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Speaking in the run up to April 24 French Presidential Election, populist candidate Marine Le Pen has called for a “referendum revolution” to put sweeping policy changes to a democratic vote, claiming President Emmanuel Macron has given power to technocrats.

The candidate for the establishment-right Républicains (Republicans) has urged voters to back the left-liberal Emmanuel Macron, not the national conservative Marine Le Pen, as exit polls indicate her own performance in the first round of France’s presidential elections was a dismal failure. 

PARIS (AP) – French voters in Sunday’s presidential election will use the same system that’s been used for generations: paper ballots that are cast in person and counted by hand. Despite periodic calls for more flexibility or modernization, France doesn’t do mail-in voting, early voting or use voting machines en masse like the United States.

The French ambassador to Poland was summoned on Friday by the Polish foreign minister after President Emmanuel Macron branded Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki a “far-right antisemite”.

A survey released by a Brazilian-based firm this week has revealed that populist leader Marine Le Pen may be pulling ahead of President Emmanuel Macron as France votes in the first round of its presidential elections this weekend.

The death of a Jewish man who was chased by a mob and hit by a tram has received scrutiny In the final days of the French election.

As his main rival Marine Le Pen surges in the polls, Emmanuel Macron has bailed on a major debate featuring all other presidential election hopefuls.

French military intelligence chief General Eric Vidaud is to lose his job over the failure to predict Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, in a rare example of Western high officials facing real consequences for institutional failure.

The French government has moved to dissolve an Antifa group over calls for violence against police and violent actions.

U.S. President Joe Biden has earned a rebuke from the once-admiring British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for his “dangerous” remarks on Russian regime change.

President Biden’s call for regime change in Russia could embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin to escalate war tensions with NATO.

Back in the United States, reporters shouted a question to the president about his speech as he attended church Sunday evening in Washington, DC.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has criticised America’s President Joe Biden for calling Vladimir Putin “a butcher” and saying he “cannot remain in power”, warning that the chances of a ceasefire and peace through diplomatic means are undermined by such escalating rhetoric.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has, in an effort to fend off populist political opposition, claimed he is “against woke culture”.

A poll has found that 66 per cent of French would support a mass “remigration” of illegal immigrants, foreigners on terror watchlists, and foreign criminals from France.

Moscow has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of being the most “active participant” in the “race to be anti-Russian”.

PARIS (AP) – French automaker Renault plans to pause production at its Moscow plant in an apparent move to fend off mounting criticism, breaking ranks with other major French companies that have defied pressure to keep operating in Russia after it invaded Ukraine.

French President Macron has called for calm after the death of Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna, who was attacked by a Jihadi terrorist.

Ten European Union member-states have been exposed for selling hundreds of millions of euros worth of military kit to Russia between 2015 and 2020, despite sanctions.

After Corsica was rocked by a number of violent riots, French interior Minister Gerald Darmanin suggested the French government may be open to discussing autonomy for the island for the first time.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says he “informed” the leaders of France and Germany of the “real situation” in Ukraine in a three-way telephone call on Saturday, alleging various “gross violations of the international humanitarian law” by Ukraine. 

French President Emmanuel Macron will not join any debates ahead of the first round of the upcoming presidential election, instead stating he would prefer to debate with the French people.

Marion Maréchal, the niece of Presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen, has formally joined the presidential campaign of her right-wing rival.

After a short yet controversial reign, France’s regime of vaccine passes is set to be “suspended” by mid-March.

While the vast majority of French say Putin is responsible for the war, over half also believe NATO also shares some responsibility.

Populist candidate Marine Le Pen has surged in recent polling, while centre-right Les Republicains candidate Valérie Pécresse has slumped.

French Presidential candidate Zemmour has announced that he had a “warm” conversation with former President Donald Trump on Monday evening.

French President Emmanuel Macron has been slammed for the use of armoured police vehicles against the banned Paris Freedom Convoy, after nearly 100 were arrested by police.

French police have squared off with protesters attempting to establish a Canadian-style convoy in Paris in response to coronavirus measures.

Paris police intercepted at least 500 vehicles attempting to enter the French capital inspired by Canada’s horn-honking “Freedom Convoy.”

Canadian inspired freedom convoys have spread into France, where a convoy against coronavirus restrictions is planned in Paris on Saturday.

ROME — Europe’s Catholic bishops have decried French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to add abortion to the E.U. Charter of Fundamental Rights, insisting the scheme is “devoid of an ethical foundation.”

Pope Francis called for renewed efforts at peace Wednesday to counteract the escalation of tensions caused by the Russian military buildup at the border with Ukraine.

French President Macron has suggested the EU form a “Schengen Council” in order to react to threats to the bloc’s external borders. 

The French government introduced a new body to reshape Islam in France, part of President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to rid it of extremism.

A UK migration think tank warned the government not releasing illegal migrant data will allow numbers will to rise without accountabiltiy.