Emmanuel Macron’s Fifth Republic is crumbling
Following the no-confidence vote in Michel Barnier’s government, can the president survive this political crisis?
ByJean-Luc Melenchon
Can France’s anti-Le Pen alliance survive?
Political chaos, confusion and incompetence are almost inevitable after no single grouping wins a parliamentary majority.
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Is Emmanuel Macron running out of options?
The French president is at risk of being remembered not as an ambitious reformer but as the leader who handed…
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France’s far-right and far-left are uniting against Emmanuel Macron
Just months into his second term, the French president is scrambling to pass his agenda without a majority in parliament.
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Does the French left have a future?
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s left-wing alliance Nupes could continue to disrupt French politics – if it doesn't collapse first.
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Emmanuel Macron falls to earth
For the first time in 20 years, a French president will not have a parliamentary majority.
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France’s Jupiter may be about to discover a culture of compromise
Emmanuel Macron’s party cannot be sure of the parliamentary majority presidents usually take for granted.
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Exclusive polling: leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon ahead in French legislative race
An alliance of the left could deny Emmanuel Macron a parliamentary majority.
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Headache for Emmanuel Macron as support for the French left surges
As the parliamentary elections loom, 64 per cent of voters say they want to see the president forced into a…
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Could Emmanuel Macron be forced to appoint Jean-Luc Mélenchon as prime minister?
An electoral pact between the main parties of the left aims to win a parliamentary majority in June's elections.
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At Macron’s election night there is relief and trepidation about the task ahead
Despite doing better than expected in the first round, there is a realisation that the run-off campaign could go either…
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Five takeaways from the first round of the French presidential election
Left-wing voters who backed Jean-Luc Mélenchon will be critical to the final result.
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Will left-wing voter apathy in France hand Marine Le Pen electoral victory?
Voters on the left have been ground down enough to think that a Le Pen presidency would “shake things up”.
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French election 2022: Live results and analysis
Live data, commentary and analysis on the first round of France’s presidential election.
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Could Marine Le Pen really win the French presidency?
The far-right leader’s longstanding strategy of pushing left on economic issues appears a wise choice amid a cost-of-living crisis.
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Macron could face left-winger in run-off as French voters turn focus to presidential election
If enough left-wing supporters vote tactically for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, he may be able to squeak through to the second round.
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