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'Ugly scenes' in central Paris as riots break out over 'far-right' shooting of Kurdish nationals

Three people have been killed after a gunman opened fire near a Kurdish centre on Friday – with rioters taking to the streets after turning their anger towards police

Daily Mirror · Dec 23, 2022

Racial hatred conviction against French far-right politician upheld by ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that a conviction for incitement to racial hatred and discrimination against far-right French presidential candidate and polemicist Eric Zemmour was not a violation of his freedom of expression.

Reuters · Dec 20, 2022

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 · Jun 13, 2022

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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 · Jun 13, 2022

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 · Jun 12, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Jun 11, 2022

Paris Perspective #30: Eighty years since Nazi yellow star decree – Robert Ejnes

On 29 May, 1942, the Nazi occupation of Northern France banned Jews from appearing in public without wearing a yellow star on their left breast. Paris Perspective looks back at this dark period in French history, while taking the temperature of the current situation regarding anti-Semitism in France and the…

Radio France Internationale · May 30, 2022

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Liverpool Fans Caused Initial Problems at Champions League Final, Says French Minister

France's sports minister said on Monday Liverpool fans without valid tickets were responsible for initial crowd problems at the Champions League final, with the problem then exacerbated by local youths trying to force their way in to the game. Some French far-right politicians, such as Eric Zemmour, said the crowd…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 30, 2022

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.

Radio France Internationale · May 24, 2022

French MP candidates forced to stand down following assault allegations

The #MeToo anti-sexual harassment movement is reshaping France's sexist political culture, with several politicians running for parliament in upcoming elections forced to stand down over alleged violence against women.

Radio France Internationale · May 20, 2022

French far-right's Zemmour to run for seat in parliament

French far-right pundit Eric Zemmour, who made a failed bid for the presidential elections last month, said on Thursday that he would run for a seat in parliament in the June 12-19 elections.

Reuters · May 12, 2022

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.

Radio France Internationale · May 8, 2022

French firebrand Zemmour to field 550 candidates in legislative polls

Far-right presidential contender Eric Zemmour's Reconquest party has announced it will present 550 candidates in France's legislative elections in June, lamenting the failure of established right-wing parties to respond favourably to its "hand of friendship".

Radio France Internationale · May 4, 2022

EXPLAINER: Why France's Macron now faces challenge from left

No sooner had Emmanuel Macron defeated a far-right rival in last month's presidential vote than left-wing parties began mounting a challenge for legislative supremacy in June elections

The Independent UK · May 2, 2022

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Radio France Internationale · Apr 29, 2022

After presidential loss, France's Marine Le Pen to run in legislative polls

Defeated French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen will stand in parliamentary elections in June, her party announced on Thursday, underlining how she intends to remain at the frontline of politics.

France 24 · Apr 26, 2022

France's Macron faces a divided nation after election win

French President Emmanuel Macron faced the daunting challenge of uniting a deeply divided nation Tuesday after winning re-election in a battle against Marine Le Pen that saw the far right come its closest yet to taking power.

France 24 · Apr 25, 2022

‘Victory’ in defeat? Le Pen raises the far right’s glass ceiling, fails to crack it

Marine Le Pen was soundly beaten in Sunday’s presidential election as weary voters rallied once more to keep her Rassemblement National (National Rally) party from power. But the surge in support for far-right candidates begs the question of how long a creaking “republican front” of anti-Le Pen voters will hold…

Reuters · Apr 25, 2022

Explainer-Coalitions and cohabitation? France’s shifting political landscape

For re-elected Emmanuel Macron, focus is quickly shifting to legislative elections in June when, the readout from Sunday's runoff win suggests, he may struggle to gain the clear legislative majority that French voters tend to bestow on their presidents.

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The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

After French election win, Macron faces even tougher test with political battle at home and war abroad

Emmanuel Macron faces myriad challenges ranging from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the future of the EU

Reuters · Apr 24, 2022

Down but not out: France's Le Pen vows to fight on

Marine Le Pen brought the far-right from fringe status into the mainstream in a decade and, unbowed by her third failed bid for the presidency, she promised on Sunday to keep up the fight against Emmanuel Macron as she turns her attention to June's parliamentary vote.

Al Jazeera · Apr 24, 2022

Macron defeats Le Pen in French election, promises change

Victory for Emmanuel Macron makes him the first French president to be re-elected in 20 years.

ABC News · Apr 21, 2022

Emmanuel Macron may be the de facto leader of Europe, but could he lose the French presidency to rival Marine Le Pen?

Emmanuel Macron's status as Europe's de facto leader, which has been cemented by the current crisis in Ukraine, certainly aligns with his ambitions. But could it cost him the French presidency?

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Tensions over race, religion in France's presidential race

France’s presidential campaign has been difficult for voters of immigrant heritage and religious minorities

Reuters · Apr 20, 2022

French extreme-right leaders call for coalition ahead of legislative elections

Leaders of the party founded by extreme-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour, who was knocked out in the first round of France's presidential race, have called for a coalition of right and far-right political parties ahead of the country's legislative elections in June.

Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2022

Marine Le Pen: can the right-wing ‘wolf’ really pull off a moderate rebrand?

She’s closing in on the French president, with insiders saying this month’s election could be her third time lucky. From her traumatic upbringing to her complicated relationship with her father, Katie Strick charts the rise of the right-wing candidate known as MLP

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