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Will crawling into bed with France's hard left save or sink the Socialists?

France's long-established Socialist Party has fallen into line behind the hard-left France Unbowed, joining a left-wing alliance aimed at depriving President Emmanuel Macron of a majority in parliament in next month’s elections. Some party heavyweights see it as the final nail in the coffin of the fractured Socialists; others feel…

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French left agrees rare coalition deal to take on Macron

France's Socialist Party and the hard-left La France Insoumise (LFI) agreed in principle on Wednesday to run together in June parliamentary elections and try to deprive newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron of a majority.

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France's Socialist Party joins far-left alliance ahead of key elections

France's Socialist Party and the far-left France Unbowed (LFI) party have reached an "in principle" agreement to form an alliance for legislative elections in June.

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French Socialists suspend talks on left alliance for parliamentary poll

France's Socialist Party on Friday suspended talks aimed at uniting centre-left and hard-left parties ahead of parliamentary elections in June, in a sign of the hurdles the left faces as it tries to challenge newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron.

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Former French president Hollande snubs alliance with hard left

For parties on the left of French politics, all eyes are on the upcoming legislative elections – where many are hoping a united front will rob President Emmanuel Macron of any chance of a parliamentary majority. Following talks between the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) and the Socialist Party (PS), however,…

Radio France Internationale

Emmanuel Macron: A meteoric rise and a rocky road to re-election

Emmanuel Macron won office in 2017 running as an independent centrist and an ambitious reformer. The youngest president elected in France's modern political era, Macron's rise to the Élysée Palace atop a fledgling party he had founded himself was swift and iconoclastic. But the road to his second term, five…

France 24

Emmanuel Macron: After French president's meteoric rise, a rocky road lay ahead

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On This Day in 2002: Doomed Socialist favourite laughs off threat of Le Pen in presidential final

Any presidential campaign has its emblematic moments that change the course of the race, be they breathtaking instant tide-turners or incidents laden with meaning only in hindsight. With French voters set to elect a president on April 24, FRANCE 24 looks back at telling moments from campaigns past. In the…

France 24

Election runoff an image of a polarised France, analysts say

Rivals Macron and Le Pen set to battle for presidency in what is projected to be a very tight second round on April 24.

Al Jazeera

First round of the French election: apparent stability, yet a profound reconfiguration

With the majority of the ballots counted on Monday morning, the official results of the first round of the French presidential election appear to confirm the power dynamics at work from the previous election.

The Conversation

Le Pen says voters face a 'choice of society, of civilisation' in second round

On 24 April, the second round of the French presidential election will see incumbent Emmanuel Macron defend his position against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen. This is how the French daily papers analyse the balance of power and the prospects of the two survivors . . .

Radio France Internationale

NI election poll 2022 - Full list of candidates running for Northern Ireland Assembly

A total of 239 candidates are contesting the Northern Ireland election across 18 constituencies

Belfast Live

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the veteran leftist standing in the way of a Macron-Le Pen rematch

In the space of a decade, Jean-Luc Mélenchon bounced back from a lifetime on the fringes of the Socialist Party to become the dominant force in France’s post-Socialist left. As voters head to the polls on Sunday, he is hoping to prevent a repeat of President Emmanuel Macron’s 2017 duel…

France 24

'Macron looks right through you!': Socialist Hidalgo calls on progressives to return to the fold

With a week to go before the first round of France's presidential election, Anne Hidalgo is languishing at under 2 percent in the polls. If those voter surveys bear out at the ballot box on April 10, the performance would mark a historic low for the embattled Socialist Party. And…

France 24

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Portugal's new govt sees EU aid as firing up economic growth

Members of Portugal’s center-left Socialist Party are set to be sworn into office for the party’s third straight term in government

France 24

On This Day in 2007: France's power couple keeps up the façade in a race riven by intrigue

Any presidential campaign has its share of emblematic moments that change the course of the race, be they breathtaking instant tide-turners or incidents laden with meaning only in hindsight. With French voters set to elect a president in April, FRANCE 24 takes a look back at some of the emblematic…

The Independent UK

Portugal’s new Socialist government gets off to bumpy start

Portugal is getting a new foreign minister, finance minister and defense minister as the center-left Socialist Party prepares for its third straight term in government

Reuters

France's Socialist Party facing irrelevance in presidential vote

In France's former mining heartland, promises by the Communist Party's first presidential candidate in 15 years to raise the minimum wage, lower the retirement age and tax big business hard resonate with voters who feel ignored by the mainstream left.

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Spain's Socialists propose commission to probe Catholic Church abuses

Spain's ruling Socialist Party proposed on Monday creating an independent commission headed by the country's ombudsman to investigate sexual abuse of minors by Catholic Church staff.

Al Jazeera

The French left, the presidential race and the unavoidable

Nothing seems likely to prevent a debacle in April vote for French left that used to dominate France’s politics.

The Independent UK

After election win, Portugal's PM tests positive for virus

Portugal’s Socialist Party leader António Costa says he has tested positive for COVID-19, two days after his landslide election victory and just as he starts forming his new government

The Independent UK

Portugal’s center-left Socialists get landslide election win

The center-left Socialist Party has won a landslide victory in Portugal’s general election

Reuters

Portugal's PM Costa stuns with majority win in snap election

Defying all odds, Portugal's centre-left Socialists won an outright parliamentary majority in Sunday's snap general election, securing a strong new mandate for Prime Minister Antonio Costa, a champion of balanced public accounts.

Al Jazeera

Chances of absolute majority look slim for all in Portugal vote

Incumbent PM’s Socialist Party is expected to win Sunday’s snap polls, but the absolute majority remains elusive.

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