French politics

In the first major hurdle for the recently-installed French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, the battle over the nation’s budget begun on Wednesday, with both Marine Le Pen’s populist faction and the far-left New Popular Front rejecting the austerity measures.

Emmanuel Macron inspected the training of Ukrainian troops at a military camp in eastern France amid growing domestic political issues.

The attempt by the left-wing New Popular Front bloc failed to bring down French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s recently installed government.

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy declared that France needs to “change everything” in how it handles the “problem” of immigration.

A Moroccan migrant rapist suspected of killing a 19-year-old French girl in Paris was set free from prison early and despite having a deportation order was not removed from the country before the alleged murder, sparking demands that the new government finally crack down on immigration.

Prime Minister Michel Barnier has announced President Emmanuel Macron’s new government in France, which will represent a continuity establishment cabinet after months of deadlock.

Populist leader Marine Le Pen has demanded a national audit of France’s finances to determine how Paris plunged the nation into a budgetary crises which threatens to take down the new government before it even gets off the ground.

France’s new government is already besieged as the leftist New Popular Front has promised to “do everything” to take down the government.

Pressure is beginning to mount on French President Emmanuel Macron, with a survey finding that a majority of the French public want to see him step down.

French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out selecting a member of the far-left New Popular Front as his next prime minister, despite having partnered with the leftist bloc in the recent elections.

French populist Marine Le Pen vowed that her party will bring a vote of no confidence if President Macron attempts to install a leftist government.

The leaders of the French far-left have threatened to impeach President Emmanuel Macron over an “institutional coup against democracy”.

MEP Marion Maréchal urged the world to not blame France for the “left-wing minority” behind the anti-Christian insults during the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

Emmanuel Macron has decided to accept the resignation of his prime minister, leaving the France without a government able to actually govern.

French populist leader Marine Le Pen is facing an investigation into alleged campaign finance violations in relation to her 2022 presidential run against Emmanuel Macron.

An Antifa leader on France’s national security watchlist has been elected to the National Assembly as a member of the New Popular Front.

Marine Le Pen celebrated the “rising tide” after winning the most seats in the National Assembly in the history of her populist party.

Emmanuel Macron reportedly refused the offer of resignation from his prime minister despite the far-left demanding he appoint a leftist as PM following their victory in Sunday’s elections.

The French election results showed the alliance between President Macron and the far left blocked the National Rally from a majority.

Despite the far-left New Popular Front winning the second round of elections, leftist radicals still rioted in France on Sunday evening.

The far-left New Popular Front has come out on top in the French elections after making a deal with Macron to stop Marine Le Pen’s populist party. 

Emmanuel Macron warned the public that “civil war” awaits France if they fail to vote for his brand of neo-liberalism in the upcoming elections.

Making a last-ditch attempt at reclaiming the narrative before the snap elections, Macron vowed to “change” while refusing to resign.

The French left alliance nominated an antifa activist on a government watchlist as a candidate for the National Assembly elections.

Right-wing populist politicians should be “eradicated”, a leading French leftist parliamentarian said in a supposed slip of the tongue.

Those who consider themselves “native French” represent a “serious problem” for social cohesion, far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon declared.

Hundreds of thousands protested in France against the alleged threat to democracy posed by people voting for the populist National Rally.

Former French President François Hollande will run as a National Assembly candidate for the far-left-led “New Popular Front” alliance.

The European Parliament elections saw over six in ten Muslims in France back the far-left party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who has faced accusations of antisemitism.

French President Emmanuel Macron excoriated the Les Républicains leader Éric Ciotti for supporting an election pact with the National Rally party in the snap election

In a stunning development, the head of the centre-right Les Républicans party backed an alliance with Marine Le Pen’s populist National Rally.

Allies of French President Emmanuel Macron have reportedly dubbed his deicision to call for a snap election “suicidal”.

A former advisor to President Macron warned that France will face a “social revolt” over the green agenda that will dwarf the Yellow Vests.

A poll found that Marine Le Pen’s National Rally could win an outright majority in the National Assembly if snap elections were called.

French populist Zemmour held up Barack Obama as an example of how France could embark upon a programme of “remigration”.

The former head of the EU’s border enforcement agency will run for the EU Parliament for the French anti-mass migration National Rally party.