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/ Europe Issued on: 21/05/2022 – 21:24 Kylian Mbappé before the match between PSG and Metz at the Parc des Princes on May 21, 2022 in Paris. © Anne-Christine Poujoulat, AFP Kylian Mbappe has signed a contract extension with Paris St Germain that will keep the France forward tied with the Ligue 1 side until […]
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Defending champion Novak Djokovic, 13-time winner Rafael Nadal and new teenage star Carlos Alcaraz were drawn in the same half of the French Open on Thursday. World number one Djokovic and Nadal, ranked five, are seeded to meet as early as the quarter-finals. Alcaraz, 19, is bidding to become just the eighth teenager to win […]
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/ France Issued on: 18/05/2022 – 14:42 02:21 A French appeals court has confirmed that the cement giant Lafarge must face charges of complicity in crimes against humanity over alleged payoffs to the Islamic State group and other jihadist groups during the Syrian civil war. © Franck Fife, AFP A French appeals court has confirmed […]
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/ France Issued on: 09/05/2022 – 13:56Modified: 09/05/2022 – 16:15 The “fake jobs” scandal derailed François Fillon’s presidential run in 2017. © Stéphane de Sakutin, AFP A French appeals court on Monday upheld but shortened the prison sentence a lower court inflicted on former conservative prime minister François Fillon for embezzling public funds in a scandal that […]
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/ Europe FRENCH LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS 2022 Issued on: 06/05/2022 – 02:49 01:25 French Socialist Party first secretary Olivier Faure talks to the press following a meeting of the Socialists’ National Council at the party’s headquarters in Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris, on May 5, 2022. © Stéphane de Sakutin, AFP The National Council of the French Socialist […]
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France’s left-of-centre parties were on Tuesday close to a broad alliance for June parliamentary polls, hoping that a united front can force President Emmanuel Macron to share power with the left during his second term in office. Greens and Communists have fallen into line behind the hard-left La France Insoumise (France Unbowed or LFI) movement, and […]
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While most countries rely on exit polls to declare elections winners, at the risk of jumping the gun, pollsters in France base their estimates on actual ballots counted – a system made possible by the staggered closure of polling stations across the country. French voters head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next […]
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Thousands of anti-far right protesters marched across France on Saturday as opponents of presidential candidate Marine Le Pen seek to form a united front to prevent her from winning an election runoff against incumbent Emmanuel Macron on April 24. Police have warned of possible incidents as demonstrators convene in some 30 cities. Macron, a pro-European Union centrist, […]
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Muslim headscarves took centre stage in France’s presidential campaign on Friday as both finalists in a tightly contested April 24 run-off were confronted by women in headscarves who asked why their clothing choices should be caught up in politics. France is home to western Europe’s largest Muslim population and many Muslims feel the presidential campaign has unfairly stigmatized […]
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With humiliating eliminations from France’s presidential vote on Sunday, the historic rightwing Republicans party joins the Socialists in facing a moment of truth—rebuild a viable political project or risk consignment to the history books. Republicans candidate Valerie Pecresse finished in fifth place according to projections after failing to woo back voters who turned to centrist […]
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