What is the far right and what does the rise of nationalist parties mean for Europe?
6 months, 1 week ago

What is the far right and what does the rise of nationalist parties mean for Europe?

ABC  

Radical-right political parties have made significant gains in the European Parliament elections. For instance, in France, Marine Le Pen's National Rally Party — formally known as the National Front — used to be a very authoritarian political party that was openly anti-Semitic, Professor Wellings said. French President Emmanuel Macron calls for new parliamentary elections after his camp heavily lost to the far-right National Rally party in the country's EU election. "This is bad news as far as the EU's so-called Green New Deal is concerned, and attempts to reach net zero by 2050," Professor Wellings said. "There's a lot of effervescence of ideas on the right of politics, but that also goes with a significant fragmentation," Professor Wellings said.

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Far-right leader Le Pen says France is in a political ‘quagmire’ 9 days before Olympics start
5 months, 1 week ago

Far-right leader Le Pen says France is in a political ‘quagmire’ 9 days before Olympics start

Associated Press  

PARIS — With nine days to the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Wednesday that the deeply divided country is “in a quagmire” after chaotic legislative elections produced a fragmented parliament. France has been on the brink of government paralysis since elections for the National Assembly earlier this month resulted in a split …

Emmanuel Macron's election gamble foiled the far right, but threw France into political chaos
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Emmanuel Macron's election gamble foiled the far right, but threw France into political chaos

ABC  

For some, the prospect of the far-right National Rally party forming government in France was frightening. Macron's bloc finished second with 168 seats behind the left-wing coalition Nouveau Front Populaire with 182, but ahead of RN. After his party's results became clear, he said his coalition had done something "we were told was impossible". "The president must appoint as prime …

​Resurgent left: The Hindu Editorial on the French elections, European politics
5 months, 2 weeks ago

​Resurgent left: The Hindu Editorial on the French elections, European politics

The Hindu  

France’s New Popular Front, a coalition of left parties comprising socialists, communists, ecologists and the hard-left France Unbowed, has surprised poll watchers to emerge as the single largest bloc in the snap election called by President Emmanuel Macron last month, following the European parliamentary elections. In third place — much to the surprise of their supporters, who hoped to reprise …

The far right have been blocked from power in France – but the threat remains
5 months, 2 weeks ago

The far right have been blocked from power in France – but the threat remains

The Independent  

If there was anyone more disappointed than France’s far-right Rassemblement National, or National Rally party, by the results of the legislative elections, there were times when it seemed to be the legion of doom-watchers across the Channel, deprived of their chance to condemn the dangerous and deluded French. President Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble grouping came second, with 168 seats, and Marine …

French left coalition comes out on top in elections, in shock upset over the far right
5 months, 2 weeks ago

French left coalition comes out on top in elections, in shock upset over the far right

NPR  

French left coalition comes out on top in elections, in shock upset over the far right toggle caption Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images PARIS — After the shock of French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call snap elections last month, another surprise came for French voters as polls for the runoff vote closed Sunday evening: The far-right National Rally party …

France braces for ‘high drama’ run-offs as Le Pen’s far right eyes power
5 months, 2 weeks ago

France braces for ‘high drama’ run-offs as Le Pen’s far right eyes power

Al Jazeera  

With the far right seemingly headed for victory, voters on the left and in the centre feel on edge. “It is a mood of mobilisation on the part of all those who don’t want National Rally to get a majority or even win the election.” Macron’s Renaissance party won only about 20 percent of the vote in the first round. …

France braces for potential political earthquake: a far-right surge. What to know about the election
5 months, 2 weeks ago

France braces for potential political earthquake: a far-right surge. What to know about the election

LA Times  

People gather at Place de la Republique in Paris in a protest against the far right on Wednesday. French opposition parties and associations are trying to block a landslide victory for the far-right National Rally party in Sunday’s election. Galvanized by the National Rally’s early triumph, other parties, including Macron’s centrists, have spent this week working frantically to prevent it …

Mbappé warns of ‘catastrophic’ political situation in France as the far right gets closer to power
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Mbappé warns of ‘catastrophic’ political situation in France as the far right gets closer to power

Associated Press  

HAMBURG, Germany — France soccer captain Kylian Mbappé warned on Thursday his country is in a “catastrophic” political situation as it lurches closer to a first far-right government since World War II. The National Rally gained strong results — around 33% of the vote nationwide — on Sunday in the first round of a rushed election, leaving Marine Le Pen’s …

Can French centrist parties keep far right out in second round of voting?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Can French centrist parties keep far right out in second round of voting?

