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French National Assembly election: What’s at stake and what to expect?

President Macron appears poised for major losses in Sunday’s snap poll, which could see the rise of the far right.

Al Jazeera

Far Right Scents Power As Tense France Ready For Snap Vote

A divided France braced Saturday for high-stakes parliamentary elections that could see the anti-immigrant and eurosceptic party of Marine Le Pen sweep to power in a historic first.

International Business Times

France's Macron battles to make up ground in final leg of election campaign

Candidates were making their last campaign pushes Friday for the first round of voting in a high-stakes legislative election in which French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist government risks a drubbing at the hands of the far right and hard left.

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What is France's National Rally party and what does it stand for?

The Right-wing party has been steadily detoxifying itself and is expected to do well in France’s parliamentary elections

Evening Standard

Far-right National Rally strengthening in final polls ahead of vote

Marine Le Pen’s party has pledged to boost spending power, slash immigration and restore law and order

The Guardian - UK

France's Far-right Surge Risks Muddling Paris Olympics Message

When the Olympics roll into Paris next month, the country could have a far-right government, risking seriously muddling the message around openness and diversity that organisers have been pushing for years.

International Business Times

How an 80s punk lyric became the rallying cry of French protests against the far right

François Guillemot’s band, Bérurier Noir, wrote Porcherie in 1985. In the lead-up to a watershed election in France, its lyrics are making a comeback among the youth, politicians and celebrities alike

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French Parties In Final Push For Votes Ahead Of Crunch Poll

France's political forces were on Friday to make a final bid for votes in crunch legislative elections that could see the far right take control of the government in a historic first.

International Business Times

Who is Marine Le Pen? Violence breaks out in France as Left alliance takes most seats

In a surprise result, the Left-wing New Popular Front won 182 seats, President Macron’s centrist Together alliance took 163 and the far Right 143 seats

Evening Standard

Ukraine war briefing: Moscow considering downgrading relations with west over Ukraine involvement

Kremlin says no final decision has been taken on relations, which were maintained even during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. What we know on day 856

The Guardian - AU

France’s far-right leader Le Pen questions Macron’s role as army chief

Marine Le Pen said it is the PM, not the president, who ‘pulls the strings’ when it comes to military decision making.

Al Jazeera

Far-right leader Le Pen questions French president's role as army chief

Marine Le Pen, former president of France's far-right party National Rally and currently a French presidential candidate, on Thursday raised the question in an interview with a French newspaper of who would be in charge of the military if her party takes over the government after snap parliamentary elections starting…

France 24

How Bolloré, the ‘French Murdoch’, carried Le Pen’s far right to the brink of power

French tycoon Vincent Bolloré has put his sprawling media empire at the service of the country’s nationalist right, precipitating a rightward shift in French politics. Pulling strings from behind the scenes in the manner of Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire corporate raider has orchestrated an alliance of bitter right-wing rivals in…

France 24

Le Pen claims far right will win majority and take over some military decisions

National Rally leader says Macron ‘won’t have choice’ but to appoint her protege as PM and he would make decisions on Ukraine support

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Antisemitism becomes a political football in France's election campaign

France's parliamentary elections are pitting the far-right National Rally, which counts a convicted Holocaust denier and a former Nazi paramilitary among its founding members, against left-wing parties – themselves accused of antisemitism after an equivocal response to the war between Hamas and Israel. With all sides quick to condemn the…

The Independent UK

France facing rise in all types of racism, human rights commission warns

Rise fuelled by the war in Gaza and far-right ideas in public debate, France’s human rights commission, the CNCDH, says in its annual report

Radio France Internationale

French far right dominates polls three days ahead of snap elections

France's political future was up in the air on Thursday with the far right surging in polls but other forces fighting to the end three days before a high-stakes parliamentary vote.

International Business Times

Far Right Way Ahead With Three Days To France Vote

France's political future was up in the air Thursday with the far-right surging in polls but other forces fighting to the end three days before a high-stakes parliamentary vote.

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Macron’s election gambit could land France in deep merde

This weekend, France will vote in the first round of a snap election that could see the country swing hard to the right. How did we get here?

Barchart

Dollar Rallies as Bond Yields Climb and the Yen Slumps

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Wednesday rallied to an 8-week high and finished up by +0.46%. Hawkish comments Wednesday from Fed Governor Bowman pushed bond yields higher and boosted the dollar when she said that inflation will remain inflated for some time, so it's not yet appropriate for the Fed...

France 24

‘We’re told we’re not really French’: Paris suburbs brace for far-right surge in snap election

The ethnically diverse northeastern suburbs of Paris are traditionally a bastion of the political left – and of voter abstention. With France’s legislative elections just days away, activists are battling widespread apathy and resignation as they seek to get out the vote and bar Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally…

Barchart

Dollar Climbs with Bond Yields on Hawkish Fed Governor Bowman

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.37% at an 8-week high. Hawkish comments today from Fed Governor Bowman pushed bond yields higher and boosted the dollar when she said that inflation will remain inflated for some time, so it's not yet appropriate for the Fed to cut...

France 24

Raphaël Glucksmann, the man who revived France’s centre-left

Raphaël Glucksmann, co-founder of the centre-left Place Publique party, emerged from a surprisingly strong showing in the June 9 European elections to find himself a key member of a new leftist alliance in France – one hastily forged to battle the far-right party leading in polls ahead of snap elections…

Evening Standard

France election 2024: why is it happening and who are the candidates?

The future of France’s political landscape hinges on two crucial upcoming votes

Al Jazeera

In a divided France, voters on the left hope to unite against the far right

President Emmanuel Macron tests the country’s support after losing to hardliners in the European Parliament election.

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