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Radical left Jean-Luc Mélenchon announces 2027 French presidential bid

The controversial leader will seek presidency for the fourth time – despite previously vowing to stand aside

The Guardian - UK

Can anyone stop Jordan Bardella in France? A crowded field could gift the election to the far right

A long list of contenders want to be president in 2027. But with anti-establishment sentiment dominating the national mood, outsiders have the advantage, says the European Policy Centre’s Paul Taylor

The Guardian - UK

France’s radical left on brink of local election victory in Roubaix

Strong showing for Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s LFI party will suggest its electoral base is firm despite recent controversy

The Guardian - UK

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A political killing risks tearing the French left apart – and the far right is taking full advantage

The fallout from the violent death of Quentin Deranque exposes Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s flaws – and leaves the wider left facing an impossible dilemma, says UCL professor of European politics, Philippe Marlière

The Guardian - UK

Death of French activist sparks spectre of 'cordon sanitaire' around LFI party

The death of 23-year-old far-right activist Quentin Deranque has weakened the left-wing France Unbowed, divided the left and given new momentum to the National Rally before crucial elections.

Euronews

Who could be on the ballot for the 2027 French presidential election?

While Emmanuel Macron's departure is still a long way off, the municipal elections of 2026 will see French political parties kick-start their campaigning for the presidential election of 2027. But with some likely contenders already beginning to emerge, we take a look at who could be on the ballot in…

Radio France Internationale

It's only murder in this White House

Where "The West Wing" portrayed the White House as a hallowed place, this show sells it as an everyday crime scene

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Karoline Leavitt says French ‘should be grateful they’re not speaking German’ after calls for Statue of Liberty to be returned

White House press secretary's remarks come in the wake of French politician Raphaël Glucksmann teasing that the U.S. should return the iconic New York-based landmark

The Independent UK

White House slams French MEP’s call to return Statue of Liberty

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt slams ‘low-level’ French politician demanding Statue of Liberty’s return, saying France should be thankful they are “not speaking German right now.”

Euronews

Why Does France Want the Statue of Liberty Back—138 Years After Gifting It to the US?

A French politician has suggested the US return the Statue of Liberty, citing a decline in American democratic values.

International Business Times UK

‘Apparently you despise her’: French official demands US give back Statue of Liberty after 140 years

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the politician should be grateful French citizens aren’t ‘speaking German’

The Independent UK

From France comes a call for Trump's America to return Lady Liberty. Here's why it won't happen

A French politician has suggested the U.S. is no longer worthy of keeping the Statue of Liberty

The Independent UK

French politician jokes US should return Statue of Liberty for siding with ‘tyrants’

Raphaël Glucksmann quips that US should give back 19th-century gift from France over Trump’s approach to Ukraine

The Guardian - US

French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann says US should give back Statue of Liberty

It’s generally considered poor form to ask for a gift back, but that hasn’t stopped French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann, who believes the Statue of Liberty should head back to France. Here’s why.

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What is the New Popular Front, surprise winner of France's election?

Formed in haste to keep the far right out of power, the left-wing New Popular Front defied expectations to take the lead in snap elections and become the biggest bloc in France's new parliament. Who is in the alliance? What do they stand for? And now that the immediate danger…

The Guardian - UK

What is the New Popular Front, surprise winner of the French election?

With a radical manifesto and an uneasy alliance, the left and green alliance has a difficult task ahead

France 24

France’s leftist New Popular Front wins a shock victory – but now the hard part begins

The Guardian - UK

French PM says ‘no place for violence and intimidation’ after candidate attacked putting up election posters – as it happened

Gabriel Attal said candidate Prisca Thevenot and members of her campaign team were attacked by four individuals

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Raphaël Glucksmann, the man who revived France’s centre-left

Raphaël Glucksmann, co-founder of the centre-left Place Publique party, emerged from a surprisingly strong showing in the June 9 European elections to find himself a key member of a new leftist alliance in France – one hastily forged to battle the far-right party leading in polls ahead of snap elections…

The Guardian - UK

‘Mother of all battles’: French left join forces to beat far-right electoral threat

The Socialists, Greens and Communists have put aside their differences to form a ‘New Popular Front’

The Guardian - UK

Can France’s New Popular Front overcome electoral threat from far right?

A guide to the alliance of left-leaning groups aiming to take on the National Rally in parliamentary elections starting later this month

France 24

‘We can’t leave France to Le Pen’: Leading left-winger Glucksmann throws weight behind new alliance

Raphaël Glucksmann, whose Socialist-backed coalition came third in Sunday’s European elections, has emerged as a pivotal figure of France’s political centre-left. His support for the new alliance of the left could swing the balance away from the ascendant far right in the snap parliamentary elections called by President Emmanuel Macron…

France 24

A ‘non’ for Mélenchon? France’s left seeks unifying figure ahead of legislative elections

Three-time French presidential candidate and hard-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Wednesday said he is "capable" of becoming the country’s next prime minister should a leftwing union win a majority in the snap legislative elections set for June 30 and July 7. His statement was met with a cool response from…

France 24

France’s Macron calls snap election in huge gamble after EU polls debacle

French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling early legislative elections, setting off a political earthquake after his party suffered a humbling defeat at the hands of the far right in elections for the European Parliament.

The Guardian - UK

‘You can feel a shift’: will the French be lured by Le Pen?

National Rally is making gains with higher-earning professionals and older voters previously put off by party founder Jean-Marie Le Pen

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