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☆ Aya Nakamura: The most streamed female Francophone artist has become a target in France’s culture wars ahead of Paris 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Bea Adeleke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Aya Nakamura was born in the former French colony of Mali, raised in France and is widely considered the most streamed female Francophone artist in the world. However, ahead of Paris 2024, Nakamura finds herself at the center of France’s culture wars. Aya Nakamura attends the Kenzo Menswear Fall-Winter 2023-2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2023 in Paris, France. “I think that the people who criticize her actually don’t accept that she embodies France,” French activist Rokhaya Diallo told CNN. Politicians such as Le Pen hailed the legislation as an “ideological victory” whilst French health Minister, Aurelien Rousseau resigned in protest.

Persons: Aya Nakamura, Nakamura, Edith Piaf, Piaf, “, ”, I’m, Rachida, Kenzo, Pascal Le Segretain, Marion Maréchal, Marine Le, Rokhaya Diallo, ” Nakamura, ’, le, Geoffroy Van Der, Emanuel Macron, Nakamura “, Le Pen, Vincent Martigny, Thomas Samson, Marion Marechal, Emmanuel Dunand, Martigny, Diallo, Zinedine Zidane, ” Diallo, ‘, Oliver Roy, Reynaud Julien, Macron, Aurelien Rousseau Organizations: CNN, France’s, of Culture, Rally, Blacks, Rassemblement National, Getty, Olympic Aquatics, France Inter, Science, University of Nice, National Assembly, soccer team, Paris Olympic, Le, Palais des Sports, EUI, of Transnational Governance, Twitter, APS, France, BMFTV, RMC Locations: Mali, France, French, Paris, Bamako, Europe, ”, Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP, Rassemblement, Ukraine, North, Carhaix

"Many people have taken sides,” says Sandrine, who didn't feel comfortable providing her last name given the sensitivity of the topic. Immediately following the Oct. 7 attacks, Macron condemned Hamas and supported Israel’s right to defend itself. “The explicit prohibition of Palestinian demonstrations is something very recent and, in my opinion, a massive political mistake,” Lazar says. The RN, which denounces mass immigration to France from largely Muslim countries, also views Israel as a beacon of democracy in the Arab world. "He needs to defend what [Hamas does] without saying he supports them directly" as part of the Palestinian cause, says Lazar.

Persons: ”, Sandrine, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Marc Lazar, ” Lazar, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, Marc Hecker, “ That's, Hecker, David, Goliath, Joe Biden, Jean, Marie Le Pen, Marie Le Pen’s, “, Le, Le Pen, ‘, ’ ”, Yves Camus, Luc Mélenchon, –, Lazar, Mélenchon, they’re Organizations: Hamas, Montaigne Institute, Sciences Po, West Bank, Center for Security Studies, French Institute of International Relations, French Institute of Public, Palestinian Authority, U.S, National, La France, National Assembly, National Front, Israel, FN, Marine, Rassemblement, Institute of International Relations, Strategic Studies, European Jewish Congress, ” Locations: Paris, Israel, France, Gaza, Western Europe, Egypt, Jordan, Syria

☆ Europe's far right joins rallying cry against antisemitism, unsettling some Jews
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Michel Rose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Sandrine Rousseau, a Green lawmaker, said Le Pen's presence had made her uncomfortable. "Marine Le Pen was given rounds of applause several times in the march," a source close to her told Reuters. "For me, the DNA of the far right is antisemitism. But analysts say Le Pen and her party are succeeding in shifting public discourse and perceptions. "Voters are led to believe that the danger no longer comes from the far right, but from political Islam."

Persons: –, Le Pen's, Jean, Marie, Le, Pen, Le Pen, Daniel Levy, Sandrine Rousseau, Giorgia, Marie Le Pen's, Serge Klarsfeld, Yonathan Arfi, Richard Sulzer, Olivier Veran, pollster Levy, Michel Rose, Elizabeth Pineau, Juliette Jabkhiro, Angelo Amante, Sarah Marsh, Rachel Armstrong, Nick Macfie Organizations: Hamas, Rassemblement, National Front, pollster Harris Interactive, Reuters, Rassemblement National, Conservative Party, Le Figaro, Voters, Thomson Locations: France, Israel, Palestinian, Paris, PARIS, Europe, Italy, Germany, Britain, EUROPE, Nazi, constituencies, Rome, Berlin, London

