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President Emmanuel Macron called France’s snap parliamentary election to “clarify” the political situation. But after the shock second-round results, the waters are more muddied than they ...
In the first round, Macron took the lead with 27.9% of votes, followed by Le Pen with 23.2%, Jean-Luc Mélenchon of La France Insoumise with 22%, and Éric Zemmour of Reconquête with 7.1%. Valérie Pécresse of The Republicans took 4.8% of the vote, and Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris and Socialist Party candidate, 1.8%.
France's far-right National Rally to join new EU alliance. 10:50, Tom Watling. Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) will join a new alliance in the European Parliament led by Hungarian ...
The result could diminish his power in world affairs. JOHN LEICESTER. July 6, 2024 at 4:03 AM. PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron could awake — if he has slept at all — with ...
The President of the French Republic and French Co-Prince of Andorra is elected to a five-year term in a two-round election under Article 7 of the Constitution: if no candidate secures an absolute majority of votes in the first round, a second round is held two weeks later between the two candidates who received the most votes. [7]
2002 French presidential election. Presidential elections were held in France on 21 April 2002, with a runoff election between the top two candidates, incumbent Jacques Chirac of the Rally for the Republic and Jean-Marie Le Pen of the National Front, on 5 May. This presidential contest attracted a greater than usual amount of international ...
The left won France’s election, but its new government will be at the mercy of the far right. Analysis by Saskya Vandoorne, CNN. September 24, 2024 at 8:40 AM. Since French President Emmanuel ...
France elects on its national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term (previously, seven years), directly by the citizens. The Parliament (Parlement) has two chambers. The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 577 members, elected for a five-year term in single seat ...