The La France Insoumise (LFI) party announced on Tuesday that it would call for a demonstration on September 7 against President Emmanuel Macron’s decision not to appoint a female prime minister from the leftist New Popular Front (NFP) bloc, which won the largest number of seats in the legislative elections. “The president’s decision seriously endangers … Read more
Disagreements between the main parties of the New Popular Front (NFP) over a consensual candidate for prime minister are delaying the formation of a government in France, which is mired in an unprecedented political crisis on the eve of the Paris Olympic Games. The French Socialist Party’s veto of Huguette Bello as a left-wing candidate … Read more
The French left on Sunday achieved a major electoral upset, coming out on top in the legislative elections, ahead of the Macronist bloc, which relegated the favourite, Marine Le Pen’s far-right, to third place. But the unexpected political map created by the second round of voting predicts a hugely divided National Assembly with no clear … Read more
The French left has achieved an electoral upset, coming out on top in the legislative elections, ahead of the Macronist bloc, which relegated the favourite, Marine Le Pen’s far-right, to third place. But the unexpected political map created by the second round of voting predicts a hugely divided National Assembly with no clear majorities, which … Read more
Sometime you have to step back a bit if you want to see the present more soberly. We are in the early 1930s, a turbulent period, and in France, which is experiencing with some delay the consequences of the Great Crash. Between 1932 and 1934 unemployment increases by 25%, some 340,000 people are unemployed in … Read more
Sometime you have to step back a bit if you want to see the present more soberly. We are in the early 1930s, a turbulent period, and in France, which is experiencing with some delay the consequences of the Great Crash. Between 1932 and 1934 unemployment increases by 25%, some 340,000 people are unemployed in … Read more
This is a new development in French political life which took place yesterday with the constitution of the new popular front which stands resolutely against the RN and its allies. The bloc of left-wing parties intends to oppose in all constituencies the candidates nominated by Jordan Bardella’s party. The union of the parties that make … Read more
