According to a poll conducted for a French television station, about 7 out of 10 French people are happy that the re-elected President of the Republic Emanuel Macron did not win the absolute parliamentary majority in June, considering that this is “good for democracy”. Also 43% believe that the far right Marin Le Pen better […]
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Lepen says Macron fired at her for a national unity government
Marin Le Pen told AFP that President Emanuel Macron had referred to the possibility of forming a national unity government during their meeting yesterday. In particular, I was asked today whether the possibility of M. Le Pen was discussed was answered in the affirmative, although yesterday he had not mentioned the issue after the meeting […]
Lepen wants to unite all the ‘patriots’, including the left
LAST UPDATE: 22.20 The leader of France’s far-right Rassemblement National party, Marine Le Pen, has said she will try to unite all “patriots on both the right and the left” after her party achieved more than expected success in the French parliamentary elections. Reuters agency. “The people have decided to send a strong National Alarm […]
France’s parliamentary elections: Macron loses absolute majority – ‘Political earthquake’ since Le Pen rise
LAST UPDATE: 22.54 The faction close to President Emanuel Macron came in first in today’s second round of parliamentary elections in France, but all estimates put it far from the 289 seats out of the 577 required for an absolute majority. According to the latest estimates of the television station BFM, the faction adjacent to […]
France: Marine Le Pen to seek re-election in June parliamentary elections
The leader of the French far right, Marine Le Pen, who lost to President Emmanuel Macron in Sunday’s presidential election, will run for re-election in the June parliamentary elections, a party official said today. National Alarm (RN) Vice President Louis Alio told CNEWS that Le Pen would run in the June 12 and 19 elections. […]
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 […]
French elections: Macron leads with 55% – 58% give today’s polls
LAST UPDATE: 20:54 The re-election of Emanuel Macron shows four polls conducted today in France and published by the Belgian newspaper La Libre. Specifically, Emanuel Macron is credited with 55% to 58% of the vote, while Marin Le Pen will receive 42% to 45% of the vote. These results come from polls conducted on the […]
Bloomberg: Investors based on Macron victory are vulnerable to Le Pen shock
A reversal in France’s presidential election was likely to upset markets that were betting on securing a second term from Emanuel Macron, according to Bloomberg. If nationalist and Eurosceptic Marine Le Pen overthrows the current president, European assets could face a sell-off comparable to the euro crisis or Brexit, according to market participants. France’s risk […]