Author: Denis MacShane Posted: 24/4/2017 The months of denial about French politics have now to come to an end. In too many British
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Les Français mobilisés pour une élection incertaine
De : Agence France Presse Date: 23/4/2017 Les Français votaient en nombre dimanche, sous haute surveillance en raison de la menace
Presidential candidates too cautious on development pledges
Author : Cécile Barbière | EURACTIV.fr | translated by Samuel White Date : 21/4/2017 Most of the candidates for Sunday’s (23 April) presidential election in France have made
Le Pen, Macron and Mélenchon stage rival rallies in Paris
Author: EURACTIV.com with AFP Posted: 18/4/17 The two frontrunners in the French presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron, staged rival rallies
EU at 60: Common sense will prevail
By Merve Demirel Date: 14/4/2017 The recent 60th anniversary celebrations in Rome were justifiably optimistic. The European Union may well have negotiated its rough patch
Emmanuel Macron says German surplus hurts Europe
By SARAH WHEATON Date: 17/4/2017 Centrist French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron called for a “rebalancing” of Germany’s trade surplus in an interview with
Wolfgang Schäuble to Muslim migrants: If you don’t like Europe, leave
Author: CYNTHIA KROET Posted: 13/4/17 Muslim migrants are welcome in Germany but “have to accept our way of life,” German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said. If
Le Pen attacked for denying French role in wartime roundup of Jews
Author:NICHOLAS VINOCUR Posted: 10/4/17 Marine Le Pen was under fire Monday for saying that France played no role in rounding up Jews for deportation at
François Fillon at pains to stand apart on Europe
Author : PIERRE BRIANÇON Posted : 6/4/2017 PARIS — François Fillon called the French presidential election “a crucial moment for Europe” on Thursday and set about the
Why Le Pen is cheering for Macron
Author: MUJTABA RAHMAN Posted: 7/4/17 Emmanuel Macron, the independent liberal candidate who is shaking up France’s presidential election, currently enjoys a commanding
How Marine Le Pen could win
Author:NICHOLAS VINOCUR Posted: 31/3/17 PARIS — Could Marine Le Pen become France’s next president? A quick look at polling trends suggests that at first blush
Putin supports far-right to divide Europe: Timmermans
Author: EURACTIV.com with AFP Stuff Posted: 31/3/17 Vladimir Putin is cozying up to the far-right to divide Europe, the European Commission’s First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
For EU, French vote is existential
Author: Quentin Ariès Posted: 30/3/17 Make no mistake, Brussels is deeply worried about the French presidential election. If the right-wing populist and full-throated
US senator warns of Russian interference in French election
Author: EURACTIV.com with AFP Posted: 30/3/17 The head of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee warned yesterday (29 March) that Russia is interfering
Manuel Valls backs Macron, speeding Socialist Party’s demise
Author: Nicholas Vinocur Posted:29/3/17 PARIS — Manuel Valls, France’s Socialist former prime minister, said Wednesday he would back centrist Emmanuel Macron in an upcoming
Penelope Fillon charged in fake jobs scandal
Author: Saim Saeed Posted: 29/3/17 French presidential candidate François Fillon’s wife has been charged for her role in the fake jobs
‘Mr Putin steps into French elections’
By ANDREW RETTMAN Date: 24/3/2017 Vladimir Putin has treated Marine Le Pen as if she was already the next president of France, a month before
Le Pen attacks Fillon as man ‘who loves money’
By NICHOLAS VINOCUR Date: 26/3/2017 PARIS — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen ramped up attacks on rival François Fillon Sunday, accusing the
5 takeaways from the French presidential debate
Author: NICHOLAS VINOCUR Posted: 21/3/17 The top five contenders for the French presidency faced off Monday night in a live TV debate that
Francois Fillon urges supporters ‘not to give up fight’ as his wife hits back at opponents over ‘fake jobs’ scandal
By Chloe Farand Date: 5/3/2017 French presidential candidate Francois Fillon urged his supporters “not to give up the fight” in the race to the Elysee Palace after
Fillon’s presidential campaign manager joins exodus
By SIMON MARKS Date: 4/3/2017 François Fillon’s campaign manager has announced his resignation, dealing another severe blow to the conservative candidate’s bid for the French
French election turns ugly as political attacks mount
EurActiv.com with AFP Date: 27/2/2017 Journalists accused of bias. Judges said to be taking orders from the president. The country in a state
European left wants piece of Portugal’s ‘contraption’
By PAUL AMES Date: 24/2/2017 LISBON — European socialists searching for a formula to reverse their electoral decline are thumbing through dictionaries to find
Le Pen wants to ‘do away’ with the EU
By ERIC MAURICE Date: 24/2/2017 Far-right leader Marine Le Pen wants to “do away” with the EU and build a Europe of “free nations” if