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France regulator refuses to renew licence for channel fined before for not respecting pluralism

France’s broadcast regulator has refused to renew a licence for free-to-air entertainment channel C8, owned by conservative media mogul Vincent Bolloré, Financial Times reported. The channel had earlier attracted € 7.6 million in fines for breaching broadcasting standards, for reasons including promoting conspiracy theories and fake news, as well as…

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Why Zinedine Zidane Should Light the Olympic Cauldron in Paris

Choosing the former French soccer star, the child of Algerian immigrants, would make a clear statement in a time of political tension in the country.

Sports Illustrated

No, Europe’s far right has not lost momentum, two key battles don’t make a war

Arguing in the negative in this week’s Friday Fight: Crikey columnist Benjamin Clark.

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France Faces Political Turmoil Ahead Of Paris Olympics

France grapples with political turmoil post-legislative elections as factions vie for power and a new government formation remains uncertain.

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Patriots for Europe? Viktor Orbán’s new EU group is another hollow victory for the far right

Marine Le Pen’s RN and Hungary’s Fidesz have joined forces. But Europe’s far right is fractured and Orbán isolated, says political scientist Cas Mudde

The Guardian - UK

Risk of far right gaining power has not gone away, warns French Green leader

Marine Tondelier, whose party forms part of the election-winning New Popular Front, says politics must change to regain voters’ trust

The Guardian - UK

French Left Blasts Macron, Demands Keys To Govt

No single force won Sunday's second-round vote outright, though a broad alliance of Socialists, Communists, Greens and the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) won the most seats, with 193 in the 577-strong National Assembly.

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French election leaves far-right National Rally down but not out

France's snap elections didn't result in the thundering parliamentary majority the National Rally wanted. But while tactical voting by the left and centre kept the far-right party out of power yet again, analysts say its gains should not be underestimated.

Radio France Internationale

'Contained but not stopped': French far right takes record number of seats in parliament

Marine Le Pen on Wednesday said her far-right National Rally party’s accession to power was only "postponed", despite its third-place finish in the July 7 second round of the legislative elections. Although the party elected a record number of deputies to the National Assembly, its weaknesses were also exposed during…

France 24

France’s Macron slams Israeli minister’s backing of Marine Le Pen

Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli publicly supported Marine Le Pen before France’s recent election.

Al Jazeera

French election: it’s impossible to know what sort of government might emerge from the current state of chaos

There were scenes of joy at the Place de la République in Paris when many thousands of people who were gathered to wait for the result of recent French election discovered that Marine Le Pen’s far-right coalition has not succeeded in taking control of the national assembly. Many outside the…

The Conversation

Increased Far-right Ranks Prepare For French Parliament

Dozens of freshly-elected French far-right lawmakers visited parliament Wednesday, as the left-wing alliance who beat them in the polls scrambled for a viable candidate to lead the government.

International Business Times

League of nationalists: How far can the new Le Pen-Orban alliance go?

The optics are startling. Russia bombed a children’s hospital in Kyiv while Hungary’s Viktor Orban, who currently holds the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency, wrapped up a peace tour that included stops in Moscow and Baku before Beijing. At no point during his Kremlin visit did Orban denounce…

France 24

French investigators open inquiry into finances of 2022 Le Pen campaign

Prosecutors to investigate allegations of embezzlement, forgery and fraud during failed presidential election bid

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Le Pen, Orban and the ‘Patriots for Europe’: Is the EU being undermined from within?

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party this week joined forces with the camp of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to form a powerful new far-right bloc in the EU parliament. The group, Patriots for Europe, will be led by Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s 28-year-old protégé. With 84 EU lawmakers…

Radio France Internationale

French investigators probe far-right leader Le Pen's 2022 campaign finances

French investigators are looking into far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's 2022 campaign finances for an election she lost to President Emmanuel Macron, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

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Far-Right Parties Form New Bloc In European Parliament

Far-right parties unite in Patriots for Europe bloc, challenging mainstream groups in the European Parliament.

Al Jazeera

In Paris, joy and creeping fears after French far right’s fall from grace

Le Pen’s National Rally dropped from first to third place in an election week, but its relative rise remains a worry.

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Radio France Internationale

Le Pen and Orban forces unite in EU parliament forming new far-right bloc

Marine Le Pen's National Rally formed an alliance with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's political group in the European Parliament on Monday, establishing a new far-right faction. This move came just one day after Le Pen's party experienced an unexpected setback in French legislative elections.

The Independent UK

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is investigated over alleged illicit financing in 2022 vote

The Paris prosecutor’s office says it opened a preliminary investigation last week into suspicions of illicit financing of far-right French leader Marine Le Pen’s campaign during the 2022 presidential election

The Guardian - UK

The left in France has beaten back the far right. This is how we do the same in the UK

France isn’t out of the danger zone, but coherent action by the left brought hope. The same can happen here, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

International Business Times

French Parties Scramble For Influence After Inconclusive Vote

French parties sought to project strength and gather allies on Tuesday, with the government adrift following an election in which no one political force claimed a clear majority.

Evening Standard

French prosecutors investigate alleged ‘illegal financing’ by Marine Le Pen and far-Right National Rally party

Ms Le Pen is already facing up to 10 years in prison and a ban on standing for elected office if she is found guilty following an embezzlement trial

Crikey

How the French republican front pushed the left to surprise victory — and what’s next

The challenge is to find a cause that a majority of French people will vote for, not just one they will unite against.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the French election: time to build a republican future

Editorial: Progressive and centrist voters joined forces to keep Marine Le Pen’s party at bay. But last-ditch resistance is not a long-term strategy

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