PARIS – Former French prime minister Manuel Valls has lost his lead over leftist opponent Arnaud Montebourg ahead of the Socialist primaries, an Ifop poll, published by the weekly Journal du Dimanche, showed on Sunday. In case of a second-round
Two men hoping to clinch the left-wing nomination for France’s presidential race are pursuing a risky strategy: They want to save the much-maligned European Union.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called on the government to be “ruthless” following the brutal murder of a priest in Normandy by jihadists, stating that France is “at war”, and that there is no choice but for her to “lead and win”. However, the government have not offered any new measures to deal with terrorism.
France has “at least a hundred neighbourhoods” like the Brussels jihadi hotspot of Molenbeek, a French minister has warned. But while his socialist colleagues have lined up to condemn his statement, National Front politicians have warned that that figure is
PARIS (Reuters) – Young supporters of French economy minister Emmanuel Macron launched a think-tank advocating “left-wing liberalism” on Saturday, fuelling speculation that the popular former banker is laying the groundwork for grander political ambitions. Macron has won fans among France’s
France’s Socialist Party on Monday said it would pull its candidates out of a third regional poll, that of eastern France, adding to its efforts to create an electoral “barricade” against Marine Le Pen, the party’s chief said on Monday.
