The Republicans, France’s traditional right-wing party, today ruled out allying with President Emanuel Macron’s centrists or concluding a co-operation agreement following Sunday’s parliamentary elections, in which no faction secured an absolute majority in the National Assembly. With the exception of a few cases, Republican lawmakers meeting today to discuss the election result have already rejected […]
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‘France is threatened with paralysis’: What the French press says about the elections
With headlines such as “jumping into the political vacuum”, “France is threatened with paralysis” or even the “painful defeat for Macron with serious political consequences”, the current French press welcomed the results of the second round of yesterday’s parliamentary elections. National Assembly. According to the newspaper Le Monde, the Macron camp fears “complete paralysis” and […]
Erdogan: Le Pen’s defeat in French presidential election a ‘victory’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the election defeat of Marin Le Pen, the far-right candidate in last weekend’s French presidential election, a “victory”, Turkish media reported today. “I think the elimination and defeat of extremist views in the French elections is, I think, a victory, because everything we suffer is caused by extremism,” he […]
Macron’s political term in office
By Mike O ‘Sullivan Emanuel Macron has been elected President of France for a second consecutive term, with the ballot box giving him a higher percentage (58.5%) than the polls predict. The lesson is that the French can whine in the polls and shout during the election campaign, but they will not vote in the […]
The next challenges for Macron
By Costas Raptis There is no justification for voting at the ballot box. Neither “asterisks.” Many of the French who favored Emanuel Macron may have done so, he admitted in his winning speech, out of a desire to block the road to Marin Le Pen, rather than in agreement with his program. But in any […]
French Press: For Emanuel Macron, the difficulties are just beginning
“A victory, a thousand challenges” saw the front page of the Télégramme newspaper, “Everything remains to be done” was that of La Croix: after his re-election as President of France, Emanuel Macron is called to unite two France, according to several commentators. The newspaper Le Monde summed up by referring to “re-election without a grace […]
Relief, but also concern in the German media about the result of the presidential elections in France
Satisfaction and relief for the result of the presidential election in France, where Emanuel Macron was re-elected, is expressed by the entire German press, but the concern of many commentators for the next day is obvious, both in France and in Europe. “Macron is winning, but he has little reason to celebrate,” Bild said in […]
France: The next steps of Emanuel Macron until the parliamentary elections
Emanuel Macron was re-elected President of the French Republic today and in the coming days will have to make crucial political decisions, adhering to the inevitable protocol. What will follow in the coming days? On Wednesday, April 27, the president of the Constitutional Council, the supreme judicial body of France, will officially announce the winner […]
Macron: The new five-year presidency will not be just a continuation of the previous one
Surrounded by Brigitte’s wife, her children, her grandchildren and to the sounds of the “European anthem”, the Ode to Joy, Emanuel Macron arrived at the Place de la Areos, below the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Speaking to the assembled crowd, Macron, after repeatedly thanking those who worked for his re-election, said he was well aware […]
Solz congratulates Macron on his re-election
German Chancellor Olaf Solz congratulated French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday after the current French president narrowly defeated his far-right rival Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election. “French voters today sent a strong commitment to Europe. I’m glad we will continue our good cooperation!” said Soltz on Twitter. All parties in the ruling […]