Browsing: French Elections

Euronews says Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble alliance has lost its absolute majority in the French National Assembly, just two months after he was re-elected as president.

France24 says with 52.49 percent of voters choosing to stay away on Sunday, France recorded its highest-ever abstention rate in the first round of the legislative elections, surpassing the 2017 record by a full point.

The Guardian says Emmanuel Macron narrowly missed being hit by a bag of tomatoes during a surprise visit to a working-class area north of Paris.

France24 says Macron was the target of a bunch of tomatoes hurled by a disgruntled onlooker as he made his first public appearance after his weekend re-election victory.

The Metro says Two people have been shot dead by police in Paris, hours after President Emmanuel Macron’s re-election.

The Guardian says the pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron has vowed to unite a divided France after winning a second term as French president.

Reaction as Macron wins second term – whilst he revels in victory, he must be thinking about how he will…

France24 says French President Emmanuel Macron has seen off his far-right rival Marine Le Pen to secure five years more years at the helm of Europe’s second economy.

Macron accuses Le Pen’s idea of Europe would mean an end to the EU. French political candidates clash in the…

France24 says French President Emmanuel Macron and his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen went head-to-head in a bruising televised debate on Wednesday.