The biggest surprise of the election is the performance of the RN, which won 89 seats—11 times more than in the previous elections. The pollsters were totally focused on the NUPES and clearly failed to anticipate this tidal wave.
Hélène de Lauzun —
Emmanuel Macron
The visit from the three heads of state was mostly a symbolic gesture, as Ukraine is under an ultimatum from Russia and lacks weapons.
Hélène de Lauzun —
These results expose the fragile security of Emmanuel Macron, who certainly won the presidential election with a majority of 58% but remains highly contested in the country, with a double opposition, on his left and on his right.
Hélène de Lauzun —
Since his first election in 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron has tried with some consistency to develop a specific “Russian policy,” aiming to always maintain communication with Vladimir Putin, regardless of the context. This earned him repeated criticism from his political opponents in France in 2018. The outbreak of a war between Ukraine and Russia, […]
Hélène de Lauzun —
Chancellor Nehammer said he believes that “emotion” should not be used to guide the decision—in his view, Ukraine’s rapid accession to EU member state status “is not realistic.”
Hélène de Lauzun —
If Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s dream of being “elected Prime Minister” remains unrealized, he nevertheless seems to have won his bet: that of appearing as the main oppositional force to Emmanuel Macron.
Hélène de Lauzun —
According to the figures, 26% of the euthanasias carried out in 2013 in Flanders were non-consensual; 35.5% of the euthanasias carried out in 2013 in the same region were not declared to the commission.
Hélène de Lauzun —
The reality that emerges from observers on the ground is that the Stade de France was the prey of a sort of ‘razzia,’ the responsibility for which falls largely on the hordes of people from the suburbs—and of immigrant origin.
Hélène de Lauzun —
A long and relatively unusual wait for the appointment of a government under the Fifth Republic can be explained by the difficulty in finding candidates for ministerial positions while the next legislative elections loom.
Hélène de Lauzun —
The discussion between Ursula von der Leyen and Viktor Orbán on May 9th lasted throughout the afternoon and continued into the evening.
Hélène de Lauzun —
The announcement of Elisabeth Borne’s appointment did not arouse much enthusiasm in the French press. Her profile gives the impression of a default and very bureaucratic choice.
Hélène de Lauzun —
We are facing a progressive mafia engaged in the manipulation of entire populations using a pseudo-religion in which more and more Westerners believe and are ready to deploy all forms of violence to impose. Poland should not step back anymore, not by an inch.
Patrick Edery —
French paradox: no one wants to give Emmanuel Macron a majority, but all the projections in seats suggest that he will have a comfortable majority. It has been a long time since France has not been in such an absurd, not to say grotesque, political situation.
Hélène de Lauzun —
The absurdity of the French administrative situation may lead to giggles all over the world, but the phenomenon described in the Senate report is quite serious and is due to the country’s inability to adopt a clear and firm migration policy.
Hélène de Lauzun —
Since its inception one year ago, the Conference on the Future of Europe has been widely regarded as little more than a thinly-veiled attempt by globalist eurocrats to secure additional power over the bloc’s decision-making processes.
Robert Semonsen —
Critics view the new technology as a means for accelerating the establishment of a surveillance society.
Robert Semonsen —
The less than less-than-cordial greeting took place in the working-class Parisian suburb of Clergy and comes amid sky-high tensions gripping the divided country.
Robert Semonsen —
Following these elections, the horizon of French political life appears very dark. The next deadline is in about a month and a half with the legislative elections. President Macron is almost certain to win a majority, if not an absolute majority. From then on, he will have no counter-power—for five long years.
Hélène de Lauzun —
In light of the figures revealed in this IFOP survey, it’s not especially difficult to understand why left-liberal politicians like Macron continue to push for sustained mass migration from Muslim-majority countries, as it reliably expands their voting base.
Robert Semonsen —
While the Soros family, through its Open Society Foundation, spends astronomical sums of money to further the globalist cause—it spends an equal amount working to destroy its political adversaries.
Robert Semonsen —
Emmanuel Macron wins the election, but his victory, despite the triumphalist declarations of some members of the government, is an ambiguous one.
Hélène de Lauzun —
His underwhelming flop among the general electorate notwithstanding, the right-wing candidate has exposed a deep fracture within France’s Jewish community that may reappear in future races.
Jorge González-Gallarza —
Marine Le Pen was playing a very long game in the debate, and immense pressure must have weighed on her shoulders. Not only did she have to wash away the affront from 2017, but she also had to remain focused on the one and only goal worth mentioning: to win the second round on Sunday, April 24th.
Hélène de Lauzun —
Five years since their last debate, Macron is the incumbent, whose regular put-downs during walkabouts have done a lot to make him one of France’s most unpopular presidents. Meanwhile, Le Pen knows that she has a relatively low bar to clear: she only needs to do better than her previous performance, and look more sympathique.
