“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
“What are they going to do tomorrow? Are they going to take the Capitol?” argued Marine Le Pen on June 26 on France 2, concerning hypothetical excesses of the opposition on the left, if the Nationwide Rally (RN) have been to win the legislative elections. The express reference to the storming of the American parliament … Read more
We’re returning to a geopolitical scenario of the world, the place navy energy is necessary, states in his interview with “Vima” the Francis Fukuyamasenior fellow on the Heart for Democracy, Improvement and the Rule of Legislation at Stanford College. The American political analyst, some of the penetrating and wanted internationally, who will take part within … Read more
The primary exit polls launched by the Belgian media for the French elections present that the far-right Nationwide Rally is forward, whereas the New Folks’s Entrance (alliance of the Left) follows. Subsequent is Emmanuel Macron’s alliance and subsequent are the Republicans. The primary estimates for the election consequence are anticipated round 9pm Greek time. The … 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
The political scenario in France is creating right into a thriller for sturdy nerves after the victory of Marine Le Pen’s RN and in view of the second spherical of early parliamentary elections. The RN obtained round 12 million votes – virtually thrice the 4.2 million votes it obtained within the final parliamentary election in … Read more
President Macron offers the ground again to the voters after his painful defeat within the European elections. He throws a coin into the machinegoes the French expression: he throws a brand new coin within the machine, hoping that it’ll begin turning once more. Emmanuel Macron (46) stunned everybody together with his determination to name new … Read more
The French are possessed by a rebellious spirit, a “dégagiste” spirit (“dégage!” in French means “unfasten!”), which nobody is aware of the place it’ll find yourself, wrote the phlegmatic “Economist” making an attempt to decipher the political panorama in France as takes place every week earlier than subsequent Sunday’s first spherical of early parliamentary elections, … Read more
Serge Klarsfeld is a totem for France. Aged 88, the lawyer and historian is the dwelling reminiscence of French Jews. Collectively along with his German spouse Beate, they labored for many years to trace down and produce to justice Nazi criminals who had escaped to Latin America. The Klarsfelds are credited with finding, in Bolivia … 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