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Jordan Bardella
19/12/2024
Does LR risk getting swallowed up by centre or losing themselves, clinging ever closer to far right?
16/12/2024
Brussels quite 'perplexed', somewhat 'worried', about France's current political, economic crises
10/12/2024
'Macron responsible for bad economic situation': Snap elections 'created chaos in financial markets'
06/12/2024
Calls to resign or for impeachment 'serious development in legitimacy of Macron & presidency itself'
06/12/2024
France is 'learning how to function as a parliamentary country again', just like European neighbours
06/12/2024
'And so it goes': Macron makes 'fairly ham-fisted, very clumsy attempt' to re-center government
05/12/2024
'European vacuum': Franco-German alliance in trouble at a 'critical moment for Europe and France'
05/12/2024
'Search for a Goldilocks govt in a parliament of bears': Will Macron find 'new way through' impasse?
05/12/2024
EU in uncharted territory: Neither France nor Germany 'able to provide the leadership Europe needs'
04/12/2024
Barnier govt on chopping block: 'Very surprising alliance between left-wing coalition and far right'
04/12/2024
No-confidence vote 'putting France in a very difficult position for political reasons'
02/12/2024
'Twilight' of his presidency: 'Macron has painted himself into a corner from which he can't escape'
01/12/2024
French far right says government spurned budget talks, piling pressure on Barnier
France
Reporters
29/11/2024
France's far right at the gates of power: Marine Le Pen's party becomes kingmaker
France
25/11/2024
French PM meets with far-right leader Le Pen as govt wobbles under budget pressures
Europe
15/11/2024
Would banning Marine Le Pen from running for president be a gift for France's far right?
ANALYSIS
France
14/11/2024
Embezzlement trial poses 'significant threat' to Le Pen's 2027 presidential run
14/11/2024
Prosecution accuses Le Pen of devising system to embezzle EU parliament money for far-right RN
01/10/2024
Far right's 'shadow everywhere': 'French PM's only hope is to keep far right happy and on-board'
25/09/2024
France’s new interior minister vows tougher immigration rules after student murder
Europe
22/09/2024
France's new government under pressure on multiple fronts
Europe
20/09/2024
Republican front sidelined: Barnier govt 'can only exist with implicit support of far-right Le Pen'
20/09/2024
'Worrying & concerning': Left coalition largely ignored as Macron 'caters to interests' of far-right
19/09/2024
Man of La Mancha: 'Barnier has an impossible job, no one really willing to play nice' ahead of 2027
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