“A bout de souffle”, the title of the basic movie (1959) by Jean Luc Godard captures the temper in France simply hours earlier than the polls open for in the present day’s first spherical of early parliamentary elections. European capitals are additionally watching the French elections with bated breath: it’s the first time in historical … Read more
The turnout within the French elections appears to be extraordinarily excessive. Based mostly on knowledge from the French Inside Ministry, at 12 midday French time, 25.9% of registered voters had voted, in comparison with 18.43% who had voted on the similar time within the 2022 parliamentary elections and 19.25% in 2017. Based mostly on this … Read more
France is dealing with a far-right authorities after the outcomes of the primary spherical of parliamentary elections and the reluctance of Emmanuel Macron’s allies to assist anybody dealing with a far-right candidate within the second spherical. In line with the ultimate outcomes, the far-right Nationwide Rally (RN) got here first (for the primary time within … Read more
Marine Le Pen’s far-right Nationwide Alarm celebration additional elevated its share. In view of the primary spherical of parliamentary elections, which will likely be held on Sunday, June 30. It’s doable that he’ll collect 37% of the votes, in accordance with a ballot by the newspaper Les Echos. The celebration seems to be garnering 2% … Read more
Rain of resignations within the occasion “Spartiates” which entered the Parliament with 12 MPs in the summertime of 2023 and is left with 5. After the independence of Michalis Gavgiotakis, Giorgos Aspiotis adopted with the far-right occasion dropping two MPs inside a number of hours and his Parliamentary Group being on the verge of dissolution … Read more
A storm within the European markets and reflection on the subsequent day relating to the European edifice was brought on by the early elections in France, then the rise of far-right events within the European elections, as political danger returned, bond yields and the chance premium of susceptible international locations, i.e. primarily of France and … Read more
The leaders of France and Germany selected completely different paths to take care of the disaster of political legitimacy attributable to the defeat of the governing events and the rise of the Far Proper within the European elections. Interesting to the favored verdict in the midst of summer season, the president Emmanuel Macron bets on … Read more
“Our democracy right now is stuttering, drowning, dropping confidence in itself,” the well-known French thinker Patrice Manillier, professor on the Division of Philosophy of the College of Paris Nanterre, tells “Vima”. And he judges that the one method to fight the rise of the acute proper, which we noticed within the outcomes of the latest … Read more
Some referred to as her daring, others thought of her a present to the Far Proper. The initiative of the French president Emmanuel Macron to name early parliamentary elections on June 30 and July 7, after the far-right triumph within the European elections, shocked France and Europe. Nobody is aware of precisely what the French … Read more
It’s now extra necessary than ever to create an alliance of pro-European and democratic forces to cease the destruction brought on by the Far Proper, the top of the Eurogroup of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) declares in her interview with “Vima”. Irace Garcia Perez. Europe is an excellent challenge that works for the advantage of … Read more