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A woman steps out of a polling booth prior to cast her vote in the first round of parliamentary elections in Le Touquet, northwestern France, on June 30, 2024. LONDON — France's left-wing New Popular Front coalition is set to unexpectedly win the most seats in the second round of the country's parliamentary election but fail to clinch an absolute majority, early data showed. By offering voters a starker choice and fewer candidates, RN's opponents hoped that the electorate would choose the non-RN candidate. The prime minister must leave," Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of the France Unbowed party, said in a CNBC-translated social media update after the release of the early poll data. The final round of the election shows that voters, ultimately, have rejected Macron.

Persons: France's, France Unbowed, Ipsos, Emmanuel Macron's, —, pollster Ipsos, Jean, Luc Melenchon, Macron, Melenchon, Macron's Organizations: LONDON, Popular Front, Socialists, CNBC, NFP, National Rally Locations: Le Touquet, France, Europe's

☆ French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to tender resignation
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal gives a speech following the first results of the second round of France's legislative election at Matignon in Paris on July 7, 2024. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said he would submit his resignation on Monday, after early poll data showed his and French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble party and its allies coming in second in the parliamentary runoff. Attal, who stepped in as France's youngest ever prime minister only in January, is unlikely to hold the country's second-highest position as part of the upcoming administration. Tonight, no absolute majority can be led by the extremes." In light of the run-off results, Attal set the scene for a period of transition for France's political landscape:"Ladies and gentlemen, this evening, a new era begins.

Persons: Gabriel Attal, Emmanuel Macron's, Attal, Jordan Bardella, Macron Organizations: France's, Popular, Republican, CNBC, Rassemblement National Locations: Matignon, Paris, France, Republic

☆ What is the NFP and who will be France’s next prime minister?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Now, it looks set to win the most seats in the French parliament and could provide France with its next prime minister. The NFP is made up of several parties: the far-left France Unbowed party; the more moderate Socialist Party; the green Ecologist party; the French Communist Party; the center-left Place Publique, and other small parties. Going into the second round, it was not clear who the coalition would nominate to be its prime minister. Its most prominent – and divisive – figure is Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a 72-year-old populist firebrand and longtime leader of the France Unbowed party. Announcing his intention to resign Monday as prime minister, Gabriel Attal said, in an apparent swipe to France Unbowed: “No absolute majority can be led by the extremes.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, “, Olivier Faure, ”, Emmanuel Dunand, Jean, Luc Mélenchon, France Unbowed, Gabriel Attal, Faure, Louise Delmotte, –, Macron Organizations: CNN, Front, NFP, Socialist Party, Ecologist, French Communist Party, Vichy, Getty, Macron’s, Ifop, Parliament, Hamas Locations: France, Paris, AFP, –, Republic, Republique, Palestinian, Israel, Gaza

☆ France's political future hangs in the balance as votes cast in final round of snap election
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Francois Lo Presti | Afp | Getty ImagesFrench voters are heading to the polls on Sunday for the second and final round of voting in a snap parliamentary election. By offering voters a starker choice and fewer candidates, RN's opponents hope that the electorate will opt for the non-RN candidate. "For instance, former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has said voters should vote neither for the RN nor candidates from the far-left France Unbowed (LFI) party. At the same time, current Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has called for everyone to vote against the RN." If the choice was between a far-left and far-right candidate, however, the picture was more nuanced, showing a split vote.

Persons: Francois Lo Presti, Emmanuel Macron's, Jordan Bardella, Antonio Barroso, Edouard Philippe, Gabriel Attal, Ifop, Teneo's Barroso, Harris, Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping, Mohammed Badra, Macron, Teneo, Julien De Rosa Organizations: French, Afp, Getty, National Assembly, Front, NFP, Le, Palais des Sports, Nurphoto, Research, Harris Interactive, Reuters, Republicans, Macron's, Chinese Business Council, National Locations: Henin, Beaumont, France, Paris, Franco, Marigny, Garches

☆ 'A kind of civil war': Divided France on high alert for unrest amid political earthquake
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has said French voters now have a "moral duty" to halt the party's advance. The officer — a father of three who's in his 40s, and a right-leaning voter — said the polarization in French society was "very worrying, but unfortunately normal with the 'diversity' of our society." The police officer said he expected civil unrest after the vote, whichever party gained the most votes. "There will be civil unrest whoever is elected, this is France and the people speak their mind." Civil unrest possiblePolitical experts agree that the current febrile atmosphere of French politics, and antagonism between the main bodies of voters, are the ingredients for further civil unrest.

