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Das riskante politische Spiel des französischen Präsidenten scheint nicht aufzugehen. Seine Partei landet weit abgeschlagen auf dem dritten Platz bei der ersten Runde der vorgezogenen Neuwahlen. Das …

The president must decide if his candidates should drop out and back the left to stop the far right winning power in France.

Left-leaning activists gathered in Paris on election night to protest the National Rally win in the snap legislative election.

Emmanuel Macron’s election gamble spectacularly backfired, leaving his centrist alliance trailing the far right and far left.

Early projections show National Rally on course for victory in the vote for a new parliament as Emmanuel Macron’s election gamble backfires.

The U.S. has been pushing Israel to agree to a three-part cease-fire deal, backed by several countries including France, the U.K., Egypt, Qatar and by the European Commission.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces charges that part of his 2007 campaign was illegally financed by Libya.

The U.S. president’s inner circle at first was merely startled by Macron’s gamble, but that initial reaction has curdled into puzzlement and dismay.

New fight brews between French president and surging far right ahead of snap election.

“The French are much more chauvinistic than we are,” the town’s mayor said.

Straight from the European Council summit, we bring you the latest news and analysis on a range of tough issues on the leaders’ agenda. Host Sarah Wheaton …

Military and foreign policy have long been seen as the “reserved domain” of the president — but the far right is challenging that assumption.

National Rally has repeatedly questioned Macron’s presidential powers in the event Marine Le Pen’s party wins the snap French parliamentary election.

National Rally had claimed it should nominate the French commissioner if it wins the parliamentary election — but the president wants Breton back in Brussels.

The sudden vote was a gamble by the French president “to limit the damage” to his own party, a leftist MEP has said.

Everything now is just a euphemism for financial repression and austerity. That doesn’t stop politicians looking for magical alternatives.

It’s Thatcher all over again. Or is it?

The French vote could deal a massive blow to the capital’s post-Brexit ambitions.

Far right is warning it will use budget as lever to influence French president’s authority over defense policy.

Meloni’s careful stewardship of the Italian economy has been rewarded by Europe’s famously fickle financial markets. But chaos across the Alps could draw unwanted attention to Italy’s huge debt pile. 

The leader of France’s National Rally reignited market unease after hinting that a major fight with the EU is still on the cards.