Emmanuel Macron has traded one nightmare for another, preventing Marine Le Pen's hard-right National Rally from winning France's parliamentary elections yesterday but instead paving the way for a hard-left alliance to emerge victorious. Founder of left-wing party La France Insoumise Jean-Luc Melenchon gestures following the first results of the second round of France's legislative election at La Rotonde Stalingrad in …
Jordan Bardella, the protégé of hard-right leader Marine Le Pen, declared last week during a pre-election debate that France is tired of 'seven years of Macronism'. President Macron has gambled and failed in his attempt to knock out the populist right with his shock election which has seen his party hammered at the polls Marine Le Pen, Rassemblement National party …
In a significant political manoeuvre, French President Emmanuel Macron has undertaken a major cabinet reshuffle, appointing Gabriel Attal as the country’s youngest-ever prime minister. Serving previously as the education minister, Attal now steps into the role of prime minister, injecting new energy into Macron’s cabinet. The success of this political reinvention hinges on Attal’s ability to address the challenges posed …