Sunday’s legislative election.Most Rea
French candidates faced a Tuesday deadline to stay in or quit the weekend's runoff election, with over 160 withdrawing so far in an effort to block the far right from winning an absolute majority.The rivals are hoping that putting their differences aside ahead of the runoff with tactical withdrawals will prevent the RN winning an absolute majority of 289 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly.
Dozens of protesters gathered in Paris, France on Sunday 30 June following initial results of the first round of a parliamentary election which tipped Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) as the winner.