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Despite growing concern among French citizens about environmental issues, they remain largely invisible in the current legislative election campaign, which focuses more on political manoeuvring than on addressing climate change. This has led to a sharp decline in media coverage of environmental topics, from 4.45% to almost none since early June.
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French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has accused his main challenger far right Jordan Bardella, of tolerating racist speech in the ranks of his far-right camp amid a heated last television debate before the start of parliamentary elections on Sunday.
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Summer sales have just started in Monaco, aligning with France to be more profitable. An early start for the princely government to combat the international competition and attract customers.
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France's top appeals court has ruled that an arrest warrant hailed as “historic” for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad which was issued for alleged complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes is valid.
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Nearly 3,000 scientists signed a statement on Tuesday, June 25, published in Le Nouvel Obs, calling for broad mobilization against the far-right in the upcoming legislative elections on June 30 and July 7. They argue that a country governed by the Rassemblement National would severely compromise societal values and denounce the dominant narrative that misrepresents the Nouveau Front populaire as a threat to the Republic.
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Marine Tondelier, leader of Ecologistes-EELV, called for a meeting with leaders of Macronist parties (Horizons, Renaissance, Modem, and UDI) to advocate for a "republican withdrawal" strategy to defeat the Rassemblement National (RN) in the second round of the legislative elections.
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France’s Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has accused his far-right and leftwing political opponents of "promising the moon" in a three-way televised debate on Tuesday ahead of next Sunday's first round of early parliamentary elections.
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A great number of votes have been registered for the upcoming legislative elections on June 30. Less than a week before the first round of early legislative elections more than 1.3 million proxy votes have been established according to the Ministry of the Interior. This is nearly six times more than the number for last year’s legislative elections.
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French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has declared that the upcoming parliamentary elections in France are “not a referendum for or against the President of the Republic”. Attal also claimed that the far left La France Insoumise party fuels the far-right National Rally and vice versa.
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Jordan Bardella, leader of the far-right Rassemblement National party (RN), has outlined the party's priorities for a "national unity government" if they win the legislative elections. He proposed banning mobile phones and implementing school uniforms to enhance school discipline. Meanwhile, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire criticized both far-left and far-right extremes, highlighting antisemitic remarks from the Nouveau Front Populaire.
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A new number has been made available across France today Monday 24th June, to report animal abuse. The 3677 will make is possible to report a case of animal abuse and is available 7 days a week, a first in France, it operates like a traditional emergency service and can be contact from 9am to 7pm on weekdays and from 10am to 5pm on weekends.
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The French Pacific Territory New Caledonia has been hit by a new surge of overnight unrest with buildings being set on fire.
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