President Emmanuel Macron named on Thursday the EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister, after more than 50 days of a caretaker government. The appointment of the 73-year-old Barnier follows weeks of intense efforts by Macron and his aides to bring an intense period of political turmoil to an end by finding … Read more
Paris: President Emmanuel Macron on Monday was to start efforts to extract France from its most severe political uncertainty in decades after the left defeated the far right in elections with no group winning an absolute majority. The outcome of the legislative elections, called by Macron three years ahead of schedule in a bid to … Read more
PARIS (AP) — A coalition of the French left won the most seats in high-stakes legislative elections Sunday, according to near-final results, beating back a far-right surge but failing to win a majority. The outcome left France facing the stunning prospect of a hung parliament and threatened political paralysis in a pillar of the European Union and Olympic host … Read more
Paris:A coalition on the left that came together unexpectedly ahead of France’s snap elections won the most parliamentary seats in the vote, according to polling projections Sunday. The surprise projections put President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance in second and the far right in third. The lack of majority for any single alliance threatened to plunge … Read more
France holds a parliamentary election on June 30 and July 7. Opinion polls show the far right could win. Here are some key facts about the election and what comes next. HOW DOES THE VOTE WORK?France has 49 million registered voters. There are 577 constituency contests, one for each seat in the National Assembly, the … Read more
