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France votes in one of its most significant elections in years on Sunday, with the far right hoping for a historic victory, but political stalemate the more likely result. This is the first time the anti-immigration National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella has had a realistic chance of running the government and taking outright control of the National Assembly.
The second round of the high-stakes legislative election on Sunday will almost certainly impact how much say France’s president has in the fields of defense and foreign affairs
Sunday's second round vote in France's parliamentary election may lead to a hung parliament with no clear majority, opinion polls show, unless the far right wins enough seats to form its first government since World War Two.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez voiced support for the left-wing alliance attempting to stem the rise of France’s populist National Rally party, the latest European leader to make direct remarks about France’s election.
F rance’s rushed and sometimes violent election campaign is over, brought to an end with stark appeals from political leaders ahead of Sunday’s pivotal vote. Centrist Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on Friday night that a far-right government would “unleash hatred and violence”.
Jordan Bardella has helped steer France's far-right National Rally (RN) toward its first real chance of power, the rapidly emerging fresh face of a party that has sought to clean up its image and widen its appeal in recent years.
President Emmanuel Macron announced a snap election for France’s National Assembly last month, two words began to buzz around the internet and the media: Popular Front. It was a reference to the left-wing alliance formed in the 1930s to resist rising fascism in Europe and at home.
There are 577 seats in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament. Just 76 deputies were elected with an outright majority in the first round so the majority of seats are still up for grabs.
France's political parties have scrambled to form political alliances after President Emmanuel Macron's surprise move to call a parliamentary election, reshaping the political landscape into three large blocs.
This week marked the first in modern history when Britain and France both held national elections that overlapped.
Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and its allies are projected to win between 175 and 205 seats in the French legislative election on Sunday, far short of the 289 needed for a majority, a survey of 10,
By Dominique Vidalon and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -Parties across the political spectrum urged French voters to vote massively on Sunday to tilt the outcome either way as opinion polls forecast the far-right would be the largest party but fall short of an absolute majority.
As Ukraine bleeds territory to Russia, support from one of Kyiv’s strongest backers looks set to falter if the far right sweep to power in Sunday’s French parliamentary elections.
France braces for potential political earthquake: a far-right surge. What to know about the election
The far right seems poised to win biggest share of parliamentary seats; President Emmanuel Macron looks to have made a terrible political bet.
France's far-right National Rally (RN) party looked set to fall short of an absolute majority in parliamentary elections, recent polls showed on the last day of campaigning on Friday, though some politicians and pollsters urged caution.
Far right leader has won over some French Jews with her tough stance on Islamism, with far left now seen as a threat
El futuro político del presidente francés Emmanuel Macron parece dirigirse al fracaso en unas decisivas elecciones parlamentarias del domingo que podrían paralizar al país, debilitar su posición en el extranjero y ensombrecer su legado,
- French President Emmanuel Macron leaves the voting booth before voting in the early French parliamentary election, in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France, Sunday, June
The president’s bid to weaken Marine Le Pen depends on voters rallying behind a single rival candidate. Trouble is, they may just stay at home.
French politician Marine Le Pen talks to Christiane Amanpour about the controversial “National Preference” policy her National Rally party hopes to enforce if they win the French elections.
He ran France like a tech bro excited to break things, rather than a political leader who made voters feel part of a collective project.
French executives are anxious about the outcome of the French legislative elections on Sunday, and what it could mean for their business. They spoke with Bloomberg's Caroline Connan on the sidelines of the economic conference in Aix-en-Provence,
The German government has expressed concern about a possible victory of the far-right National Rally in France on Sunday.
Although RN is well ahead in the polls, 217 candidates have dropped out from local run-off races so another candidate has a better chance of stopping them winning an outright majority in the National Assembly.
Voters in France will head to the polls for a second round of voting to determine the course of the country’s future — or at least the makeup of its National Assembly. The hard right in the country saw victories in the first round of voting,
For ordinary voters, political polarization in French society is a worrying development that makes them fear for France's future.
That was the garishly painted, hotly debated scenario in media headlines, the EU in Brussels and seats of government across Europe following the first round of France’s parliamentary vote last week. But despite the spectacular showing by Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) party,
France is voting in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision.
Voting begins for France’s second round of legislative elections that could propel the far right to power.
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France captain Kylian Mbappe has been criticised by French politician Marine Le Pen over his recent election comments.Mbappe and other French internationals have spoken out over the potential of a
France's tense election campaign was on hold Saturday on the eve of the final vote, but thoughts were turning to an uncertain future before polling even opens.
Marine Le Pen, the de-facto leader of the French far-right National Rally party, has promised that if her party comes to power after the second round of parliamentary elections, she will not allow Ukraine to use French long-range weapons to strike Russia.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Friday said that Kylian Mbappe should not be telling French people how to vote after the football star warned the country could not be left "in the hands of these people".
The French elections could end in a historic change. What is at stake?
Marine Le Pen has criticised Kylian Mbappé, claiming the football star does not represent immigrants after he urged his fans to vote against her party.
While National Rally leader Marine Le Pen recently said no Muslim citizens would lose rights if her party won, Muslim leaders expect the closure of many mosques and Islamic schools, the deportation of foreign imams and stricter bans on wearing hijab if Sunday's vote goes her way.
National Rally has to some extent sloughed off its reputation as a pariah; French conservative politicians such as François Fillon played an outsized role in shifting the electorate.
The union chief who led the fight against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms is being touted as France’s potential next prime minister.
Polling stations opened across mainland France on Sunday for a second round parliamentary vote that is expected to be won by far right leader Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN).
French voters face a decisive choice in the runoff Sunday of snap parliamentary elections that could produce the country’s first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation
French President Emmanuel Macron’s expected political failure in decisive parliamentary elections Sunday could paralyze the country, weaken him abroad and overshadow his legacy, just as France prepares to step into the global spotlight as host of the Paris Olympics.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz and many Germans fear if the nationalist French party is able to form a government, it would no longer support the close relationship with Germany that was carefully built over decades since the end of World War II.
With the far-right National Rally leading the polls for Sunday's second and final round of elections, the country is grappling with how the party could change France.