French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin (not shown), in Paris on May 23, 2024. CNBC French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday affirmed that he would not step down if his party suffers in the recently-called snap elections for France’s parliament. The chance of that happening “never existed,” Macron told journalists, calling … Read more
LONDON — European stocks fell on Tuesday as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s next meeting and U.S. inflation data. The Stoxx 600 index closed down 0.9%, paring slight gains earlier in the session. All sectors and major bourses closed in the red, with banks leading losses, down 2.17%. British computing startup Raspberry Pi closed … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a trilateral meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (not seen) at the Elysee Palace in Paris as part of the Chinese president’s two-day state visit in France, May 6, 2024. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call a … Read more
The far right has made significant gains in the European parliament elections. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has responded with a high-stakes gamble As the results of the EU elections came in, the shocks kept coming. In France, Germany and Italy the far right made serious gains. Just under a quarter of MEPs in the … Read more
Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Nvidia splits Stock futures slipped Monday morning after polishing off a winning week on Friday. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell by about 0.2%, while S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures ticked fractionally lower. Nvidia stock, increasingly a market … Read more
Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron, who called snap legislative elections. Some ballots in the vote for the European Parliament were still being counted Monday, but the outcome showed the 27-nation bloc’s parliament membership has … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron. Chesnot | Getty Images News | Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call a snap national election after a surge for his far-right rivals is a high-stakes move and a huge political gamble, analysts say. Macron’s decision to call a snap parliamentary vote comes after the right-wing National Rally … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a meeting with members of the AI sector at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, on May 21, 2024. Yoan Valat | Afp | Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said he would dissolve the country’s parliament and call for a new legislative nationwide vote after … Read more
French troops disembark from a US landing craft during a joint US and French amphibious landing operation showcase, on June 4, 2024, at Omaha beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, northwestern France, ahead of the “D-Day” commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. Loic Venance | Afp | Getty Images Eighty … Read more
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends the 8th Russian-Chinese EXPO and the 4th Russian-Chinese Forum on Interregional Cooperation in Harbin, China, May 17, 2024. Sergei Bobylyov | Via Reuters The Kremlin denied an allegation that it is waging a disinformation campaign against France, its president and the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The Microsoft Threat Analysis … Read more