Al Jazeera  

Far-right National Rally’s hopes of an absolute majority may be dashed by tactical manoeuvring, but threat still looms. With three-way contests projected in more than 300 of the country’s 577 constituencies, the anti-RN vote would have been split, potentially clearing the way for an absolute majority for the far right. Marliere reckons Macron’s camp missed the point, intimating before the …

Far-right National Rally candidates, including one who wore Nazi cap, scrutinized in French election
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Far-right National Rally candidates, including one who wore Nazi cap, scrutinized in French election

Associated Press  

PARIS — As it stands on the threshold of power in France, the far-right National Rally is facing scrutiny about some of the candidates it hopes will help it secure a ruling majority in legislative elections on Sunday, including a woman it has pulled from the high-stakes race over a photo of her wearing a World War II-era Nazi officer’s …

French candidates make hurried deals to try to stop far-right National Rally from leading government
5 months, 3 weeks ago

French candidates make hurried deals to try to stop far-right National Rally from leading government

Associated Press  

PARIS — French opposition parties made hurried deals Tuesday to try to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally in Sunday’s second round of legislative elections, as she said her party would lead the government only if it wins an absolute majority — or close to it. The National Rally, under party president Jordan Bardella, secured …

France’s Muslims fear for their futures as Le Pen’s far right party surges
5 months, 3 weeks ago

France’s Muslims fear for their futures as Le Pen’s far right party surges

Al Jazeera  

Tensions are rising in France, home to one of Europe’s largest Muslim minorities, ahead of the snap election run-off. On Sunday, the far right led the first round of parliamentary elections and while it’s not yet clear if Marine Le Pen’s National Rally movement will form a majority after the July 7 run-off, many of France’s six million Muslims are, …

Marine Le Pen: How the National Rally leader redefined the party ahead of the French election
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Marine Le Pen: How the National Rally leader redefined the party ahead of the French election

The Telegraph  

He said perhaps the main reasons the RN had become more palatable was the state of the other parties, which were either in ruins or had radicalised, making the Le Pen camp appear more mainstream. “I notice something that in different forms is also happening in Italy: the constant attempt to demonise and corner the people who don’t vote for …

Can left-centrist parties unite to block far-right win in French elections?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Can left-centrist parties unite to block far-right win in French elections?

Al Jazeera  

Left and centre blocs are scrambling to prevent an absolute win for National Rally via strategic alliance before the second round of voting. France is firmly in uncharted territory after President Emmanuel Macron’s snap elections gamble backfired and saw the opposition far-right National Rally party surge to a dramatic win in Sunday’s parliamentary first-round polls, analysts say. If its position …

‘Not one more vote’: Reactions as France’s far right wins snap election
5 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Not one more vote’: Reactions as France’s far right wins snap election

Al Jazeera  

A beleaguered French president has called for unity against the far right in the second round of the vote. “But that adds to our optimism because it makes the fact that change is needed even more obvious.” Fellow right-winger, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, claimed that attempts to “demonise” hard right voters were failing. In the United Kingdom, Opposition and …

France bans extreme-right and radical Islamic groups ahead of snap elections announced by Macron
5 months, 4 weeks ago

France bans extreme-right and radical Islamic groups ahead of snap elections announced by Macron

India TV News  

Paris: The French government on Wednesday imposed a ban on extreme-right and radical Islamic groups in the country, days before the first round of snap national elections called by President Emmanuel Macron in wake of a humbling defeat by the far-right in the recent European Parliament elections. Notably, Le Pen's National Rally party is leading all polls ahead of the …

Macron warns voters against the far right and hard left ahead of crucial parliamentary elections
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Macron warns voters against the far right and hard left ahead of crucial parliamentary elections

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is warning voters against choosing the far right or the hard left, asserting that their divisive policies increase the risk of political “conflict and civil war,” ahead of Sunday’s first round of crucial parliamentary elections. Macron said both the far-right National Rally and hard-left France Unbowed bring bad responses to “real problems” because they …

Fear forces French left into uneasy coalition
6 months ago

Fear forces French left into uneasy coalition

China Daily  

A photo shows a view of the National Assembly in Paris on June 10. Political parties across the spectrum of the left in France are putting ideological differences aside to form an uneasy coalition in opposition to the far right National Rally party, or NR, in the upcoming election for the country's 577-seat national assembly. Raphael Glucksmann, who led the …

French Jews consider unthinkable: Voting for a party with an antisemitic past
6 months ago

