Tag: Senate
Madagascar: the president of the Senate says he is ready to assume the interim presidency
The first day of the presidential campaign this Tuesday, October 10 was marked by new twists and turns. In a letter addressed to the High Constitutional Court and which RFI…
Trailblazer replaces Feinstein in Senate
fullscreenLaphonza Butler. Archive image. Photo: Susan Walsh/AP/TT California Gov. Gavin Newsom (Dem) has nominated Laphonza Butler to replace recently deceased veteran Dianne Feinstein in the Senate. Newsom is thus making…
Trailblazer replaces Feinstein in Senate
Butler becomes the first black and openly gay woman to represent California in the Senate. “No one can ever match the legacy of Senator Dianne Feinstein, but I will do…
Gérard Larcher comfortably re-elected President of the Senate
The President of the Senate Gérard Larcher was comfortably re-elected this Monday, October 2 at the helm of the upper house for a fifth three-year term in this position, a…
The RN settles in the Senate, the demagogues debate the King of England, by Abnousse Shalmani
The Pope in Marseille and Charles III in Versailles, it was a royal week for the controversies that France is fond of. Can a president attend a mass in a…
the Senate remains largely on the right, the extreme right is making a comeback
The results of the senatorial elections confirmed on Sunday the stability of the Upper House, dominated by the right, and the difficulties of the Macronists, in an election marked by…
in the Senate the king pleads for a new “understanding” between London and Paris on the climate
King Charles III pleaded Thursday, September 21 for a new “understanding” with Paris on the climate and assured of the “unshakeable determination” of London and Paris to support Ukraine during…
Pierre Ngolo, close to President Sassou-Nguesso, re-elected as head of the Senate
The 72 Congolese senators elected at the end of the elections on August 20 installed the office of the upper house of Parliament on Wednesday September 13, on behalf of…
TikTok France changes its mind after a damning report from the Senate
TikTok SAS, the French branch of the Chinese giant Bytedance, has decided to replace its president Zhao Tian with the American Adam Presser, recently appointed director of global operations for…
Congo-Brazzaville: unsurprisingly, the ruling party maintains its broad dominance in the Senate
The local and municipal councillors, also called grand electors, of the twelve departments of Congo-Brazzaville were called to the polls on Sunday August 20 to renew the Senate. In view…