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‘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…

France 24

Far-right sends shockwaves in France after electoral breakthrough

France's far-right scored a historic success in legislative elections on Sunday increasing its number of lawmakers almost tenfold and cementing the party's rise from fringe status to the mainstream opposition.

Reuters

France’s Macron loses parliamentary majority as left and right surge

‘It was a midterm election for him and he lost,’ one analyst says

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Ministers fall as Macron loses absolute majority in French parliament

Eight weeks after his re-election as French president, Emmanuel Macron has lost the parliamentary majority he needed to push through promised tax cuts and pension reforms. Several ministers lost their seats. The left-wing coalition led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon will form the main opposition bloc in the National Assembly, followed by…

Radio France Internationale

French legislative elections: The second round, by the numbers

Voters in France are heading back to the polls for a fourth time in two months as legislative elections conclude on Sunday, hot on the heels of April's presidential vote. Some 48.5 million voters are registered to cast a ballot in 572 run-off races across the country, with results due…

France 24

Macron or chaos: French ruling party flags red menace in tight election

Faced with the threat of a hung parliament, French President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling coalition has shifted its fire from the far right to a new left-wing bloc after a first round of parliamentary elections that exposed the inadequacy of its campaign and the narrowness of its support base.

France 24

France burkini ban challenged in country’s top court

Marine Le Pen has called the burkini the ‘clothing of Islamist propaganda’

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Prizes abound for Le Pen's far right in historic French legislative elections

The duel between Emmanuel Macron's incumbent majority and Jean-Luc Mélenchon's pan-leftist NUPES coalition duly dominated the spotlight on Sunday after the first round of France's legislative elections. But far-right National Rally flagbearer Marine Le Pen had a red-letter night at the ballot box. Even at the low end of seat…

France 24

Far right National Rally on course to form 'large' parliamentary group

France’s National Rally party (RN) came third in the first round of legislative elections on Sunday. Ahead in 108 of the 577 constituencies, the party’s performance gives weight to leader Marine Le Pen’s hopes to form a parliamentary group for the first time since 1986.

Radio France Internationale

Macron’s parliamentary majority under threat as left-wing vote surges

Failing to secure control of parliament will hamper the president’s ability to push through his agenda

The Independent UK

French parliamentary elections continue to redraw the political map, amid record low turnout

The results of the first round of the French parliamentary elections that took place on Sunday are out: according to national daily Le Monde, France’s new left-wing coalition headed by Jean-Luc Melenchon, the Nouvelle union Populaire Ecologique et Sociale (NUPES, New Popular Ecological and Social Union) has clinched most of the…

The Conversation

Takeaways from the first round of France’s parliamentary elections

French voters went to the polls Sunday in the first round of parliamentary elections, with all 577 National Assembly seats at play. The left-wing NUPES coalition came out neck and neck with Emmanuel Macron’s presidential group, while Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and the right-wing Républicains trail behind. Here are…

France 24

Will ‘drifting’ Macron need conservatives to save his majority?

The French parliamentary elections' first round on Sunday put Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble group barely ahead of the leftist coalition NUPES under firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon – a disappointing result for the freshly re-elected president. But Macron’s centrist alliance is expected to get a second-round boost as swing voters rally to…

France 24

Why France's parliamentary elections are important to Macron

Emmanuel Macron saw off the far right’s Marine Le Pen in April’s presidential election, but now the French president is facing a threat from the other end of the political spectrum in the fight for parliamentary power

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Le Pen wants to hand over French far right to a 26-year-old

The rising star of Marine Le Pen’s far-right party is taking his presidential ambitions to the corners of France that feel left behind.

The Independent UK

Hard-left leader sees win in French vote, himself as new PM

Leftist parties that had nearly disappeared from the French political landscape have grown wings in the runup to Sunday’s legislative elections and now threaten to weaken President Emmanuel Macron and his hopes of slam-dunking his agenda through parliament

France 24

‘Macron is right’ to want to avoid humiliating Russia, Le Pen and Mélenchon say

French President Emmanuel Macron last week sparked a tsunami of criticism after reiterating his call on the international community to “avoid humiliating Russia” over Ukraine. But three days ahead of the first round of the French legislative elections, the French leader has won the unlikely backing of two of his…

The Guardian - UK

The future of France: can Macron’s centre hold?

With Macron back as president and the legislative elections looming, we ask French writers and historians to assess the state of an increasingly divided nation

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Right-wing outcry as historian Pap Ndiaye heads up French education ministry

The nomination of Pap Ndiaye, a historian and expert on US minority rights, was the biggest surprise in France's new government line-up. Even before he gets down to business, the left-leaning academic has been slammed by the political right for his "woke" positions on race and police violence.

France 24

Historic coalition marks changing of the guard for French left ahead of legislative elections

France’s Socialist, Green, Communist and far-left parties have joined forces in an unlikely but historic alliance ahead of legislative elections on June 12 and 19. After a first-round presidential election that saw far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon fall just short of a place in the final, France's reinvigorated left wing has…

Radio France Internationale

Marine Le Pen back on the hustings to unsettle Macron in legislative elections

French far-right National Rally leader Marine Le Pen has returned to the campaign trail announcing herself as a candidate in France's parliamentary elections in June after weeks of silence after she lost the presidential vote to Emmanuel Macron.

Reuters

France's Le Pen still hopes to unsettle Macron in legislative elections

French far-right politician Marine Le Pen returned to the electoral fray on Sunday, announcing herself as a candidate in the parliamentary elections in June after weeks of silence since she lost the presidential vote to Emmanuel Macron last month.

France 24

Macron vows to build ‘stronger France’ during second term as president

President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday was inaugurated for a new term, making him the first French leader in 20 years to serve a second mandate following his election victory over far-right politician Marine Le Pen in the April 24 second round of the 2022 presidential vote. Follow FRANCE 24's coverage…

The Guardian - UK

Macron rebrands party as Renaissance to fight parliamentary elections

Re-elected French president seeking coalition of the centre to see off threats from Marine Le Pen and leftwing alliance

Radio France Internationale

Macron to be inaugurated for second term at Elysée Palace ceremony

Emmanuel Macron will be formally declared President of France for a second time on Saturday following his victory over Marine Le Pen in the second round run-off on 24 April.

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