Anne-Élisabeth Moutet —
With the first round behind him, Emmanuel Macron is making things clear. On Monday, April 11th, the President of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand announced that the “right to die with dignity” would be the major societal reform of the new five-year term if Emmanuel Macron were reelected.
Hélène de Lauzun —
The convinced of Macronism have already shown themselves in the first round. Those who will vote for him out of duty have shrunk to a trickle. Anti-Macronism is on its way to being more powerful than a vote for Le Pen.
Hélène de Lauzun —
Repositioning French political forces began as soon as the results were announced. Even if the headliner is the same as in 2017, the balance of power and the political situation have radically changed.
Hélène de Lauzun —
Macron’s emotional outburst comes as the gap between he and Le Pen, a political ally of Morawiecka, appears to be narrowing.
Robert Semonsen —
For many months, the re-election of Emmanuel Macron has been taken for granted. But the French hate it when a scenario is imposed on them in advance.
Hélène de Lauzun —
Both Zemmour and Le Pen have tweeted about the possibility that this could be an anti-Semitic second or third-degree murder and that its late arrival on the news cycle could be premeditated.
Jorge González-Gallarza —
“I have always been firmly convinced that this attack could have been prevented. Today, concrete elements confirm this conviction. Mistakes were made both on the side of the National Education and the Ministry of the Interior, without which Samuel Paty could have been saved,” the family’s lawyer said.
Robert Semonsen —
McKinseyGate could seriously weaken the candidate Emmanuel Macron. The massive use of consulting firms discredits his record as president, but also his program as a candidate.
Hélène de Lauzun —
The chants came after Zemmour blamed France’s dismal security situation—which in recent years has seen murders, rapes, and violence explode—on incumbent candidate President Macron’s careless migration policies.
Robert Semonsen —
Colonna, who was serving a life sentence in Toulon for the 1998 assassination of the prefect of Corsica, had been in a coma since he was beaten and strangled on March 2nd by a fellow inmate, whom authorities described as a “radicalised, Islamist terrorist.”
Tristan Vanheuckelom —
The facts that have now come to light concerning the consultancy firms are out of all proportion to what François Fillon was accused of in 2017. However, no investigation or legal proceedings have been initiated yet.
Hélène de Lauzun —
It may be that Macron is playing a dangerous game. The suspicion of a confiscated campaign is becoming more and more intense in French opinion.
Hélène de Lauzun —
Malian authorities claimed allegations concerning the military killing of civilians, as reported by French outlets, are a strategy aimed at destabilising the political transition, demoralising the Malian people and discrediting the Malian army.
Carlos Perona Calvete —
It is an established fact that Emmanuel Macron’s five-year term has seen a substantial increase in immigration. Far from seeking to limit it, the current president has, on the contrary, encouraged it.
Hélène de Lauzun —
“What is proposed by Mr. Macron is the absolute abandonment of women and the elimination of a new member of our society that deserves our respect and protection,” the One of Us letter reads.
Bridget Ryder —
French President Emmanuel Macron was keen to display a smiling optimism by answering questions in English to international journalists in Versailles; a few minutes later, he was grave and serious in his address to French journalists, commenting in exactly the opposite terms.
Hélène de Lauzun —
An outburst of criticism accompanied this last-minute candidacy. For several weeks Emmanuel Macron has been accused of taking advantage of the pandemic, and of the war, to dodge debates about his time in office, now coming to an end.
Hélène de Lauzun —
Today in France, taking a sovereignist line is unfortunately understood as Putinolatry, and it is extremely difficult to hear a balanced point of view on what the positioning of a strong France in the international game should be.
Hélène de Lauzun —
The ceremony, honoring Lagarde’s distinction for her “contribution to the renown of France” took place in the winter garden of the Élysée Palace. The event fuelled speculation as to what Macron’s intentions may be.
Tristan Vanheuckelom —
The consulting firm of the 21st century could well be the new face of the Soviet control commission—a machine with fixed codes and pre-formatted processes designed to mask facts and the banality of postmodern sovereignty.
Hélène de Lauzun —
On Saturday, February 12th, shocking images were posted on social networks, showing police beating up demonstrators, breaking car windows, and fining people simply for waving a French flag.
Hélène de Lauzun —
These attacks on the rights of the unborn child are not isolated initiatives. They are well thought out and coordinated. A survey by the European Centre for Law and Justice reveals the existence of a real pro-abortion lobby within the European institutions.