☆ French centre-right keeps control of Senate, far-right wins three seats
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] French Senate President Gerard Larcher arrives to attend a state dinner in honor of Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla at the Chateau de Versailles (Versailles Palace) in Versailles, near Paris, on the first day of their State visit to France, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Acquire Licensing Rights Read morePARIS, Sept 24 (Reuters) - France's centre-right Les Republicains (LR) party maintained its majority in the Senate after Sunday's vote, in which three senators from Marine Le Pen's far-right party were elected. The Senate is indirectly elected by France's mayors as well as regional, departmental and municipal councillors. Le Pen's Rassemblement National had been widely expected to make a new breakthrough in the Senate but the score of three wins was above expectations. Under France's Fifth Republic, the Senate has less influence over legislating than the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament.

Persons: Gerard Larcher, Britain's King Charles, Queen Camilla, Hannah McKay, Les Republicains, Le Pen's, Sonia Backes, Emmanuel Macron's, Macron, Michel Rose, Sybille de La, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Chateau, REUTERS, State, France's Fifth, National Assembly, Socialist, Thomson Locations: Versailles, Paris, France, PARIS, Marine, Rassemblement, New Caledonia, France's Fifth Republic

Marine Le Pen, member of parliament and president of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party parliamentary group, speaks during the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The Paris prosecutor's office said on Friday that far-right leader Marine Le Pen and 23 other members of her party should stand trial over alleged misuse of EU funds, escalating a seven-year-old probe. The prosecutor's office said some 49 assistants' situation had been examined over a period of time spanning three EU parliament terms of office, from 2004 to 2016. She faces a potential 10-year jail sentence, a one million euros fine, and - as she's an elected official - ineligibility to hold public office for 10 years, the prosecutor's office said. Judges will have to decide whether or not to accept the prosecutor's office petition for trial.

Persons: Stephanie Lecocq, Marine Le, Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron, Juliette Jabkhiro, Dominique Vidalon, Elizabeth Pineau, Charlotte Van Campenhout, William Maclean Organizations: National Assembly, REUTERS, Rights, Rassemblement, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Le Pen's

☆ Why are far-right parties on the march across Europe?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Far-right parties are propping up coalitions in Finland and Sweden. Afraid of losing voters to UKIP (and other far-right parties), the governing Conservatives ended up adopting many of its positions. Chesnot/Getty Images Europe/Getty ImagesConversely, far-right parties have attempted to sanitize some of their rhetoric, hoping to appear a more credible electoral prospect. Leon Neal/Getty ImagesA different type of populismAnd so the recent successes of far-right parties cannot be explained by dramatic shifts in public opinion. A lot depends on the ability of mainstream parties – particularly on the left – to build tents big enough to accommodate their differences, rather than compromising with far-right parties to prop up their coalitions.

Persons: Donald Trump, –, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel’s, Mario Draghi, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Viktor Orban, Andrej Babis, Czech Michael Bloomberg, Czech Donald Trump, Meloni, Mussolini, Nigel Farage, Jack Taylor, Farage, Jean, Marie Le Pen, Marine, Lionel Jospin, Jacques Chirac, Petteri Orpo, Sanna Marin, Vilhelm Junnila, Ulif Kristersson, Mark Rutte’s, Pen, Chesnot, Philippe Marlier, ” Le, Matteo Salvini, Vladimir Putin, Tino Chrupalla, Alice Weidel, Thomas Lohnes, Omer Messinger, Larry Bartels, Boris Johnson, Leon Neal, Giorgia Meloni, Odd Andersen, Orban, Kaczynski, Rutte’s, Pedro Sanchez Organizations: CNN, White, Channel, European Central Bank, Italy’s, Vox, UK Independence Party, UKIP, European Union, EU, Conservatives, National, Socialist, Socialists, Finns Party, Swedish, Sweden Democrats, Rassemblement National, University College London, Lega, Ukraine, Russia, Former British, Italy's, NATO, Getty, Spain’s Locations: United Kingdom, United States, Europe, Brussels, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Czech, France, Finland, Sweden, Austria, European, Netherlands, Russian, Oxfordshire, Vilnius

The most recent innovation has been tamer: People have banged pots whenever the president has appeared. Indeed, France’s labor unions — though representing a smaller share of the work force than elsewhere in Western Europe — have been united in their opposition, making them a redoubtable force. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who leads the left-wing coalition NUPES, has been a central figure in the parliamentary fight against Mr. Macron, nearly bringing down his government with a no-confidence vote in March. And yet it is not France’s left that has benefited from the popular rebellion. In a situation that seems tailor-made for a resurgence of the left, how is it that, for the moment at least, it is not just the right but the far right that has benefited?