Persons: that's, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Gabriel Attal, Amel, Sebastien Salom, Gérald Darmanin, —, You've, Philippe Marlière, you've, Marlière, Jordan Bardella, Bardella, Ifop Organizations: la Republique, Nurphoto, CNBC, Front, Left, Afp, Getty, Republican, France's, Republique, Rassemblement, Anadolu, University College London, National Assembly, National, NATO, Le, Palais des Sports Locations: la, Paris, France's, France, Nantes, gomis, de, Bordeaux, Europe, Ukraine

In the 1980s, a French punk rock band coined a rallying cry against the country’s far right that retained its punch over decades. The chant, still shouted at protests by the left, is “La jeunesse emmerde le Front National,” which cannot be translated well without curse words, but essentially tells the far right to get lost. Now, that notion has been challenged as increasing numbers of young people have joined swaths of the French electorate to support the National Rally, a party once deemed too extreme to govern. But one of the biggest jumps was in the estimated numbers of 18-to-24-year-olds who cast ballots for the National Rally, in an election that many say could reshape France. A quarter of the age group voted for the party, according to a recent poll by the Ifop polling institute, up from 12 percent just two years ago.

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☆ No punches land in France’s first major election debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Joshua Berlinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Paris CNN —Three of France’s highest-profile candidates in the country’s upcoming legislative elections sparred in the first major debate of the campaign on Tuesday. Bardella led the National Rally to a dominant showing at the European elections on June 9. He was elected to the French National Assembly in 2022 representing Marseille and is a member of the far-left political party France Unbowed. The move took the French political establishment and society at large by surprise. He’s also assuming that French voters use the runoff, as they have historically, to keep the far right out of power.

Persons: Gabriel Attal, Jordan Bardella, Manuel Bompard, Attal, Bardella, ”, Jean Petaux, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, He’s, pollster IFOP Organizations: Paris CNN —, National, French National Assembly, National Rally, National Assembly Locations: Marseille, France, French

☆ France plans to close tax loophole benefiting AirBnB
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File PhotoPARIS, June 9 (Reuters) - France's finance ministry is working on plans to close a tax loophole benefiting short-term furnished rentals such as AirBnB (ABNB.O), Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday. A trio of cross-party lawmakers last month called for rules regulating such rentals to be tightened and for an end to the more favourable tax treatment such rentals receive vis a vis normal long-term rentals. "I have a hard time understanding the very favourable tax treatment for AirBnB. We are going to reform the tax rules and I will make proposals," Le Maire said on BFM TV. "When a windfall gets too big and tax is too favourable, there is no reason to keep such tax treatment that leads to excess," he added.

Persons: Charles Platiau, Bruno Le Maire, Le Maire, pollsters, Le Maire's, Leigh Thomas, Elizabeth Pineau, Louise Heavens Organizations: La Defense, REUTERS, Finance, Thomson Locations: La, Paris, France

☆ France pension protests explained: France is still mad -- but can the protests last?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Joseph Ataman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In 1995, weeks-long mass protests forced the government of the day to abandon plans to reform public sector pensions. For many in France, the pensions system, as with social support more generally, is viewed as the bedrock of the state’s responsibilities and relationship with its citizens. Nathan Laine/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesIn contrast, during the Yellow Vest protests, started in opposition to hikes in fuel prices, violence gradually soured public support. That these pensions protests continue to hold such popular goodwill is an ominous sign for Macron’s future plans. The size and violence of pensions protests spiked when Macron forced the legislation past the country’s lower legislative house without a vote.

[1/2] FILE PHOTO-French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his speech during the National Conference on Disability at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 26, 2023. "You talk a lot of nonsense everyday," the man told Macron, after the president, barely able to squeeze in an answer, said he should get his numbers right. Such direct confrontations, the president reckons, are essential to give people a cathartic release after weeks of anger directed at the government's pension bill and Macron himself. Before the pension reform protests, the government managed to pass legislation on issues such as nuclear energy and renewables with the help of both left-wing and right-wing lawmakers outside Macron's centrist alliance. That was apparent again this week, when his prime minister Elisabeth Borne was forced to give up on an immigration bill.

