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France's new parliament faces key decisions in first session

France's newly elected National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, meets on Thursday for the first time. The country is still struggling to form a government after snap elections failed to produce a majority, but MPs are on a deadline to fill key parliamentary posts.

Radio France Internationale

Pros and cons of a ‘technocratic government’ that could end France's political stalemate

The snap legislative elections called by French President Emmanuel Macron left the country with a hung parliament and no dominant political bloc in power in the lower-house National Assembly for the first time in France's modern history. One solution proposed to end the deadlock is for a government of experts,…

France 24

French PM Resignation Accepted, Caretaker Govt To Continue

French PM Attal resigns amid political uncertainty. Macron delays new appointment, facing challenges in forming stable government.

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French PM Attal resigns but will remain in caretaker role amid political deadlock

French President Emmanuel Macron accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Tuesday, the presidential office said, adding that Attal will lead a caretaker government with restricted powers until a new government is named. The leftist New Popular Front alliance has still not managed to name a consensus candidate…

France 24

French PM Poised To Take Caretaker Role In Deadlocked France

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal was set to resign but stay on as head of a caretaker government Tuesday, officials said, with no replacement in sight as divided parliamentary groups succumb to infighting.

International Business Times

France enters high-stakes week in politics as leftist bloc sets sights on speaker’s chair

France is preparing for another week of political maneuvering as the newly elected National Assembly meets for the first time this Thursday. With the leftist New Popular Front alliance still divided over a candidate for prime minister, the fight for the powerful speaker’s role in parliament seems likely to dominate…

France 24

Outgoing French PM Attal takes the reins of parliamentary group after party vote

France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal took the leadership of his party's National Assembly lawmakers after 84 out of 98 Renaissance deputies backed him in a vote on Saturday. Deep divisions between Attal and President Emmanuel Macron have appeared in recent days, with the premier blaming the president for taking the…

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French PM Poised To Lead Parliament Group As Govt Search Heats Up

France's prime minister was poised on Saturday to take the leadership of his party's National Assembly lawmakers as politicians from all sides jockeyed for position to form the next government.

International Business Times

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.

International Business Times

French government in limbo after elections produce hung parliament

France's legislative elections have resulted in a hung parliament, with the National Assembly divided into three distinct blocs. Although the leftist coalition, the New Popular Front, came out on top with 182 seats, it does not have an absolute majority. While Macron has asked Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to remain…

France 24

The far right seemed to have a lock on France's legislative elections. Here's why it didn't it win

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen appeared to be nearer to power than ever last week after her National Rally party triumphed in the opening round of legislative elections

The Independent UK

Inside the toxic battle dividing France

The Far Right may not have won a majority in yesterday’s snap parliamentary elections, but this failure cannot disguise the growing popularity of Marine le Pen’s party. Peter Allen reports from Paris

Evening Standard

Macron refuses Attal’s resignation, asks French PM to stay on temporarily for ‘stability’

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday asked Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to remain temporarily in office after the government’s political camp lost its majority in high-stakes legislative elections. The leftist New Popular Front (NFP) coalition won the most parliamentary seats, but failed to win an absolute majority in the National…

France 24

French vote gives leftists most seats over far right, but leaves hung parliament and deadlock

Near-final results show that a coalition of the French left has won the most seats in high-stakes legislative elections, beating back a far-right surge but failing to win a majority

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Leftist alliance 'ready to govern' after trouncing Macron's ruling party

France's snap legislative elections on Sunday showed the leftist New Popular Front leading both Macron's ruling party and the right-wing National Rally but falling short of an absolute majority, according to Ipsos Talan projections. One of the coalition's leaders, Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the far-left France Unbowed party, urged Macron to…

France 24

France's frenzied finale: Will last-minute deals thwart far-right win?

The ink on the campaign posters barely had time to dry. Yet, France’s frenzied snap legislative election races are nearly over. President Macron hoped to clear the air with his shock dissolution of parliament but after the far-right’s unprecedented surge and so many unholy alliances and tactical withdrawals ahead of…

The Guardian - UK

Cohabitation government begins in France – archive, 1986

In March 1986, Socialist President Francois Mitterrand appointed centre-right leader Jacques Chirac as prime minister after losing the parliamentary elections

France 24

Le Pen’s far right is on the cusp of power in France – what happens next?

The “clarification” President Emmanuel Macron invoked as he called France’s snap elections has clarified this much: that French voters no longer want him to govern alone – or indeed at all. Exactly who he should share power with remains an open question after an inconclusive first round that has handed…

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France 24

More than 210 candidates quit French runoff, aiming to block far right

More than 210 candidates have stood down ahead of France's runoff election as President Emmanuel Macron and a left-wing coalition seek to block the far right, an AFP tally showed on Tuesday. The rivals are hoping that tactical withdrawals ahead of the runoff on Sunday will prevent the far-right National…

Reason

Big Win for France's Far Right

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France 24

Rival parties race to block far right as France heads into legislative run-off

France is headed into a second and final round of voting on July 7 after the far right came out ahead in a first round on Sunday, sending centrist and leftist parties scrambling to keep it from securing a majority. FRANCE 24 looks at some of the possibilities that lie…

The National (Scotland)

France's far-right celebrates lead following first round of voting

FRANCE’S far-right is in pole position following the first round of parliamentary elections after Emmanuel Macron called the surprise elections…

International Business Times

Macron Seeks To Thwart French Far-right In Election Second Round

French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies were on Monday beginning a week of intense campaigning ahead of the second round of legislative elections to prevent the far right in a historic first from taking an absolute majority and control of government.

Radio France Internationale

Macron urges democratic alliance against far right after National Rally's election success

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday called for a "broad" democratic alliance against the far right after the National Rally party won the first round of parliamentary elections, according to estimates.

France 24

Far-right National Rally leads France's snap poll, left comes second ahead of Macron's camp

France’s high-stakes parliamentary elections propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong but not decisive lead in the first-round vote on Sunday, said pollster Ipsos Talan, dealing another slap to centrist President Emmanuel Macron. The leftist union New Popular Front was projected to come in second place while Macron's centrist…

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