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/ Europe Issued on: 16/05/2022 – 19:16Modified: 16/05/2022 – 19:18 01:42 France’s Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne leaves the Élysée presidential palace after the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris on May 11, 2022. © Ludovic Marin, AFP French President Emmanuel Macron picked Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne as his new prime minister on Monday as he prepares […]
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France’s President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne as the country’s new prime minister, the first woman to hold the position in three decades, after Prime Minister Jean Castex submitted his resignation Monday, setting the stage for a cabinet reshuffle as Macron embarks on his second term. Follow FRANCE 24’s live updates for all the latest […]
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As global warming accelerates, the spectre of drought haunts France’s once verdant farmland. Even now, before the start of summer, 15 administrative départements have had to restrict water use while farmers warn that the current situation will have an adverse impact on crop yields. Few people in France are talking about this looming catastrophe – but all the signs of a record drought […]
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France is gearing for a fiercely contested parliamentary election on June 12 and 19 as Emmanuel Macron’s defeated adversaries make long-shot bids to deprive him of a National Assembly majority. But the forthcoming polls will be crucial for another reason, as winning votes in them is a vital source of parties’ public funding. After the […]
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Could France be facing its Trump moment? For US commentators, France’s presidential runoff between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen has raised the prospect of a fresh shakeup in transatlantic alliances, which could test Western unity against Putin’s Russia as war rages in Ukraine. As of late Sunday evening, Washington, DC time, the outcome of France’s […]
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France is poised for a rematch of the 2017 presidential election run-off with centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen once again advancing to the final after first-round voting on Sunday. But the 2022 race has so far been anything but a replay of the contest Macron won five years ago. And the […]
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French voters head to the polls for the first round of presidential elections on Sunday after a muted campaign overshadowed by the war in Ukraine. FRANCE 24 takes a look at how France’s two-round presidential election plays out. Some 48.7 million people are eligible to vote in Sunday’s presidential contest, choosing from a field of 12 candidates who are vying to lead […]
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/ Europe FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Issued on: 05/04/2022 – 16:21 Far-left French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon speaks during a rally at the Prado beach in Marseille, southern France, on March 27, 2022. © Daniel Cole, AP Photo Five days before the French presidential election’s first round, far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is multiplying his efforts – […]
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The most potent protest movement in recent French history, the Yellow Vest uprising looked at one point like it might bring a premature end to Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. More than three years after it was smothered, its politicised remnants are counting on their ballots to finish the job. France’s upcoming presidential election has been described […]
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