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In French Alps, Macron's party struggles to hold conservative heartland
ANNECY, France - Paul Guigue, an entrepreneur from the French Alps, twice voted for Emmanuel Macron's party but now plans to cast his...
Jun 27, 20243 min read


French PM refuses to 'promise the moon', clashes with far-right in debate
PARIS -French prime minister Gabriel Attal accused his far-right and leftwing political opponents of "promising the moon" in a three-way...
Jun 27, 20242 min read


French Jews caught between extremes in polarising snap election
PARIS - As French Jews, Maury and Alain Fischler feel trapped between equally unpalatable extremes as France rushes into a snap election...
Jun 27, 20243 min read


Factbox-Key party figures to know in the French election campaign
PARIS - France is the closest it has been to having a far-right government since World War Two, with the anti-immigrant National Rally...
Jun 26, 20244 min read


French alliance seeks to counter voter apathy, turn a Paris suburb leftward
LE PLESSIS-TREVISE, France - In a racially mixed suburb of Paris, left-wing parliamentary candidate Adel Amara campaigned door-to-door...
Jun 26, 20243 min read


Factbox-Britain's big election issues
LONDON -Britain will elect a new government on July 4, with voters focussed on the high cost of living, failing public services and...
Jun 24, 20243 min read


Keir Starmer's drive to reset UK Labour risks alienating some ethnic minorities
LONDON - Sabia Akram has spent most of her life campaigning for Britain's opposition Labour Party but she will not celebrate if it wins...
Jun 24, 20244 min read


France faces risk of violence due to snap election, interior minister says
PARIS - France could see civil unrest and violence that is related to the elections, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday as...
Jun 24, 20241 min read


Who is voting for the far right as French election nears?
PARIS - This month's European election was not only the trigger for French President Emmanuel Macron to call a snap parliamentary poll...
Jun 24, 20243 min read


UK PM Sunak 'incredibly angry' about election date betting allegations
LONDON -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was "incredibly angry" to hear that three of his party colleagues were being...
Jun 21, 20242 min read


Macron's PM promises household finances boost to stave off threat from far-right and left
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance would lower power bills, soften inheritance tax and link pensions to...
Jun 20, 20242 min read


Labour's Starmer: No 'magic wand' as polls predict landslide in UK election
LONDON - Keir Starmer said he had no "magic wand" to fix Britain's problems after three opinion polls put his opposition Labour Party on...
Jun 20, 20242 min read
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