In the face of the far-right's triumph in the French European elections, President Emmanuel Macron announced he would dissolve the National Assembly and call snap legislative elections.
EU elections in France have been focused on national issues, with very little room for European conversations, as the far-right holds on to a significant lead in voting intentions, and looks to turn the election into an ‘anti-Macron referendum’.
In the face of a deeply divided left, the French National Rally's grab for power is easier than many might expect. How is the party reshaping the influence of the far-right at the European level?
Top French candidates for June’s European elections showed just how split they were over the recognition of a Palestinian state in a TV debate on Monday night (27 May), with the left-of-centre being clearly in favour and the rest saying the time was not right yet.
The Socialist Party and Place publique (S&D) lead candidate for the European elections, Raphaël Glucksmann, was chased out of a procession marching in Saint-Etienne for Labour Day on Wednesday (May 1).
French socialists’ lead candidate Raphaël Glucksmann set out his vision for the future of the EU at a political rally in Strasbourg on Wednesday, hoping to pull the rug under Emmanuel Macron’s ‘Sorbonne II’ speech the next day and establish himself as the only credible left-wing force ahead of June’s EU elections.
Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht, Germany's youngest left party, has enough support to create and lead a new group in the European Parliament after the June elections, lead candidate Fabio De Masi confirmed on Wednesday (24 April), opening the door to "progressive forces" in a break with traditional left-wing dynamics.
The main headlists for the EU elections debated the Green Deal on Tuesday (April 16) in Angers, offering a return to the old left/right division.
The French far-left La France Insoumise (LFI) would be in favour of France providing help to a NATO country attacked by Russia, its lead candidate, Manon Aubry, told national public radio on Wednesday (3 April), hinting at a softening of the party's long-lasting anti-NATO stance.
French candidates topping the lists for the EU elections in June laid bare their differences on nuclear energy and the EU electricity market in the first televised debate of Public Sénat on Thursday (14 March).
Whatever hope remained that the French left may find common ground ahead of June’s EU elections has collapsed over the radically different approaches to handling and resolving the war in Ukraine.
The far right is gaining momentum in Europe ahead of EU elections and is converging with the right, centre-right, and liberals on policies and politics ahead of EU elections, the co-president of The Left group at the European Parliament, Manon Aubry, told Euractiv in an interview
Road blockades across the country and growing exasperation from farmers are shaping up to be the first major political test for EU election candidates in France, as they attempt to court the agricultural community.
In an interview with Euractiv France, Manon Aubry, lead candidate of the left-wing party "La France insoumise" ("France Unbowed", GUE/NGL) for the 2024 European elections, reflects on the current European mandate (2019-2024) and her wishes for the next one (2024-2029).
Latest polling data from France on Tuesday (17 October) puts the nationalist Rassemblement National (RN), with MEP candidate Jordan Bardella in the lead, while President Emmanuel Macron's centrist and pro-European Renaissance party, lags behind as the European elections draw closer.
The French Socialist Party (PS) ratified on Thursday evening (5 October) by a large majority the decision to have an independent list for the upcoming European elections, dashing the last hopes of the radical left for a joint list.
In drafting its 2024 budget bill, due to be presented on Wednesday (27 September), France is walking a tightrope between lowering debt levels and keeping the necessary fiscal room for large-scale green investments – mirroring ongoing EU-level debates over new fiscal rules.
The French left in the European Parliament will only join the initiative launched by MEP Christophe Grudler (Renew) against the Parliament's current mandate for the reform negotiations on the EU electricity market if the right and the far right side with it.
The European Commission's appointment of an American economist to a top job in its competition department has prompted a backlash from French politicians, with the digital minister "inviting the Commission to re-examine the matter".
The Left party will internally elect a candidate for European Commission president, otherwise known as a spitzenkandidat, the co-president of The Left group at the European Parliament told EURACTIV in an exclusive video interview. The spitzenkandidat process is laid down in …
What policies will be at the heart of their electoral campaigns? Are they going to have a Spitzenkandidat? How will groups differentiate from each other? These are among the questions EURACTIV asked presidents of the political groups in the European …
French EU lawmaker Raphaël Glucksmann on Tuesday (9 May) rejected the idea of a joint list with the radical left La France Insoumise (LFI) ahead of the 2024 European elections, arguing that the political differences between the parties were too large.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne presented a government roadmap on Wednesday (26 April) aiming to lay down "concrete solutions" in areas including immigration, ecology, health, and education and appease the nation after fierce protests over a recent pension reform
The French left-wing coalition NUPES is divided over whether to run as a common bloc in the 2024 European elections: The radical-left La France Insoumise (LFI) is pushing for a joint candidacy while the French Greens and Communists are more sceptical.
