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What’s so controversial about France’s new immigration bill?

The proposed law, which has been endorsed by the French far right, faces its biggest test yet on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

Report Alleges France's Far-right Leader Had Racist Twitter Account

France's far-right leader Jordan Bardella on Thursday rejected accusations in a television report that he used an anonymous Twitter account to share racist messages when he was a local elected official.

International Business Times

Jetsetting Orbán is speed-dating global strongmen – but at what cost?

Hungarian PM met a who’s who of rightwing leaders on his travels in 2023, as critics point to failures at home

The Guardian - UK

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'France Should Remain France': Macron Adopts Far-right Rhetoric

French President Emmanuel Macron borrowed lines from the far right for a press conference this week designed to relaunch his sputtering second term.

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

The Guardian - AU

Does France's hard-line immigration law breach the constitution?

A top French court is reviewing the government's controversial immigration reform to check that measures toughening the treatment of non-EU migrants do not breach France's constitution. RFI looks at what the legal experts will be considering – and what they might rule has to change.

Radio France Internationale

Macron looks to Sarkozy connection to head off far right in France

Hiring of figures close to former rightwing leader Nicolas Sarkozy confirms president’s rightward shift

The Guardian - UK

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New French PM seeks to send strong message on law and order

Gabriel Attal attempts to set tone as Macron government tries to counter rise of Marine Le Pen’s far-right

The Guardian - UK

New French PM Chooses Cabinet After Macron Promotion

France's new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal was on Wednesday choosing his cabinet team after his stunning promotion by President Emmanuel Macron to become the youngest French head of government.

International Business Times

The Guardian view on Macron’s new prime minister: youthful optimism may not suffice

Editorial: Gabriel Attal, the youngest-ever occupant of the Matignon, has his work cut out to turn around the government’s fortunes ahead of June elections

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

Macron makes Gabriel Attal, 34, France’s youngest-ever prime minister as he fights far right election threat

Mr Attal – also the country’s first openly gay PM – will now lead a government bruised by spats over immigration and pension reforms and facing a buoyant Marine Le Pen in key European elections in the summer

The Independent UK

Gabriel Attal becomes youngest French PM as Macron tries to revive popularity

Attal, 34, rose in opinion polls during his time as education minister and may help ruling party in EU elections

The Guardian - UK

Gabriel Attal Picked As France's Youngest PM

French leader Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday picked Gabriel Attal as prime minister in a bid to give new momentum to his presidency, with the 34-year-old becoming France's youngest and first openly gay head of government.

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Nikki Haley as first female US president? Unlikely but not impossible

Republican candidate is catching up to Trump in the polls as business heavyweights have flocked to her

France 24

France's undocumented migrants face uncertain future under new immigration law

Despite facing serious labour shortages, the French government passed a more restrictive immigration bill this week after watering down measures that would have streamlined the legalisation of foreign workers. But some of the law's new provisions may still offer a glimmer of hope for the country’s hundreds of thousands of…

Radio France Internationale

Macron's new health minister implicated in luxury gifts scandal

France's new health minister, Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, on Friday confirmed she was among several pharmacists under investigation for allegedly accepting gifts from one of the country's top laboratories. Firmin Le Bodo was appointed after her predecessor resigned in protest at the government's contentious new immigration law.

The Guardian - UK

Nativity season in France means peace, goodwill – and an annual row in the town hall

Secularists and traditionalists are at loggerheads over the proper place for a crib – and it’s a godsend for the far right, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

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Macron accused of doing far-right’s bidding with stricter immigration law

French President Emmanuel Macron is under renewed fire after urging his minority government to vote for a strengthened immigration bill that was endorsed by the far right. The late Tuesday vote, which divided Macron's coalition MPs and prompted his health minister to resign a day later, was heralded by far-right…

The Guardian - UK

In pandering to the far right on immigration, Macron has handed it a victory. Take note, Britain

Desperate to fulfil a campaign promise, the French president has accepted an impractical, repressive bill praised by Marine Le Pen, says John Lichfield, a journalist based in France

France 24

Le Pen's breakout moment? French government split by far-right backing of immigration bill

Are we at a turning point in French politics? Emmanuel Macron's ruling party is in crisis after the far right threw its weight behind an immigration bill stiffened after a parliamentary compromise. The government insists it had the votes without Marine Le Pen's party, but there's more than one way…

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the politics of migration: when centrists dabble in extremism

Editorial: Western Europe is undergoing a reconfiguration, with the centre-right posing as radicals and the nativist right donning the garb of centrists

Radio France Internationale

French health minister resigns over contentious immigration law

France's health minister has resigned over the adoption of a controversial immigration law backed by the far-right, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, while denying there was any rebellion within President Emmanuel Macron's cabinet.

France 24

French health minister quits as immigration law splits Macron’s ruling party

French President Emmanuel Macron faced cracks within his ruling alliance on Wednesday as Health Minister Aurélien Rousseau tendered his resignation in protest at a controversial immigration law that the far right's Marine Le Pen hailed as an "ideological victory" for her camp.

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.

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