French Jews consider unthinkable: Voting for a party with an antisemitic past

Live Mint  

PARIS—Serge Klarsfeld is a world-renowned Nazi hunter, a historian of the Holocaust and a moral authority in France who has pushed the country to reckon with its dark history of antisemitism. Klarsfeld, an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor, said the main threat to France’s Jews now comes from the far left and that he wouldn’t hesitate to vote for Le Pen’s party, …

French protesters are standing up to the far right ahead of the country’s snap elections
6 months, 1 week ago

French protesters are standing up to the far right ahead of the country’s snap elections

Associated Press  

PARIS — Anti-racism groups joined French unions and a brand-new left-wing coalition in protests in Paris and across France on Saturday against the surging nationalist far right as frenzied campaigning is underway ahead of snap parliamentary elections. Cekar said she will vote for the left-wing coalition because “it is the only political party that addresses racism and Islamophobia.” “I fear …

Hundreds of thousands in France protest far right ahead of snap elections
6 months, 1 week ago

Hundreds of thousands in France protest far right ahead of snap elections

Al Jazeera  

Crowds have gathered daily in France to protest since President Emmanuel Macron called parliamentary elections earlier this week after surge of the far-right National Rally. A large crowd turned out in spite of rainy and windy weather on Saturday holding placards reading “Liberty for all, Equality for all and Fraternity with all” – a reference to France’s national motto – …

French protesters turn out to oppose far-right shift ahead of snap election
6 months, 1 week ago

French protesters turn out to oppose far-right shift ahead of snap election

NPR  

French protesters turn out to oppose far-right shift ahead of snap election toggle caption Laure Boyer/AFP via Getty Images From Paris to Toulouse, some 300,000 people took to the streets of France on Saturday urging voters to block the country's far-right party from gaining a majority in the upcoming parliament elections. Protesters are demonstrating against far-right leaders Marine Le Pen …

France’s leftist alliance leaders vow to ‘extinguish the flame’ of far right in upcoming elections
6 months, 1 week ago

France’s leftist alliance leaders vow to ‘extinguish the flame’ of far right in upcoming elections

Associated Press  

PARIS — Leaders of France’s left-wing parties allied in a new coalition and outlined their plan on Friday to prevent the surging far right from taking power in upcoming snap national parliamentary elections. Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration National Rally is While differences between them remain, the leaders of the usually fractious French left-wing parties emphasized that all of them had …

French President Macron urges moderate politicians to regroup to defeat far right in elections
6 months, 1 week ago

French President Macron urges moderate politicians to regroup to defeat far right in elections

Deccan Chronicle  

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron called Wednesday for moderate politicians from the left and the right to regroup to defeat the far right in general elections. Macron addressed French voters Wednesday for the first time since he called for a snap national election following a crushing defeat of his party by the far right in the European parliamentary vote. President …

Macron urges moderates to unite against ‘extremism’ in French snap election
6 months, 1 week ago

Macron urges moderates to unite against ‘extremism’ in French snap election

Al Jazeera  

French leader slams ‘unnatural alliances’ on left and right and calls for unity among democratic forces. During Wednesday’s press conference, he called on “men and women of goodwill who were able to say ‘no’ to extremes to join together to be able to build a joint project” to best serve France. Betrayal The president’s call for unity among democratic forces …

French opposition parties on the left and right seek alliances ahead of snap elections
6 months, 1 week ago

French opposition parties on the left and right seek alliances ahead of snap elections

Associated Press  

NICE, France — Empowered by a stunning triumph at the European elections, France’s far-right National Rally on Tuesday hit the national campaign trail with its star leader, Jordan Bardella, promising supporters “the largest possible majority” at the upcoming parliamentary vote. In a joint statement, the alliance called on all forces on the left, including the influential labor unions, to unite …

Leftists run riots in France after major election victory by Right Wing party, raise pro-Palestine slogans amid arson and vandalism
6 months, 1 week ago

Leftists run riots in France after major election victory by Right Wing party, raise pro-Palestine slogans amid arson and vandalism

Op India  

After the right-wing National Rally defeated President Macron’s Renaissance party with 31.5% of the vote in the European Parliament elections, hundreds of far-left supporting people staged a protest in Paris on Monday. Leftists protest in Rennes after conservative France’s National Rally wins EU parliament elections In Nantes, more than 1,000 people rallied on Monday screaming slogans like “La jeunesse emmerde …

The far right made big gains in European elections. What’s next, and why does it matter?
6 months, 1 week ago

The far right made big gains in European elections. What’s next, and why does it matter?

