French politics - Page 2

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.

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.

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.

Marine Le Pen leads the polls for the next French presidential election and is now in a position to win the second round of voting.

President Emmanuel Macron was roundly booed as he took to the pitch for the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup on Friday.

Emmanuel Macron reportedly railed against the limit on presidential terms preventing him from running again in 2027 as “disastrous bullshit”.

Two-thirds of the people of France would support ending the ‘Fifth Republic’, as President Emmanuel Macron continues to fail to restore order.

A crowdfunding pitch to support a French police officer, who sparked riots across the country, has raised nearly a million dollars. 

The French government said that hundreds more had been arrested in a fifth night of rioting sparked by the police killing of a 17-year-old.

French President Emmanuel Macron suggested the imposition of a global taxation system in order to subsidise the green agenda to mitigate climate change.

“Louis XVI, we beheaded him, Macron, we can start again!” chanted a leftist politician as revolutionary furore rages in France.

Electricity to buildings visited by Macron on his nationwide PR blitz keeps mysteriously going out, but it’s nothing fossil fuels can’t fix.

Hit ’em where it hurts? Hollywood stars may be left in the dark as unions vowed to cut the power in protest against President Macron.

French President Emmanuel Macron has attempted to scare the public to rally around his government by pushing fear of Marine Le Pen.

Ikea waded into the fray of the political firestorm in France, offering anti-Macron protesters deals on ‘noisy’ pots and pans.

French authorities will reportedly prosecute three anti-Macron protesters over allegations they gave the president the middle finger.

French President Emmanuel Macron is less popular than ever before with the general public, polling has revealed.

Police have confiscated saucepans from townspeople demonstrating against French President Emmanuel Macron.

Emmanuel Macron was greeted with the sounds of pots and pans as people protested his first public outing since signing his pension reform.

Emmanuel Macron begged the French public for 100 days to get out of the crisis that has so far plagued his fifth year in office.

Anti-Macron activists were arrested in Marseille after an explosion was set off outside a police station, injuring one officer.

Marine Le Pen said President Macron is a “pyromaniac” who has set fire to French democracy after he signed his pension reforms into law.

French President Emmanuel Macron was heckled over his inability to govern his own country during an address at The Hague on Tuesday.

POLITICO admitted that it redacted ‘frank’ comments from French President Macron on the issue of China after pressure from the Elysée Palace.

Over four in ten people in the lowest income bracket in France are cutting meals as food inflation increased by 15 per cent in the past year.

Confidence in French President Macron has fallen to its lowest level since the 2018 Yellow Vest protests, as Marine Le Pen’s right-wing populists surge.

A woman has been arrested for allegedly comparing French President Emmanuel Macron to “trash” on social media amid nationwide protests.

A viral video has shown French diners sipping wine with a burning pile of garbage set ablaze by rioters in the background.

French President Emmanuel Macron said the pension bill he pushed through without a vote needs to be implemented by the “end of the year”.

Motions of no-confidence were filed on Friday after President Emmanuel Macron’s government used a loophole to try to pass its pension reform.

The French government was thrown into chaos after it used a constitutional loophole to pass a rise to the retirement age without a vote.

Emmanuel Macron was under fire on Friday for handing billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos the country’s highest order of merit.

A group of MPs in French President Emmanuel Macron’s party will propose a bill to inscribe abortion rights into the country’s constitution.