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4 hours ago · CNN —. On Sunday night, joy: French voters had, once again, kept the far right out of power. On Monday morning, uncertainty: A hung parliament, shaky alliances and the threat of turbulent years ...
12 hours ago · Far-left La France Insoumise - LFI - (France Unbowed) founder Jean-Luc Melenchon, center, delivers a speech after the second round of the legislative elections Sunday, July 7, 2024 in Paris.
1 day ago · Far-left La France Insoumise - LFI - (France Unbowed) founder Jean-Luc Melenchon, right, clenches his fist with other party members after the second round of the legislative elections Sunday, July ...
11 hours ago · PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron asked his prime minister on Monday to stay on for now, pending what will be difficult negotiations to form a government after a surprise left-wing surge in an election that delivered a hung parliament. The leftist New Popular Front (NFP) emerged as the dominant force in Sunday's election, thwarting Marine Le Pen's quest to bring the far right ...
1 day ago · France's election result looks set to produce a hung parliament, with a leftist alliance in the lead but without an absolute majority. The left-wing New Popular Front (NPF) alliance secured the biggest number of seats but will fall short of the 289 needed to secure an outright majority in the lower house. This result was a major blow to the far-right National Rally (RN) party, which had been ...
1 day ago · Gabriel Attal, center, the French prime minister, at a campaign event in Senlis, France, last week. Benoit Tessier/Reuters. This is Mr. Macron’s party, which up until the election held the most ...
5 days ago · Serge Klarsfeld sits in his office, Tuesday, July 2, 2024 in Paris. France’s renowned Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld advised voters faced with a duel between a candidate from Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and a far-left competitor to choose the far right in Sunday’s parliamentary elections runoff. Klarsfeld, a 88 year-old ...