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — For decades, the European Union — which has its roots in the defeat of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy — confined the nationalist far right to the political fringes. Those in the Identity and Democracy group, which includes France’s Marine Le Pen, are more Russia-friendly – and Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban remains Putin’s closest EU ally. Divisions …

The far right’s election gains rattle EU’s traditional powers, leading Macron to call snap polls
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The far right’s election gains rattle EU’s traditional powers, leading Macron to call snap polls

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron, who called snap legislative elections. And despite being hounded by a scandal involving candidates, the Alternative for Germany extreme right party still rallied enough seats to sweep past the slumping Social Democrats …

French far-right National Rally well ahead in EU elections
6 months, 2 weeks ago

French far-right National Rally well ahead in EU elections

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-06-10 03:55 French Jordan Bardella, President of the French far-right National Rally party and head of the RN list for the European elections, and Marine Le Pen, President of the French far-right National Rally party parliamentary group, address party members after the polls closed during the European Parliament elections, in Paris, France on June 9. PARIS -- …

Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union and made major gains in parliamentary elections Sunday, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron. Sensing a threat from the far right, the Christian Democrats of EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had already shifted further to the right on migration and climate ahead …

France’s far right may win big in the EU elections. That’s worrying for migrants, Macron and Ukraine
6 months, 3 weeks ago

France’s far right may win big in the EU elections. That’s worrying for migrants, Macron and Ukraine

Associated Press  

PARIS — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen isn’t on the ballot at the weekend’s European Parliament election, but she’s likely to emerge as one of its biggest winners. The June 6-9 elections in all 27 EU countries will shift the makeup of the European Parliament and policy-making in the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, likely further toward the …

Meloni, Le Pen rift disrupts far-Right’s prospects of wielding power in the EU
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Meloni, Le Pen rift disrupts far-Right’s prospects of wielding power in the EU

The Hindu  

When a French Minister compared Italy’s nationalist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French far-Right last year, the Italian Premier rang French President Emmanuel Macron to complain. Ms. Meloni’s anger illustrates the depth of divisions within Europe’s nationalist Right that may stymie its efforts to wield power at a European Union level despite record …

In the Netherlands, story of the far-Right in Europe
1 year ago

In the Netherlands, story of the far-Right in Europe

Hindustan Times  

In a first in post-war Europe, a far-Right party became part of the governing coalition in Austria in 2000. From Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to France’s Marine Le Pen, congratulatory wishes for Wilders poured in from far-Right leaders, suggesting a wider tide across Europe. In Greece, three far-Right parties have made it to Parliament, and recent polls in France allude to …

France's anti-immigration far right gets boost from riots over police killing of teen
1 year, 5 months ago

France's anti-immigration far right gets boost from riots over police killing of teen

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We know the causes” of France’s unrest, Bruno Retailleau, head of the …

Data | Rise of the far-right in Europe
2 years, 7 months ago

Data | Rise of the far-right in Europe

The Hindu  

Centrist Emmanuel Macron may have got re-elected for a second term as the French President, but his vote share did not increase even in one department in 2022. Whereas Marine Le Pen’s vote share increased across the country giving the far-right their best-ever result. An analysis of 18 nationalist parties across Europe shows that the far-right parties have secured a …

What is behind the rise of the far right in France?
2 years, 8 months ago

What is behind the rise of the far right in France?

Al Jazeera  

Mainstreaming of far-right politics in France is due to ‘declinist’ attitude acceptance of hardline views analysts say. Paris, France – Edwige Diaz bristles at the words “far right” when used to describe French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen. “We define each other as localists, or nationalists.” While the RN party campaigns on topics central to the far right such as …

Far-right former French pundit launches presidential run in challenge to Macron
3 years ago

Far-right former French pundit launches presidential run in challenge to Macron

LA Times  

A far-right former TV pundit with multiple hate-speech convictions officially entered the race for France’s presidency Tuesday and warned his supporters that they would likely be called racists for backing his anti-immigration and anti-Islam views. That flash of temper, which Zemmour later acknowledged on Twitter was “very inelegant,” cast fresh doubt on the temperament and electability of the author and …

Months until presidential vote, a far-right surge jolts France
3 years, 2 months ago

Months until presidential vote, a far-right surge jolts France

Al Jazeera  

Concerns grow as polls for next year’s election show Eric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen with the backing of nearly a third of French voters. On the left, the total predicted vote is at 25 percent, including four parties – the Green Party, Socialist Party, Communist Party, and La France Insoumise. Its green background implies a pivot towards climate issues, …

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