☆ Analysis: French pension standoff causing cracks in Macron's camp, insiders say
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Elizabeth Pineau | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

With no sign of the protests abating, insiders question whether Borne's government has lost control of the political messaging necessary to appease the street. The situation has deteriorated considerably since Macron decided on March 16 to adopt the reform using special constitutional powers to bypass parliament. When asked about the divisions, the president's office said the majority of Macron's camp remained strong and united. "There are still ministers who are saying 'we should have done this or that', No!," the source lamented. An official in Borne's office said the prime minister had made efforts to preserve unity among ministers and lawmakers.

☆ France contends with widespread strikes as unions take to streets against pension reform
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

French unions and demonstrators have taken to the streets on Thursday in widespread industrial action against the government's projected pension reforms. The pension reform is "just and responsible" and must be carried out, Macron said Thursday, according to Reuters. The organizations will convene Thursday evening to determine convening further industrial action. Rail operator SNCF warned train travel will be "severely disrupted" by industrial action between 7 p.m. local time on 18 Jan. and 8 a.m. on Friday. He reiterated his objections to the reform plan and stressed the syndicates' willingness to continue strikes beyond the first day of industrial action, "It is a first day, therefore, we will have others."

[1/5] A French toreador apprentice of the Arles bullfighting school practices before a bullfight show at the Monumental de Gimeaux arena in Arles, France, November 20, 2022. "Corrida is a tradition, an art, a dance with the bull," said Baptiste, one of about a dozen students who learn to wave the traditional red muleta cloth in front of bulls in the Arles bullfighting school. At the weekend, pro and anti ban protesters marched in several southern France cities where corrida is still allowed. For Caron, exceptions that allow bullfighting in some parts of France and have under a thousand bulls killed per year, should be scrapped. "Since (bullfighting) exists, there are people who have tried to ban it, " said Yves Lebas, president of the Arles bullfighting school.

☆ Alegerile regionale din Franța testează forța extremei drepte înainte de finala Le Pen-Macron de anul viitor
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-20 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +6 min

Francezii merg la urne, duminică, în prima rundă a alegerilor regionale, într-un moment în care extrema dreaptă speră să obțină un rezultat cât mai bun, pentru a pregăti terenul în vederea scrutinului prezidențial din 2022. Pașii lui Le PenLe Pen și partidul ei ar putea beneficia de această polarizare. Sondajele preelectorale au sugerat că partidul intră cu un mic avantaj în prima rundă a alegerilor regionale în șase din cele 13 regiuni. Le Pen speră că alegerile de luna aceasta vor oferi noi victorii și vor reprezenta o trambulină în vederea scrutinului crucial de anul viitor. Pentru Macron, alegerile înseamnă în mare parte o tentativă de a limita eșecul așteptat.

Persons: Le, Emmanuel Macron, New York Times Bruno Cautrès, Le Pen, Frédéric Dabi, Francezii, LREM, Macron, Renaud, Thierry Mariani, dezirabili Organizations: New York Times, Adunarea Națională, Conservator, Adunării Naționale, Alianța Locations: Franța, Pen, New York, New, New York Times, Po, Paris, Le, Perpignan, republican, Republica, Hauts - de - France, Provence - Alpes - Côte

☆ Больше половины французов признались в нарушении режима самоизоляции
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-12 | by ( ) point.md time to read: +1 min

Больше половины французов заявили, что уже как минимум один раз нарушили введенный с 30 октября режим самоизоляции из-за пандемии коронавируса, свидетельствуют данные опроса Французского института общественного мнения Ifop. Опрос также показывает ухудшение настроения среди французов из-за действующих мер. Так, 28% респондентов определили свое настроение как плохое, тогда как годом ранее этот показатель в ноябре составлял лишь 16%. Режим самоизоляции во ФранцииВо Франции с 30 октября по 1 декабря ввели режим повсеместной изоляции. Работу продолжают заведения оптовой торговли, школы и дошкольные учреждения, учреждения внешкольных занятий, отели, все структуры здравоохранения и общественный транспорт.

Organizations: Французский институт общественного мнения, ФранцииВо Locations: Франция

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