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Macron thought he could defeat Le Pen by shifting right. Instead, he has emboldened her

The president’s hazardous strategy has failed. Now France stands on the brink of its first far-right government since 1945, says professor of social sciences Didier Fassin

The Guardian - UK

‘We all need to fight’: Thuram raises France alarm over political turmoil

France’s far-right have forced the country to the polls but multiculturalism has driven decades of success on the field

The Guardian - UK

How France's far-right National Rally finally hooked the women's vote

It came as little surprise when Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) won the 9 June European parliamentary elections in France, but the number of women backing the anti-immigration party – up 10 percent since 2019 – is a turnabout. Have women found a voice in the RN or are…

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The Observer view on the French election: Emmanuel Macron is playing a dangerous game

The president wants to save France from itself, but he may just be handing the country over to the far right

The Guardian - UK

Leading French Left-winger Glucksmann Backs New Left Alliance

Leading left-wing French politician Raphael Glucksmann on Friday threw his weight behind a new coalition of the left in the run-up to historic elections, while far-right powerhouse Marine Le Pen pledged a "national unity government" if her party wins the snap polls.

International Business Times

Fighting on two fronts, France’s Macron flags ‘extremist fever’ on right and left

French President Emmanuel Macron fought his last presidential campaign against the far right’s Marine Le Pen, and then the ensuing parliamentary polls against a newly united left. Just two years on, his weakened coalition must now take on both opponents at once, in a snap election that Macron has framed…

France 24

Macron urges French parties to unite against far-right National Rally

President warns against ‘spirit of defeatism’ as country prepares for snap vote to clarify far-right surge in support

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Three possible outcomes of Macron’s shocking snap election

President may slow the seemingly unstoppable far-right rise, but find himself trapped in a splintered parliament

The Guardian - UK

The EU is braced for a rise in the hard right. What matters is how the centre responds

27-member bloc will have to adjust to new reality as rightwing groups expected to have real influence for first time

The Guardian - UK

French PM says voters for far right may end up like Britons ‘who cry over Brexit’

Gabriel Attal cautions against backing Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, which leads solidly in polls for European elections

The Guardian - UK

Meloni, Le Pen Flirt With Combining EU Far-right Forces

Europe's far-right figureheads Marine Le Pen and Giorgia Meloni are hinting they could join forces following this summer's EU elections, after Le Pen's French party announced a break with its radical German ally AfD. The overtures presage a possible reconfiguration of nationalist parties' alliances after voters decide the next European…

International Business Times

Why is France revoking birthright citizenship in Mayotte?

France announces constitutional amendment aimed at curbing immigration in its overseas territory near Madagascar.

Al Jazeera

France Plans To Revoke Birthplace Citizenship In Mayotte

French authorities on Sunday announced a controversial plan to amend the Constitution to revoke birthplace citizenship on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, which has been struggling with social unrest and a crippling migration crisis.

International Business Times

‘France to stay France’, says Macron, as he lays out vision to counter far right

French president focused on education and law and order in press conference to challenge dominance of Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally

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Gabriel Attal’s real challenge will be to break French parliament’s political deadlock

The new PM was chosen to boost Emmanuel Macron’s agenda but, as his predecessor found out, pushing through legislation won’t be easy

International Business Times

French Govt Seeks To Calm Tensions Over Immigration Bill

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday sought to restore unity to his centrist ruling party after the adoption of a tough immigration bill under pressure from the far right sparked an unprecedented rebellion within its ranks.

The Guardian - UK

France passes controversial immigration bill amid deep division in Macron’s party

Strict new law contains so many hardline measures that the far-right Marine Le Pen has claimed it as an ‘ideological victory’

The Guardian - UK

Students’ role in French protests shows depth of anger towards Macron

Fury over policing tactics has changed dimension of protests against plan to raise retirement age

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France's National Rally elects Bardella, 27, as Le Pen's successor

France's far-right Rassemblement National (RN) elected Jordan Bardella as its new president on Saturday, overwhelmingly backing the 27-year-old European Parliament member to succeed Marine Le Pen in the post.

Reuters

Le Pen's 'general' tipped to take over French far-right party, eyes EU polls

Marine Le Pen still has her eyes on winning France's presidency, but a 27-year old loyalist from a tough working class neighbourhood is their far-right party's rising star and he has big ambitions that also extend to the European stage.

Reuters

French political rivalries spill onto soccer field ahead of lawmaker charity match

Deep divisions running through France's National Assembly spilled out onto the soccer pitch on Wednesday, with leftwing lawmakers refusing to play alongside colleagues from the far-right at an annual charity match.

Radio France Internationale

Macron refuses PM's resignation, calls for government to 'stay on task and act'

French President Emmanuel Macron rejected his prime minister's offer to resign ahead of talks with opposition parties that aim to end the deadlock sparked by his failure to secure a majority in parliamentary elections at the weekend.

Reuters

In Meaux, disillusionment drove voters towards France's resurgent far right

Care worker Sandrine Marchal began voting for the far-right several years ago, frustrated by the constant struggle to make ends meet. On Sunday, her home town of Meaux, a conservative stronghold east of Paris, made the same political shift.

France 24

‘A seismic event’: Le Pen’s party makes historic breakthrough in French parliament

Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally, or RN) made historic gains in Sunday’s French parliamentary election second round, on track to win 90 seats according to projections by Ipsos – a score way beyond the record gains polls predicted. Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc, meanwhile, underperformed polling expectations and…

The Guardian - UK

Macron’s centrist grouping loses absolute majority in parliament

Gains by new French left alliance and historic surge by far right cast uncertainty over Macron’s second term

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