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France braces for potential political earthquake: a far-right surge. What to know about the election
The far right seems poised to win biggest share of parliamentary seats; President Emmanuel Macron looks to have made a terrible political bet.
A growing number of candidates and activists in France have been targeted with violent or verbal attacks in the run-up to Sunday's tense final round of parliamentary elections. Government spokeswoman Prisca Thevenot was putting up election posters with her deputy and a party activist in Meudon,
Concerns are growing about political violence ahead of high stakes parliamentary elections in France after a series of lawmakers were attacked while campaigning.
Far right leader has won over some French Jews with her tough stance on Islamism, with far left now seen as a threat
The idea that young people lean politically left is being challenged as increasing numbers of that group are supporting the far-right National Rally party.
The country has been shaken by the prospect of the far-right takeover, as the National Rally leader flirts with the center ground.
The writer is a professor at MIT and College de France and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics On July 7, France will enter a new political era, regardless of the outcome of the polls. Either the Rassemblement National (RN) and its allies will have enough seats to get an absolute majority or — if a hastily reinvented “Republican Front” holds — it will be kept out of power for now,
France's far-right National Rally (RN) party is expected to fall short of an absolute majority in the second round of parliamentary elections on Sunday, an opinion poll showed on Thursday. It was the second survey in as many days to show Marine Le Pen's RN winning more seats than any other party - but also missing the 289 threshold required for an absolute majority.
France soccer captain Kylian Mbappé has warned his country is in a “catastrophic” political situation as it lurches closer to a first far-right government since World War II
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and its allies are set to fall well short of an absolute majority in the French legislative election on Sunday, according to projections from two polling companies.
France soccer captain Kylian Mbappé said the election results in his nation were “catastrophic” as it lurches closer to a first far-right government since World War II. The National Rally gained strong results — around 33% of the vote nationwide — in the first round of a rushed election.
Marine Le Pen has criticised Kylian Mbappé, claiming the football star does not represent immigrants after he urged his fans to vote against her party.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Friday said that Kylian Mbappe should not be telling French people how to vote after the football star warned the country could not be left "in the hands of these people".
The French elections could end in a historic change. What is at stake?
France’s election campaign has seen more than 50 violent attacks on candidates and activists, a senior government minister has warned, as the country braces for a crunch final round of voting. Some 30,
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is set to fall well short of an absolute majority in the French legislative election on Sunday, according to projections from polling company Elabe for BFM TV and La Tribune Dimanche.
France is home to Europe’s largest Muslim and Jewish populations. The election, called by President Emmanuel Macron after his alliance lost widely to the RN in European elections, is adding to strains on those communities,
Marine Le Pen dismissed projections that show her far-right National Rally party is set to fall well short of an absolute majority in the French legislative election and warned of a “quagmire” if she doesn’t get a mandate to govern.
The French far right and its struggling rivals make a final push for votes on Friday ahead of the decisive round of parliamentary elections that were called in a major
France soccer captain Kylian Mbappé has warned his country is in a “catastrophic” political situation as it lurches closer to a first far-right government since World War II.
That’s not possible, So I’ve got until Sunday to make up my mind.” With its imposing cathedral and pretty cobbled streets, Amiens is the French equivalent of Middle England. It has long been a bellwether constituency,
But the defeat is far more than just Macron’s. The election’s biggest winner is not some other mainstream political party, but the National Rally, which came in first. After the runoffs, it may control a majority.
National Rally has to some extent sloughed off its reputation as a pariah; French conservative politicians such as François Fillon played an outsized role in shifting the electorate.
French far-right leader Marine le Pen insisted Thursday her party can still win control of parliament despite the centre and left scrambling to block her way and football hero Kilian Mbappe urging fans to outvote "those people".
With the far-right National Rally leading the polls for Sunday's second and final round of elections, the country is grappling with how the party could change France.
For decades, there’s been a strong political taboo in France against a far-right party coming to power. Now, just weeks before the showcase Summer Olympics begin in Paris, the nationalist-populist National Rally is making its most concerted bid ever to do just that.
More than 30 people have been arrested, including militants from far-right and far-left groups, with tension mounting ahead of the run-off vote, and the anti-immigration National Rally party ahead.
Nouriel Roubini holds out hope that markets and European institutions might constrain a National Rally government.
I discuss the investment implications of three possible scenarios: a far-right majority, a far-left majority, and a temporary administrative solution.
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is set to fall well short of an absolute majority in the French legislative election on Sunday, according to projections from polling companies.
Voters in France cast ballots Sunday in a runoff election between a far-right party and a coalition of moderate and centrist parties.
France on Saturday prepared for its most consequential legislative election of recent times, with residents of overseas territories opening voting for a poll expected to give the far right its
French voters could usher in the country's first far-right Parliament since one was installed in WWII, but candidates are dropping out of the race in an effort to try to stop it.