☆ On the streets of France as protesters clash with police over pension reform
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

People walk past burning garbage bins near the Opera Garnier on the day the National Assembly debates and votes on two motions of no-confidence against the French government, tabled by centrist group Liot and far-right Rassemblement National party,...morePeople walk past burning garbage bins near the Opera Garnier on the day the National Assembly debates and votes on two motions of no-confidence against the French government, tabled by centrist group Liot and far-right Rassemblement National party, for its use of article 49.3, a special clause in the French Constitution, to push the pensions reform bill through the National Assembly without a vote by lawmakers, in Paris, France, March 20. REUTERS/Yves HermanClose

☆ French protests continue as Macron survives no confidence vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A person walks past a fire lit during a demonstration in Paris, France, on March 20, 2023, the day the National Assembly debated and voted on two motions of no-confidence against the French government, tabled by centrist group Liot and far-right...moreA person walks past a fire lit during a demonstration in Paris, France, on March 20, 2023, the day the National Assembly debated and voted on two motions of no-confidence against the French government, tabled by centrist group Liot and far-right Rassemblement National party. The motions regarded the government's use of article 49.3, a special clause in the French Constitution, to push a pensions reform bill through the National Assembly without a vote by lawmakers. REUTERS/Yves HermanClose

The president, the government and the majority," a senior MP in Macron's camp, Gilles Le Gendre, told Liberation newspaper. Another MP in Macron's camp, Patrick Vignal, bluntly urged the president to suspend the pension reform bill, which will raise the retirement age by two years to 64, given the anger it has triggered, and its deep unpopularity. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes 1 2 3 4 5While Borne said the administration would try in future to better involve citizens and unions in lawmaking, she gave no specifics, and both said they had devoted as much time to dialogue on the pension bill as possible. Other opposition MPs urged Macron to fire Borne, call snap elections and hold a referendum on the pension bill because of the widespread anger. Polls show a wide majority of French are opposed to the pension reform, as well as the government's decision to push the bill through parliament without a vote.

☆ France's far-right party RN elects Bardella as new president
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - France's far-right Rassemblement National (RN) elected Jordan Bardella as its new president on Saturday, overwhelmingly backing the 27-year-old European Parliament member to succeed Marine Le Pen in the post. It is the first time the party will be led by someone who is not a member of the Le Pen family. I will we there where the country needs me," Le Pen told Saturday's party convention. Bardella, who hails from a tough working-class neighbourhood, has said he will continue her efforts to attract voters beyond the party's far-right core. Bardella has become one of Le Pen's most recognised lieutenants in French media.

☆ Fact Check-No evidence French ambassador to Ukraine has resigned as of Oct. 25
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Users on social media are sharing a claim that the French ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Poncins has resigned but there’s no supporting evidence. One Facebook user sharing the claim said, “Urgent: The French Ambassador to Ukraine Resigns” (here). There is another unverified French-language Facebook account under the same name and logo that identifies as a “broadcasting & media production company” (here). Jean-Michel Cadenas, a departmental delegate of the Rassemblement National in Mayenne (twitter.com/RassNational53) repeated the claim that Poncins resigned in a since-deleted tweet. There is no evidence that Poncins ever resigned from his post as the French ambassador to Ukraine.

☆ French political rivalries spill onto soccer field ahead of lawmaker charity match
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Elizabeth Pineau | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Marine Le Pen, member of parliament and president of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party parliamentary group gives a news conference at the National Assembly in Paris, France, August 2, 2022. Stepping onto the soccer field along side Le Pen's party lieutenants would only accelerate that process, they said. "Trivialisation leads to alliances between the right and the extreme right, and this is how the extreme right can then govern," he added. Far-right lawmakers said those boycotting the evening game were guilty of holding French voters in contempt. "I'm sorry that the left and hard left are not capable of rising above these political divisions and accepting the result of the ballot box.

