World Jul 08 French voters block far-right win but leave country without parliamentary majority By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda
World Jul 08 How French voters formed a ‘Republican front’ to block the far-right’s path to victory Although Marine Le Pen's party won more National Assembly seats than ever, it again hit a wall of voters who don’t believe the National Rally should govern France. By John Leicester, Associated Press
World Jul 01 Watch 6:06 What’s next for France after far-right wins big in 1st round of snap elections France is closer than ever in its modern history to being governed by the far-right. Parliamentary elections are the country’s most consequential in decades and will have implications across Europe and for the United States. Nick Schifrin discussed the first… By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Teresa Cebrián Aranda, Zeba Warsi
Politics Jun 30 Watch 3:24 News Wrap: New poll shows decline in voter confidence in Biden after debate In our news wrap Sunday, a new post-debate poll shows a jump in voters who say Biden should not be running for re-election, Hurricane Beryl strengthened to a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic, the family of a 13-year-old boy…
World Jun 12 Macron’s centrist alliance expected to hold parliamentary majority Projections based on partial election results showed that at the national level, Macron’s party and its allies got about 25-26% of the vote. That made them neck-in-neck with a new leftist coalition composed of hard-left, Socialists and Green party supporters. By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press
May 07 France’s Macron inaugurated for second five-year term By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press Macron vowed to “take action relentlessly with a goal, which is to be a more independent nation, to live better and to build our own French and European responses to the century's challenges.”… Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 5:05 Macron wins French presidential runoff election By Malcolm Brabant, Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson French President Emmanuel Macron won a second term Sunday, over far-right challenger Marine Le Pen. This is the second time Macron and Le Pen have faced off in the French presidential elections, but the margin is projected to be much… Continue watching
Apr 24 Macron wins reelection in French presidential race By John Leicester, Associated Press Macron would be the first French president in 20 years to win a second term, since Jacques Chirac in 2002. But he would face a divided nation and a battle to keep his parliamentary majority in legislative elections in June. Continue reading
Apr 18 France investigating EU fraud agency report on presidential candidate Marine Le Pen By Angela Charlton, Associated Press Paris prosecutors are studying a report by the EU fraud agency accusing French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of misusing public funds while serving in the European Parliament. Continue reading
Apr 16 Macron courts voters in Marseille ahead of presidential runoff By Associated Press Voters in the multicultural southern French Mediterranean city — one which has often been associated with racism and gang violence -- favored hard-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon against the centrist Macron in the April 10 first round of voting that knocked… Continue reading