Tag: French politics
French presidential election: follow the second round voting day live
The French are called to the polls for the second round of the presidential election, this April 24, 2022. Face to face: the candidate of the National Rally Marine Le…
the first votes from overseas and abroad
A few hours before the second round of the presidential elections, and before the opening of the polls in mainland France, some French people overseas and living abroad have already…
End of the French diplomatic corps: “It can make the job less attractive”
The government has acted by a decree published Monday, April 18 in the Official Journal, the “put in extinction” of the most prestigious diplomatic corps of France: that of the…
last day of campaign, last meetings
Marine Le Pen is in the north, on conquered ground, where she already held her last major campaign meeting last night in Arras. The opportunity to challenge the people of…
The powers of the president, a French story
The Constitution underwent several evolutions which gave the president under the Fifth Republic a primordial place in the French institutional functioning, whereas he was practically only a moral authority under…
In the spotlight: the editorial offensive against Marine Le Pen
On the final day of the official electoral campaign for the second round of the presidential election in France, the daily newspapers join forces to encourage their readers to vote…
Campaign diary: a debate between two rounds without a bang and to the advantage of Emmanuel Macron
It was the most anticipated moment of this between-two rounds: the first face-to-face between the two candidates. The opportunity also for Marine Le Pen to make people forget the failed…
Is there still a republican front?
Today is April 21. In France, a date synonymous with the accession to the second round of the presidential election of a far-right candidate. It was for the first time,…
The Macron-Le Pen debate, battle of comments and “memes” on social networks
The televised debate of the second round of the presidential election was particularly followed on social networks with a proliferation of “memes”. These quirky and humorous images, which have long…
on Defence, programs dictated by two irreconcilable visions of the world
The war in Ukraine pushes Western countries to look into the state of their armed forces and puts the importance of Defense at the heart of the French presidential election.…