☆ French MPs want inquiry into alleged Russian party financing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Members of the French National Assembly said on Saturday they had asked the president of the lower house of the country's parliament to set up an investigation committee to look into alleged Russian financing of political parties. The eight MPs, who belong to French President Emmanuel Macron's En Marche party, also noted that Marine Le Pen's far-right Rassemblement National party is still paying off a loan granted by Russian banks. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"These facts clearly suggest a Russian will to weigh in the French public debate ... they warrant the set-up of an investigation committee to establish if French political parties - and which ones - have benefited from Russian financing," the MPs wrote. However the official did not detail which countries the Russian influence efforts were believed to have targeted or provide specific evidence to lay out the claims of secret financing. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Tangi Salaun; Writing by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by David HolmesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Francezii votează în cadrul alegerilor regionale
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-20 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Francezii votează duminică în primul tur al alegerilor regionale, care ar putea avea implicaţii pentru alegerile prezidenţiale de anul viitor, relatează Agerpres.Sondajele sugerează că Rassemblement National (Adunarea Naţională - RN), partidul de extremă dreapta al lui Marine le Pen ar putea fi formaţiunea cea mai votată în şase regiuni în acest prim tur.În plus, RN ar putea obţine în turul al doilea, duminica viitoare 27 iunie, primul său guvern regional, în Provenţa-Alpi-Coasta de Azur, potrivit sondajelor.Sondajele sugerează, de asemenea, că ar putea fi înregistrată o rată record de absenteism, o parte a populaţiei fiind sătulă de politică. Vremea rea care domină în ziua alegerilor o mare parte din ţară, cu un sfert din departamente în alertă pentru risc de furtuni violente, nu va încuraja nici ea oamenii să iasă la vot.Procesul electoral va avea loc în condiţii de securitate stricte din cauza pandemiei, care a întârziat deja aceste alegeri cu câteva luni.Urnele au fost deschise de la 06.00 GMT, dar închiderea centrelor de votare va varia, în funcţie de diferite departamente, între orele 16.00 şi 18.00 GMT. De la această ultimă oră vor începe să fie dezvăluite primele rezultate.

Organizations: Adunarea Naţională, Marine Locations: RN, Alpi - Coasta de Azur

☆ Participare extrem de scăzută în alegerile regionale din Franţa
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-20 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesParticipare extrem de scăzută în alegerile regionale din FranţaParticiparea se anunţă extrem de scăzută duminică pentru primul tur al alegerilor regionale din Franţa, un scrutin în care extrema dreaptă ar putea înregistra un avans, cu mai puţin de un an înainte de alegerile prezidenţiale, informează AFP. La orele locale 17:00 (15:00 GMT), participarea era de numai 26,72%, mult sub cele 40% de la precedentele alegeri regionale din 2015. Aproximativ 48 de milioane de cetăţeni au fost chemaţi la urne pentru a reînnoi adunările regionale şi departamentale în 13 regiuni din Franţa metropolitană şi în cinci teritorii de peste mări. Pentru prima dată, câteva dintre ele ar putea fi conduse de Rassemblement National (Adunarea Naţională - RN), partidul de extremă dreapta al lui Marine le Pen. Acest prim tur a fost marcat de câteva incidente în organizare, precum secţii de votare care nu au fost deschise la ora fixată sau buletine lipsă, scrie Agerpres.

Organizations: Adunarea Naţională, Marine Locations: Franţa, Franţa metropolitană, Franţei, RN

☆ Sancțiunile Rusiei împotriva unor oficiali europeni, o „formă de reciprocitate”, afirmă Marine Le Pen
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-01 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

„Rusia nu este la originea sancţiunilor personale care au fost decise. Uniunea Europeană este la originea lor” şi aceste sancţiuni ale UE din martie sunt „o greşeală”, a afirmat ea. Preşedinta RN, candidată în alegerile prezidenţiale din Franţa din 2022, a beneficiat de un credit rusesc în 2014 şi a fost primită de preşedintele Vladimir Putin în timpul campaniei prezidenţiale din 2017. UE a adoptat mai multe seturi de sancţiuni împotriva funcţionarilor ruşi implicaţi în procedurile împotriva opozantului rus Aleksei Navalnîi sau a responsabililor de încălcări ale drepturilor omului în timpul reprimării manifestanţilor. Ea a mai estimat că dacă preşedintele francez Emmanuel Macron, „spre marea nenorocire a Franţei, va fi ales pentru un al doilea mandat, haosul va fi absolut general”.

Persons: Le, David Maria Sassoli, Vladimir Putin, rus Aleksei Navalnîi, Ea, francez Emmanuel Macron Organizations: UE, Le, Marine, Agerpres, Uniunea Europeană Locations: Rusiei, Moscova, Occident, Rusia, Franţa, rus, UE

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