2022 French Presidential Election

The duel between Emmanuel Macron's incumbent majority and Jean-Luc Mélenchon's pan-leftist NUPES coalition duly dominated the spotlight on Sunday after the first round of France's legislative elections. But far-right…

France’s Socialist, Green, Communist and far-left parties have joined forces in an unlikely but historic alliance ahead of legislative elections on June 12 and 19. After a first-round presidential election that saw…

Issued on: 07/05/2022 - 07:05 President Emmanuel Macron is on Saturday to be inaugurated for a new term after his election victory over the far right made him the first…

Issued on: 03/05/2022 - 07:07 France’s traditional conservative party Les Républicains (LR) was humiliated in last month’s presidential elections, squeezed between the…

Issued on: 29/04/2022 - 18:37 Despite having one new candidate dividing France’s far-right votes, Marine Le Pen made it to the second round of the presidential election for…

France is gearing for a fiercely contested parliamentary election on June 12 and 19 as Emmanuel Macron’s defeated adversaries make long-shot bids to deprive him of a National Assembly majority. But the forthcoming polls…

Issued on: 27/04/2022 - 17:09 French President Emmanuel Macron was the target Wednesday of a bunch of tomatoes hurled by a disgruntled onlooker as he made his first public…

Emmanuel Macron pulled off an impressive feat as he became the first French president in 20 years to win a second term in office – in face of fierce antipathy amongst large numbers of voters on the left and, in even…

The French presidential election results on April 26 gave Emmanuel Macron a comfortable victory – setting the stage for the “third round”, as many in France call the parliamentary polls scheduled for June 12 and 19. His…

Issued on: 26/04/2022 - 08:27 French President Emmanuel Macron faced the daunting challenge of uniting a deeply divided nation Tuesday after winning re-election in a battle…