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French Far Right, Rivals In Final Push Ahead Of Decisive Vote

The French far right and its struggling rivals make a final push for votes on Friday ahead of the decisive round of parliamentary elections that were called in a major gamble by centrist President Emmanuel Macron.

International Business Times

Kylian Mbappé Urges French Public To Vote In Elections

French soccer stars Kylian Mbappé and Jules Kounde express concern over far-right party's rise in French elections, urging civic engagement and responsible...

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French Far Right Says Power Within Grasp As Mbappe Warns Of Disaster

French far-right leader Marine le Pen insisted Thursday her party can still win control of parliament despite the centre and left scrambling to block her way and football hero Kilian Mbappe urging fans to outvote "those people".

International Business Times

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'Fear' Of Far Right Outweighs Voters' Qualms Over Former French PM

In her constituency in northern France, former prime minister Elisabeth Borne is counting on support from left-wing voters to hold her seat, even if many refuse to forget her role in passing a controversial pension reform.

International Business Times

French elections: what is the republican front – and will it head off National Rally?

In a decades-old practice, several mainstream political parties are co-operating in an effort to block the advance of the far right

The Guardian - UK

Le Pen insists National Rally will still win big in French elections despite slip in polls

Marine Le Pen has hit back at opinion polls suggesting her National Rally (RN) is losing its lead in this weekend's legislative election runoff, saying the far-right party still had the capacity to secure an absolute majority in the French parliament.

Radio France Internationale

Can French centrist parties keep far right out in second round of voting?

Far-right National Rally’s hopes of absolute majority may be dashed by tactical manoeuvring, but threat still looms.

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As Sunday’s elections loom, campaign in France marred by assaults and verbal abuse of candidates

With just three day remaining until the second round of France’s legislative elections, the campaign has been marred by reported assaults and verbal abuse of candidates, prompting at least one of them to drop out of the crucial race. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded.

France 24

French voters face choice of least worst option in high-stakes election

Scramble to build ‘republican front’ against first-placed far right leaves many weighing difficult decisions

The Guardian - UK

Hezbollah launches barrage of rockets at Israel after top commander killed

Muhammad Nimah Nasser is at least the third senior commander killed in cross-border fighting since October.

Al Jazeera

How France’s far-right National Rally plans to secure its absolute majority in parliament

Buoyed by its resounding success in the first round of the snap legislative elections, France’s far-right National Rally party (RN) is hoping to secure an absolute majority in the second round on July 7. Before it can achieve this however, NR’s President Jordan Bardella will have to fend off both…

France 24

French PM Urges United Front To Stop Far-right Takeover

France's prime minister on Wednesday urged voters to form a united front to block the far right in legislative elections, warning the anti-immigration party of Marine Le Pen was the only faction capable of winning an absolute majority.

International Business Times

French PM says efforts to prevent far-right majority can succeed

Gabriel Attal urges on campaign to peg back rise of National Rally as candidates pull out to avoid splitting vote

The Guardian - UK

French researcher admits military secrets charges, claims Russia

Laurent Vinatier is the latest Western citizen arrested by Moscow amid accusations of ‘hostage diplomacy’.

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The Conversation

How the French far-right rose to prominence

European politics was shaken by a surge in support for the far-right and far-left in the first round of France’s legislative elections on June 30. Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party won 33% of the popular vote, ahead of the far-left New Popular Front (NFP) alliance on 28%.

Reason

France's Messy Elections Make American Politics Look Orderly

The U.S. flirtation with populism barely holds a candle to the situation across the Atlantic.

The Times of India

Why Muslims are wary of Far-Right win in French polls

Marine Le Pen-led far-right party National Rally (RN) has won the first round of the surprise parliamentary elections called by President Emmanuel Macron in France. This has brought the party closer to forming the government. RN's leader Marine Le Pen now wants her young protege Jordan Bardella to become the…

Radio France Internationale

UN rights chief alarmed by rising hate speech amid elections flurry

The UN rights chief voiced alarm Wednesday at a hardening of rhetoric, including hate speech and dehumanising language against migrants and other minorities, linked to elections in Europe and elsewhere.This, as more than 200 centrist and left-wing candidates pulled out of France's legislative election runoff by a Tuesday deadline, in…

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The Guardian - UK

A tale of two elections: how angry voters in France and UK turned on their leaders

The countries are heading in different directions, but voters on both sides of the Channel have similar concerns

The Guardian - AU

Israel reportedly kills senior Hezbollah commander in drone strike – as it happened

Senior field commander killed in Israeli strike outside southern Lebanese city of Tyre, Reuters reports

Evening Standard

Labour government would work with France's Far-Right on 'small boats' crisis if both win power - Starmer ally

Pat McFadden, Labour’s National Campaign Co-ordinator, said if his party wins on July 4 it will deal with whoever is in charge in France to address joint challenges

France 24

French PM urges united front to block far right from winning absolute majority

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Wednesday urged voters to form a united front to block the far right in the second round of the legislative elections, warning that Marine Le Pen’s far right National Rally was within reach of winning an absolute majority. Read our liveblog to see how…

The Guardian - UK

France’s ‘hard left’ has been demonised – but its agenda is realistic, not radical

International Business Times

Asia Markets Track Wall St Records As Powell Revives Rate Hopes

Asian stocks rose Wednesday following fresh records on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell fanned hopes of an interest rate cut by saying the battle against inflation had made "progress" and the job market was cooling.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds of candidates pull out of French run-off in bid to foil far right

Mass exit aims to deny parliamentary wins in final vote that could give far right first government since World War II.

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