The French far-left has attempted to condemn the entire society following the brutal killing of a Muslim worshipper in a mosque in Southern France, allegedly committed by a Bosnian-heritage man.
France responds to Kremlin insults, which compared Macron to both Napoleon and Hitler, calling Putin in turn Hitler and an “Imperialist”.
The French government survived two motions of no-confidence launched by the far left, giving the Macronist establishment in Paris a brief reprieve from political disaster.
Immigration rose to new heights in France last year amid growing calls from the populist National Rally for a referendum on immigration.
French Prime Minister François Bayrou deployed a controversial constitutional loophole to pass through a deeply contested national budget without a vote in the National Assembly on Monday.
French Prime Minister François Bayrou has acknowledged that the country is on the precipice of being “submerged” by mass migration, as a senior advisor to his government has admitted that the country has “lost control of immigration”.
President of the populist National Rally party Jordan Bardella predicted that fresh elections in France are “inevitable” this year, arguing that only the public can break the political log jam in the country.
In an apparent attempt to fend off a re-run of the quick collapse of his predecessor, French Prime Minister François Bayrou attempted to throw out some red meat to the right in his maiden speech to the National Assembly, backing proportional representation, increased deportations, and avoiding heavy tax hikes on businesses. However, it remains to be seen how long Bayrou can keep the knives at bay in Paris.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s popularity has fallen since the Yellow Vest protests, while Marine Le Pen leads the pack of potential successors.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the controversial former leader of the French National Front party, member of the European Parliament, and patriarch of the Le Pen political family dynasty, has died at the age of 96.
Nearly nine in ten French voters believe the recently installed government will collapse this year, while a majority said they want President Emmanuel Macron to resign.
The fourth government of the year was unveiled by recently-installed French Prime François Bayrou on Monday evening, in what appears to be a doubling down on neo-liberal Macronism, with previously discarded allies of the president returning to power.
French political veteran François Bayrou, long time Macron ally, named as next Prime Minister after the last collapsed in record time.
