French elections

France dey face political deadlock afta parliamentary elections give big blow to di far-right National Rally - but no give any party majority.

The New Popular Front defied Ipsos predictions in topping yesterday's second-round vote, followed by Emmanuel Macron's Party with the far-right National ...

No party has won an overall majority in the French parliamentary elections - leaving the country with no clear winner. French President Emmanuel Macron ...

Following the second round of voting in France over the weekend, Marine Le Pen's National Rally have fallen short in the French parliamentary election ...

The French left-wing coalition, New Popular Front (NFP), is projected to win the most seats in France's parliamentary election, outpacing President Macron's ...

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has arrived at the Elysee Presidential Palace to offer his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, television pictures ...

Analysis of France's 2024 parliamentary election results, implications for Macron's presidency, and the emerging political landscape.

While French President Emmanuel Macron has recovered some capacity to negotiate his country's chaotic political waters, the hung parliament that will now sit ...

France faces months of instability after none of the three major parties were able to achieve a majority at the second round of elections.

The far-right National Rally were beaten into third place on Sunday after winning France's first round of parliamentary voting.

French shares turned higher on Monday after initial falls and the risk premium of French bonds over German narrowed as investors digested elections which ...

After winning a plurality in National Assembly, France's left-wing coalition plans to name PM candidate this week.

President Emmanuel Macron called France's snap parliamentary election to “clarify” the political situation. But after the shock second-round results, the waters ...

French President Emmanuel Macron refused the resignation of the country's prime minister, asking him to remain temporarily as the head of the government ...

Russia's hopes for smoothing over relations with France were dashed by the results of the French legislative election, a Kremlin spokesperson said Monday.

Voters chose to give a broad leftist coalition the most parliamentary seats in pivotal polls, keeping the far right away from power.

With parliament roughly split into three blocs, it could take weeks for MPs in a typically conflictual system to build coalitions.

The French president asks Gabriel Attal to remain in office temporarily "in order to ensure the country's stability".

Gabriel Attal had said he would remain in office if needed but offered his resignation Monday morning.

In results that defied polls, France's far-right national rally party was relegated to third place in legislative elections, routed by a diverse leftist ...

With a radical manifesto and an uneasy alliance, the left and green alliance has a difficult task ahead.

Around the world, many are rejoicing that voters in France held back the rise of the far right.

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally fell short in the French parliamentary election while the leftist New Popular Front (NFP) emerged as the dominant ...

Editorial: Progressive and centrist voters joined forces to keep Marine Le Pen's party at bay. But last-ditch resistance is not a long-term strategy.

How will President Emmanuel Macron appoint a new prime minister, and how will a hung parliament work?

Now, the French president is weakened and distracted by his troubles at home. Whatever government eventually emerges from the fragmented French parliament, it ...

In Sunday's French parliamentary elections, voters delivered a serious shake-up of the status quo, one that now means that, in France, there's no longer a ...

He went to tender his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, as tradition dictates after a parliamentary election. This time, however, the voting a day ...

Brief letters: France election results | Polluted rivers | Buckwheat for the bees | Where's summer? | Winning at sport.

French people react after the second round of the legislative elections results in at Place de la Republique in Paris, France, 07 July 2024.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen appeared to be nearer to power than ever last week after her National Rally party triumphed in the opening round of ...

Yet no party won an outright majority, putting France in an uncertain, unprecedented situation. President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance arrived in second ...