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The Guardian view on France after Macron: local elections offer clues to seeing off the far-right threat

Editorial: Victories in Paris and Marseille suggest a united left can reclaim centre-ground voters. But the end of Macronism is leaving a complex political landscape

The Guardian - UK

Lionel Jospin – former French Socialist prime minister – dies aged 88

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The Independent UK

Former French prime minister and architect of 35-hour week dies

Jospin became prime minister in 1997 and led a broad left-wing government under French conservative President Jacques Chirac

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Lionel Jospin, former PM who reshaped France's modern left, dies aged 88

Former French prime minister Lionel Jospin, a Socialist reformer who introduced the 35-hour working week and civil partnerships for same-sex couples, has died aged 88.

Radio France Internationale

Former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, architect of 35-hour work week, dies at 88

Jospin, who was head of government from 1997 to 2002 before losing to the far right in presidential polls, has died aged 88, his family said on Monday.

Euronews

Jean-Marie Le Pen obituary

Leader of the Front National who took the far right into the mainstream of French politics

The Guardian - UK

France Begins Frenetic Campaign After Macron Poll Gamble

France on Monday began less than a fortnight of frenetic election campaigning for snap polls called by President Emmanuel Macron to combat the far right, with star footballer Kylian Mbappe warning the country was at a historic crossroads.

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France Braces For Frenetic Campaign As Mbappe Warns Against Extremes

France was on Sunday bracing for a frenetic fortnight of election campaigning for snap polls called by President Emmanuel Macron to combat the far right, as star footballer Kylian Mbappe waded into the febrile environment with a warning not to vote for extremes.

International Business Times

Macron calling snap elections could leave France in chaos, Sarkozy warns

Ex-president says decision to hold vote after upheaval of European parliamentary ballot is ‘major risk’ for country

The Guardian - UK

French snap elections: ‘cohabitation’ could reshuffle the cards between president and prime minister

The decision by French president Emmanuel Macron to dissolve parliament following the far-right’s historic surge in the European elections has thrown the country’s politics into disarray.

The Conversation

Colonial past haunts latest New Caledonia crisis

Protests against a French government plan to impose new voting rules on New Caledonia have spiralled into the deadliest violence on the French Pacific territory since the 1980s. The unrest has exposed divisions between indigenous inhabitants, descendants of colonisers and newcomers to the overseas archipelago.

France 24

Who was Khader Adnan, the Palestinian who died on hunger strike?

Khader Adnan, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, has died after a nearly three-month-long hunger strike.

Al Jazeera

‘Stop pointing your finger at me!’: 50 years of French election TV debates

As the candidates prepare for Wednesday’s face off, a look back at a tradition that has the power to swing the result

The Guardian - UK

On This Day in 2002: Doomed Socialist favourite laughs off threat of Le Pen in presidential final

Any presidential campaign has its emblematic moments that change the course of the race, be they breathtaking instant tide-turners or incidents laden with meaning only in hindsight. With French voters set to elect a president on April 24, FRANCE 24 looks back at telling moments from campaigns past. In the…

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'Useful vote': French voters irk presidential contenders with 'tactical' ballots

Presidential campaigns offer an abundance of catch phrases, whether slogans finessed by a candidate's team to deliver maximum impact or coined spontaneously on the trail. The proclamations of presidential hopefuls bring texture to an election race and come to define a campaign – for a news cycle or forever in…

The Conversation

Will a surprise candidate shake up the French election?

In the history of French presidential elections under the Fifth Republic, no candidate has ever managed to gather more than 50% of the votes in the first round of voting and accede to power without having to get through a second round.

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