
By Eleonore Para | 14 January 2025
Death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, figure of the French far right
Jean-Marie Le Pen died on January 7 in Garches (Hauts-de-Seine) at the age of 96. Here, we look back over almost seven decades of political…
Jean-Marie Le Pen died on January 7 in Garches (Hauts-de-Seine) at the age of 96. Here, we look back over almost seven decades of political…
After ten days of discussions, the new Prime Minister François Bayrou has reached a government line-up: 35 ministers (14 ministers and 21 deputy ministers) were appointed on Monday December 23.
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed François Bayrou Prime Minister on December 13, 2024, and tasked him with forming a Government. Michel Barnier, Prime Minister since…
The deal sets out fish catch limits, known as “total allowable catches” (TACs), and fishing effort limits for the most important commercial fish stocks.
Since the new Labour-led government of Keir Starmer took office last July, a revived dialogue with the other side of the Channel has been unfolding. Both sides are now paving the way for negotiating a new framework for commercial relationships
During an interview, the French socialist MEP François Kalfon, expresses his concerns about the interrelation between EU and countries which take part of the Mercosur…
Roberta Metsola, re-elected last July for a second term at the head of the European Parliament, made an official visit to France on Thursday 21st…
The German Federal Finance Minister, Christian Lindner, was poked by journalists due to his hard-nosed approach in economic policy matters. He said to be “curious” to know how the Ministry located in rue de Bercy in Paris will “return to sound public finances.”
On Saturday 21 September, after two weeks of negotiations, Prime Minister Michel Barnier unveiled the composition of the new government: 39 ministers, deputy ministers and…
Following the results of the early parliamentary elections in July, President Emmanuel Macron is consulting the political parties with a view to forming the next…
In France, MPs are elected by direct universal suffrage by voters registered on the electoral roll. The voting system is a two-round, constituency-based majority system. Following the dissolution of the National Assembly, the first round of early elections took place on Sunday 30 June, with the second round to be held on Sunday 7 July.
With just a few days to go before the first round of early parliamentary elections – the French are due to go to the polls to elect their MPs on 30 June and 7 July – and as a new term of office begins in the European Parliament, the programmes of Ensemble – the presidential majority – the Rassemblement National and the new Front Populaire contain proposals on Europe and foreign policy.