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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - Caught on Camera

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

France 24

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

The Guardian - UK

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…

France 24

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‘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

The Guardian - UK

‘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

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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.

France 24

‘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

The Guardian - UK

Left-wing parties rule out alliances with far right ahead of European elections

Signatories, including MEP Raphaël Glucksmann and Frans Timmermans, promise to ‘combat hatred, racism and xenophobia’

The Guardian - UK

Split between Socialists and hard-left damages chance of alliance before EU elections

With less than a month to go before European elections, the atmosphere among France's left-wing candidates is becoming increasingly antagonistic following a recent split between the centrist Socialists and the hard-left, further damaging the chances of a union for the upcoming polls.

Radio France Internationale

In France, we’ve been desperate for a real alternative to Macron and Le Pen. Finally, he’s here

The June European elections are my first as a French citizen – and they’re in time to vote for the rising star of the left, Raphaël Glucksmann, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

The Guardian - UK

Europe’s election campaigns are under the constant threat of foreign interference

François-Xavier Bellamy, the top candidate for the conservative Les Républicains party in the upcoming European elections, revealed Monday that he had been targeted by an attempted cyberattack launched by a group believed to be linked to the Chinese government. Coming soon after Socialist Party candidate Raphaël Glucksmann’s announcement that he…

France 24

The Guardian view on the French left: divided it will fall and fail, again

Editorial: The radical right is set to dominate forthcoming European elections. Progressives need a fresh start and a new approach

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Jean-Luc Mélenchon is a disaster for the French left – his response to the attack on Israel proves it

He may be a gifted orator, but his rhetoric of rage and revolution is deepening divisions in France. It is time to dump him, says Guardian columnist Alexander Hurst

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