Hélène de Lauzun —
An informal meeting of European Interior Ministers was held in Lille and Tourcoing in northern France on February 2nd and 3rd. The aim of this meeting was to put forward the proposals of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency, as the head of the EU, in favour of border control in the Schengen area. The ministers decided to […]
Hélène de Lauzun —
On the eve of his diplomatic mission to Moscow, in a desperate bid for a de-escalation of tensions on Ukraine’s borders, Macron said that “the geopolitical objective of Russia today is clearly not Ukraine, but to clarify the rules of cohabitation with NATO and the EU.”
Tristan Vanheuckelom —
Over the past couple of days, a deluge of events, press releases, and commentary touching on the Russia-NATO issue has buried news desks. It proved, however, highly revealing of the alliance’s internal cracks.
Tristan Vanheuckelom —
The government-commissioned report is concerned about what it calls the “disappearance of the common systemic space.” But it identifies the problem without trying to find the multiple reasons for this space’s absence.
Hélène de Lauzun —
Emmanuel Macron displayed his ambition to promote European civilization and its culture, through a “common project respectful of the singularities and identities of each [nation].” In the exchange with French deputies, he recalled that he has never been opposed to promoting the Christian roots of Europe. The deputy from Rassemblement National attacked him: “Your Europe is 60 years old, ours is 3,000! You have made Europe the backyard of Washington, the prey of Beijing, the doormat of Erdogan, and the hotel of Africa.”
Hélène de Lauzun —
On account of the Ukrainian crisis, Macron attempts to strengthen solidarity among NATO member countries in the face of Moscow.
Hélène de Lauzun —
The day after her election, Roberta Metsola was keen to demonstrate her commitment to women’s access to contraceptives and abortion in the European Union.
Hélène de Lauzun —
The distribution of votes among the various right-wing candidates resembles a game of communicating vessels. Marine Le Pen is ploughing her own furrow. Eric Zemmour puts ‘des mots sur des maux’ (words on evils): it is what he does best. He can participate in the reconfiguration of the French right. Will he go much further?
Hélène de Lauzun —
The March for Life, which brings together most of the pro-life associations in France, will be held in Paris on Sunday, January 16th, three days before the bill is considered by the Senate. The demonstrators hope to influence the senators by their mobilization and determination.
The year 2022 is starting badly for the French government. While it wanted to use the outbreak of the omicron variant in France to impose the vaccine pass before mid-January, things are looking more complicated than expected.
Hélène de Lauzun —
According to Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune, the flag was scheduled to be taken down on Sunday, but he said he was “very proud that this one flew for a few days.”
Tristan Vanheuckelom —
While French President Emmanuel Macron proposed a vision for a more federalized European Union in assuming the presidency of the European Union, his government has also made it clear that does not apply to arms exports.
Bridget Ryder —
The survey reveals three major differences between the French reaction and that of the Italians and Germans.
Hélène de Lauzun —
Until a few months ago, the French media believed that the presidential campaign would be a repeat of the 2017 campaign, with a second round that would pit Emmanuel Macron against Marine Le Pen and end with the re-election of Emmanuel Macron. Today, nothing is written in stone, and the fundamentally unpredictable nature of political life gives us hope.
Hélène de Lauzun —
President Macron wants the EU to reform budget rules to increase public-sector investments, which, he hopes, would lead to stronger economic growth and higher levels of employment. Macron’s vision is understandable, but his reforms are likely to defeat their own purpose.
Sven R. Larson —
While he has a history of denouncing certain policies of the Hungarian government, Emmanuel Macron last week said he regarded Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as a political opponent but also as a European partner.
Tristan Vanheuckelom —
Twice, the question had been put to Kanaks and French people living on the island. And twice, the result was clear-cut in favour of remaining in France. But that is not enough, and those in favour of independence want to force people to vote again to achieve their goal.
Each year, 30,000 asylum applications are registered in the UK. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin declares it is time for the UK to change its immigration laws—to make it easier for people to enter the UK.
Despite top officials within the French government having recently come out in opposition to the EU providing funds to Poland for the construction of its wall along the Belarusian border, President Emmanuel Macron claimed that France will push for action on the migration when it assumes the EU presidency at the beginning of next year.
Emmanuel Macron announced the plan to build new nuclear reactors.
French right-wing journalist Eric Zemmour could get into the second round of presidential elections in 2022.
France and Britain are disputing over permits for fishing boats.
France recalled its ambassadors to the US and Australia.
Michel Barnier plans to stand as a right-wing candidate againt President Macron.
EU foreign ministers hold emergency talks via videolink Tuesday on the situation in Afghanistan.
President Emmanuel Macron called for a “summer of mobilisation” in France, announcing the mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers. “If the health situation remains under control for the moment, only a massive vaccination campaign will be able to prevent a new wave of hospitalisations as soon as August and new restrictive measures,” French president Emmanuel Macron […]