Issued on: 21/06/2022 – 00:59 French President Emmanuel Macron will meet party leaders including the far-right Marine Le Pen for talks, the Elysee said Monday, after he and his allies lost their overall majority in the legislative elections. Macron’s discussions with opposition leaders will start on Tuesday with Christian Jacob, head of the traditional conservative
The French parliamentary election first-round on Sunday put Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble group barely ahead of the leftist coalition NUPES under firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon – a disappointing result for the freshly re-elected president. But Macron’s centrist alliance is expected to get a second-round boost as swing voters rally to moderates – while a relatively strong performance
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left France Unbowed (La France Insoumise or LFI) party, which came in third in the first round of the 2022 presidential election, has had 17 MPs in the National Assembly since the 2017 legislative elections. They quickly gained notice not only for their ability to create a buzz, but also for blocking certain government texts.
Far-right and hard-left supporters turned out for French presidential elections on Sunday, which saw traditional mainstream parties perform catastrophically. As voters gravitate more towards political extremes, France’s political landscape is witnessing a reorganisation experts have dubbed a ‘three-way split’. Projections have confirmed that President Emmanuel Macron will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the second
Economic policy has taken something of a back seat in a French presidential campaign initially focused on cultural and identity issues, then overshadowed by the war in Ukraine. But as the country prepares for the April 10 first round, the various candidates are offering different visions of France’s economic future. The French economy performed better
