Following the French parliament's surprise dissolution announced by President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday [9 June], political manoeuvering has already started to form coalitions that could win the upcoming legislative election.
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.
Weimar Triangle countries Germany, France, and Poland agreed to make "speaking and acting with one voice" regarding the bloc's foreign policy a joint priority after the European elections.
European and Arab foreign ministers met in the Saudi capital on Monday (29 April) to discuss how to join forces on advancing a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
International donors committed on Monday (15 April) to spend more than €2 billion in humanitarian support in Sudan – €900 million of which will come from the EU and its member states – and better coordinate efforts to secure a sustainable ceasefire.
France's top diplomat said Monday (1 April) that Paris expects China to send "clear messages" to its close partner Russia over its war in Ukraine, after meetings with his counterpart in Beijing.
France has delivered a written proposal to Beirut aimed at ending hostilities with Israel and settling the disputed Lebanon-Israel frontier, according to a document seen by Reuters that calls for fighters including Hezbollah's elite unit to withdraw 10 km from the border.
Stéphane Séjourné, Emmanuel Macron’s top man in the European Parliament and Renew Group’s President, was appointed Foreign Affairs minister on Thursday (11 January), leaving a question mark as to who will lead Macron’s party in the EU elections.
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 EU's new fiscal rules should ensure fiscal responsibility without dogmas and allow for enough flexibility to enable investments, argue Stéphane Séjourné, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Eva Poptcheva, and Catharina Rinzema of the Renew group.
EU reindustrialisation and the creation of ‘green jobs’ are among top priorities of the liberal family ahead the next EU elections, the President of Renew Europe group Stéphane Séjourné told EURACTIV in a video interview.
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 …
Accusations of cosying up to the far-right are flying in France after Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National backed the Left's no-confidence motion in the government on Monday and President Emmanuel Macron met with Italy's controversial new prime minister, Giorgia Meloni.
The European Parliament voted on a resolution to tackle energy prices on Wednesday (5 October), which includes the relaunch of the MidCat pipeline linking Spain with France, despite opposition from French MEPs.
While the Polish government is portraying itself as a leader in the EU response to the war in Ukraine, problems with rule of law should not be ignored, said Stéphane Séjourné, leader of the liberals in the European Parliament.
