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French legislative elections: Voter turnout at 38.11% at 5pm, slightly down from first round

Voter turnout in the second round of France's parliamentary elections stood at 38.11% at 5pm, slightly down from voting at the same time in the first round. French President Emmanuel Macron is in danger of falling short of a parliamentary majority after the first round of voting saw his centrist…

France 24

After keeping back the far-right, is France set for a left-wing prime minister?

BY now, beleaguered French president Emmanuel Macron may take little comfort in victory.

The National (Scotland)

What awaits Macron? Ruling majority, hung parliament, or cohabitation

French President Emmanuel Macron may find himself without a ruling majority during his second term and unable to push through his economic reform agenda with a free hand after a new left-wing alliance did well in the first round of voting.

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French election: Macron loses absolute majority in parliament in 'democratic shock'

French President Emmanuel Macron lost control of the National Assembly in legislative elections on Sunday, a major setback that could throw the country into political paralysis unless he is able to negotiate alliances with other parties.

Reuters

Is the war in Ukraine creating a new world order?

Cold War alliances are being strengthened while the classic foes of the "free West" are forging stronger links at a moment when France is exiting the helm of the EU.

Radio France Internationale

Final Polls Cast Doubt on Macron Majority ahead of Weekend Vote

A final flurry of polls on Friday ahead of French parliamentary elections this weekend suggested President Emmanuel Macron's allies would emerge as the biggest party in the new national assembly but possibly short of a majority. The surveys from the Elabe, Ifop-Fiducial and Ipsos polling companies indicated Macron's "Ensemble" (Together)…

Asharq Al-Awsat

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Ukraine holds Sievierodonetsk as battle for Donbas enters critical phase; the Russians rejecting Putin and fighting for Kyiv

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German leader says it's necessary to keep talking to Putin

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says it’s “absolutely necessary” for some leaders to talk directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin amid efforts to end the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Zelensky adviser: Ukraine can win war in '3 to 6 months' if it gets heavy weapons soon

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke to FRANCE 24 a day after the visit of the French, German, Italian and Romanian leaders to Kyiv and Irpin. While welcoming this display of European unity with Ukraine, Podolyak called for more heavy weapons to be sent to his…

France 24

Macron Aims for Surge in Number of French Tech Unicorns by 2030

French President Emmanuel Macron, who sees growth in the country's tech sector as crucial to his plans to boost the overall economy, said on Friday he was hoping for a surge in the number of French tech "unicorns" or start-ups by 2030. Macron said he wanted the number of French…

Asharq Al-Awsat

France and Turkey propose rival plans to get grain out of Ukraine

Macron favours land routes to Romania from Odesa whereas Ankara wants to use shipping lanes through Black Sea

The Guardian - UK

Cleaner who led pay strike faces former minister in Paris election

Rachel Keke, who coordinated successful strike for better pay and conditions, takes on Macron’s former sports minister

The Guardian - UK

Former hotel housekeeper aims to give French workers a voice

A former hotel housekeeper has become a symbol of the recent revival of France’s left-wing

The Independent UK

Final campaign push as parliamentary polls put France's Macron to the test

President Emmanuel Macron and his allies are making one last push for votes ahead of Sunday's final round of parliamentary elections. The French leader could lose his overall majority in the face of a left-wing alliance, complicating his plans for a second term of reforms.

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Daily Mirror

Russian state TV in chilling suggestion Macron should have been bombed in Kyiv

TV anchor Yevgeny Popov somehow managed to link the French, German and Italian leaders being in Ukraine as proof that there was no 'war' but only a limited Russian military operation

The Independent UK

‘Way too cool’: Zelensky earns praise at EU leaders meeting for clothes and attitude

Ukraine leader was also compared to GI Joe

The Guardian - UK

EU says Ukraine should be given candidate status to join bloc

Commission also recommends candidate status for Moldova but gives more guarded response to Georgia

The Independent UK

Ukraine moves step closer to EU membership as it is granted candidate status

President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was ‘the first step on the EU membership path that’ll certainly bring our victory closer’

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European Commission backs Ukraine for EU candidate status

Commission gives a fast-tracked opinion on membership of the bloc before a summit of EU leaders on June 23-24.

Reuters

France's Macron sceptical on Russia Odesa grain deal, sees Romania option

France's president said on Friday he saw little chance of an agreement with Russia for now to get grain out the Ukrainian port of Odesa, but said there were talks to regenerate rail routes linking Odesa to the Danube in Romania as an alternative.

France 24

French legislative elections: The second round, by the numbers

Voters in France are heading back to the polls for a fourth time in two months as legislative elections conclude on Sunday, hot on the heels of April's presidential vote. Some 48.5 million voters are registered to cast a ballot in 572 run-off races across the country, with results due…

Reuters

France's Macron: I will continue to speak to Putin whenever useful

French President Emmanuel Macron said in a BFM television interview that while France will do all it can to help Ukraine win its war with Russia, he will continue to speak with Russia President Vladimir Putin "each time it will be useful".

The Guardian - UK

International investigators visit war-torn areas near Kyiv – as it happened

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France 24

Live: Putin says attempts to hammer Russian economy have ‘failed’

The European Commission has recommended that Ukraine be granted European Union candidate status, its president, Ursula von der Leyen, said during a press conference on Friday, a day after the bloc's most powerful leaders visited Kyiv. The humanitarian situation across Ukraine and particularly in the eastern Donbas region is “extremely…

Daily Mirror

Zelensky looks grim-faced as Macron leans in for an awkward hug in Kyiv

President Zelensky looked away as Macron - who has been criticised for his recent comments on the conflict - repeatedly attempted to engage the Ukraine leader in gestures of friendship

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