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French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out selecting a member of the far-left New Popular Front as his next prime minister, despite having partnered with the leftist bloc in the recent elections.

The leaders of the French far-left have threatened to impeach President Emmanuel Macron over an “institutional coup against democracy”.

MEP Marion Maréchal urged the world to not blame France for the “left-wing minority” behind the anti-Christian insults during the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

Emmanuel Macron has decided to accept the resignation of his prime minister, leaving the France without a government able to actually govern.

An Antifa leader on France’s national security watchlist has been elected to the National Assembly as a member of the New Popular Front.

Marine Le Pen celebrated the “rising tide” after winning the most seats in the National Assembly in the history of her populist party.

Emmanuel Macron reportedly refused the offer of resignation from his prime minister despite the far-left demanding he appoint a leftist as PM following their victory in Sunday’s elections.

Despite the far-left New Popular Front winning the second round of elections, leftist radicals still rioted in France on Sunday evening.

The far-left New Popular Front has come out on top in the French elections after making a deal with Macron to stop Marine Le Pen’s populist party. 

Emmanuel Macron warned the public that “civil war” awaits France if they fail to vote for his brand of neo-liberalism in the upcoming elections.

Making a last-ditch attempt at reclaiming the narrative before the snap elections, Macron vowed to “change” while refusing to resign.

The French left alliance nominated an antifa activist on a government watchlist as a candidate for the National Assembly elections.

Right-wing populist politicians should be “eradicated”, a leading French leftist parliamentarian said in a supposed slip of the tongue.

Those who consider themselves “native French” represent a “serious problem” for social cohesion, far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon declared.

Hundreds of thousands protested in France against the alleged threat to democracy posed by people voting for the populist National Rally.

Former French President François Hollande will run as a National Assembly candidate for the far-left-led “New Popular Front” alliance.

The European Parliament elections saw over six in ten Muslims in France back the far-left party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who has faced accusations of antisemitism.

French President Emmanuel Macron excoriated the Les Républicains leader Éric Ciotti for supporting an election pact with the National Rally party in the snap election

In a stunning development, the head of the centre-right Les Républicans party backed an alliance with Marine Le Pen’s populist National Rally.

Allies of French President Emmanuel Macron have reportedly dubbed his deicision to call for a snap election “suicidal”.

A former advisor to President Macron warned that France will face a “social revolt” over the green agenda that will dwarf the Yellow Vests.

A poll found that Marine Le Pen’s National Rally could win an outright majority in the National Assembly if snap elections were called.

French populist Zemmour held up Barack Obama as an example of how France could embark upon a programme of “remigration”.

The former head of the EU’s border enforcement agency will run for the EU Parliament for the French anti-mass migration National Rally party.

Marine Le Pen leads the polls for the next French presidential election and is now in a position to win the second round of voting.

A French senator has been handed preliminary charges for drugging another lawmaker with the aim of rape or sexual assault.

President Emmanuel Macron was roundly booed as he took to the pitch for the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup on Friday.

Emmanuel Macron reportedly railed against the limit on presidential terms preventing him from running again in 2027 as “disastrous bullshit”.

Two-thirds of the people of France would support ending the ‘Fifth Republic’, as President Emmanuel Macron continues to fail to restore order.

A crowdfunding pitch to support a French police officer, who sparked riots across the country, has raised nearly a million dollars. 

The French government said that hundreds more had been arrested in a fifth night of rioting sparked by the police killing of a 17-year-old.

French President Emmanuel Macron suggested the imposition of a global taxation system in order to subsidise the green agenda to mitigate climate change.

“Louis XVI, we beheaded him, Macron, we can start again!” chanted a leftist politician as revolutionary furore rages in France.

Electricity to buildings visited by Macron on his nationwide PR blitz keeps mysteriously going out, but it’s nothing fossil fuels can’t fix.

Hit ’em where it hurts? Hollywood stars may be left in the dark as unions vowed to cut the power in protest against President Macron.

French President Emmanuel Macron has attempted to scare the public to rally around his government by pushing fear of Marine Le Pen.