French politics

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen diverge on the referendums, not on the seven-year term

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Published on: 04/12/2022 – 19:14Changed: 04/12/2022 – 19:15 Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, both on the move, discussed on Tuesday the possibility of amending the constitution without going through parliament. However, the center-right candidate and the far-right candidate agree on a possible return to the seven-year term – which was stopped in France from … Read more

the very small “Reconquest” by Éric Zemmour

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Published on: 04/11/2022 – 18:53 Éric Zemmour, long credited with 10% in the polls, finished Sunday night in fourth place in the first round of the French presidential election with 7% of the vote. A big disappointment for the far right candidate who dreamed of beating Marine Le Pen. Back to this elective setback. The … Read more

At a meeting in Perpignan, Marine Le Pen calls for a vote to “win the people”

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Published on: 04/07/2022 – 21:35 The National Rally candidate held her last meeting Thursday night in Perpignan, where she urged “the people,” and especially the abstainers, to vote Sunday to place her at the helm of the first round of the presidential election. “It depends on you. Never forget and repeat around you: if the … Read more

for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, “it can be played for not much”

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Published on: 04/06/2022 – 00:11 The candidate for La France insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, held meetings on Tuesday in 12 different French cities thanks to his holograms. The spokesman for the Elysée said he was capable of carrying “the most incredible political bifurcation” in case of qualifying for the second round of Sunday’s presidential election. Jean-Luc … Read more

The former yellow vests, an election threat for Emmanuel Macron?

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The revolt of the yellow vests in 2018-2019 has for a period significantly destabilized Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. Three years after the violent clashes between protesters and police, the anger from the former yellow vests is intact. Next Sunday, they intend to express themselves well at the ballot box. The presidential campaign, largely overshadowed by the … Read more

the reduction in social spending that was thwarted by the crises

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Emmanuel Macron, candidate for re-election, France 24 takes stock of his five-year term in four parts. After foreign policy and economics, space in the social, where the priority of spending reduction has been thwarted by the Yellow Vests and Covid-19. Emmanuel Macron’s desire to reduce social spending was not long in coming. From the summer … Read more