Tag: French politics
France’s Murdoch? Right-wing media swoop threatens ‘pillar of French democracy’
The shock appointment of a far-right editor to run one of France’s best-known mainstream newspapers has sparked calls for urgent steps to protect the pluralism and independence of the French…
Fresh faces take a seat in France’s National Assembly
France’s new slate of lower-house lawmakers sit in the National Assembly for the first time on Tuesday to open the 16th Legislature. An astonishing surge of far-right and leftist winners…
Historic coalition marks paradigm shift for French left ahead of June legislative elections
France’s Socialist, Green, Communist and far-left parties have joined forces in an unlikely but historic alliance ahead of legislative elections on June 12 and 19. After a first-round presidential election…
In France’s unhappy democracy, voting for ‘lesser evil’ is a bitter pill to swallow
For the third time in the past five presidential elections, millions of French citizens are preparing to cast their ballots not in favour of a candidate but to keep another…
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the veteran leftist standing in way of Macron-Le Pen rematch
In the space of a decade, Jean-Luc Mélenchon bounced back from a lifetime on the fringes of the Socialist Party to become the dominant force in France’s post-Socialist left. As…
Will France’s Yellow Vests come back to haunt Macron on election day?
The most potent protest movement in recent French history, the Yellow Vest uprising looked at one point like it might bring a premature end to Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. More than…
Could Le Pen’s blandest campaign be her most successful yet?
Unruffled by defections and the rise of a far-right challenger, Marine Le Pen has steadied her ship in the final stretch of France’s presidential campaign, pulling ahead of rivals as…
Pushing far-right agenda, French news networks shape election debate
In a presidential campaign dominated by far-right pundit Eric Zemmour, some of France’s leading news networks stand accused of fostering his Elysée Palace run and plugging his hardline agenda on crime, immigration and Islam.…
French Communists bounce back with recipe for ‘happy days’
France’s century-old Communist Party is showing signs of a renaissance in the run-up to April presidential elections, propelled by a charismatic candidate who promises happier days for a famously morose…
How does France’s two-round presidential election work?
French voters will go to the polls to elect a new president – or re-elect incumbent centrist Emmanuel Macron – in two Sunday rounds on April 10 and 24. How…