French Election 2022: Macron accuses Le Pen of secret ‘Frexit’ plan April 13, 2022 French president Emmanuel Macron has accused his right-wing rival Marine Le Pen of a secret ‘Frexit’ plan. The head of state made his comments as polls predicted a tight race for the top job, which comes to a head on 24 April. Speaking at a rally in eastern France, he said Le Pen is disguising [...]
13 days that will define the future of France: Macron and Le Pen begin ruthless battle to become president April 11, 2022 Centrist Emmanuel Macron was heading this morning to an economically depressed area of northern France where a majority of voters chose his opponent, far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, close to her electoral stronghold of Henin-Beaumont. Meanwhile, Ms Le Pen’s National Rally officials will meet today to plan strategy ahead of the second round of voting, [...]
French presidential race: Macron and Le Pen through to second round April 10, 2022 Exit polls have shown that Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are through to the next round of the French Presidential election race. Whilst each poll is slightly different, the BBC has reported that Macron held 28.1 per cent of the votes in the first round, far-right Le Pen scored 23.3 per cent. Left leaning [...]
D-Day in France as 48m voters go to the polls: Victory for Marine Le Pen looms as Macron feels the heat from far-right favourite April 10, 2022 Up to 48 million eligible voters will be choosing one of 12 candidates today as polls have opened across France for the first round of the country’s presidential election. President Emmanuel Macron is seeking a second five-year term, with a strong challenge from the far right and seeking to counter nationwide voter apathy. Polls opened [...]
Days after comparison to ‘negotiating with Hitler’, Macron’s dialogue with Putin is ‘splitting Nato’ April 7, 2022 Days after Poland accused France’s president of “negotiating with Hitler” by speaking to Vladimir Putin, France has now been accused of “splitting Nato” with its continued attempts to talk with Russia. Its president Emmanuelle Macron has been keeping an open dialogue with Moscow’s leader, along with Germany. Putin has been accused of war crimes, a [...]
Macron accused of ‘negotiating with Hitler’ by Poland’s PM after talks with Putin April 4, 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron has been accused of “negotiating with Hitler” by Poland, after holding a series of 17 talks with Vladimir Putin since December last year. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki hit out at the French leader for engaging with the Kremlin amid international efforts to isolate Moscow while it wages war in Ukraine. [...]
Macron: Britain bears weight of migrant drownings, not France February 2, 2022 It is Britain who bears the weight of migrant drownings in crossing the Channel, not France, president Emmanuel Macron has said. Speaking to a regional newspaper in northern France, Macron said: “The responsibility for those who die at sea does not fall upon France but upon this British refusal.” It is the latest act of [...]
Mario Draghi and Emmanuel Macron call on EU to reform fiscal rules December 24, 2021 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and French President Emmanuel Macron have called on the EU to reform its fiscal rules. In joint article published yesterday on the Financial Times, the two argued that even before the pandemic, the bloc’s fiscal rules were in need of reform as they are “too obscure and excessively complex”, constraining [...]
Migrant Crisis: France rejects joint border patrol proposal by Boris Johnson December 3, 2021 The Prime Minister of France, Jean Castex, told Boris Johnson that he could not accept a joint British-French patrol in the English Channel in response to the migrant crisis as the issue was a “matter of our sovereignty.” In a letter to the British prime minister Castex wrote “France is ready to pursue our operational [...]
Fishing row: UK welcomes Macron stepping back from Brexit boat threat November 2, 2021 The UK this morning welcomed France having “stepped back” from threats to impose punitive action in a dispute over post-Brexit fishing licences as talks to settle the row continue. Environment secretary George Eustice acknowledged a de-escalation from French president Emmanuel Macron as he held off on the action against British boats that he had warned [...]