The Economist15d
François Hollande hopes to make the French left electable again
T HREE YEARS ago the French Socialist Party was crushed into irrelevance. The party that supplied two modern presidents—François Mitterrand (1981-95) and François Hollande (2012-17)—and nine prime ...
France’s government is fighting for survival over its 2025 budget. Here’s what to know
France's prime minister has used special executive powers to get the 2025 budget approved without a vote by lawmakers.
France braces for a political showdown as the new prime minister seeks to force a budget through
Political uncertainty is again looming in France after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou warned that he would use special ...
Mélenchon declares war on French socialist allies for not backing no-confidence vote
Jean-Luc Mélenchon has declared war on his socialist “allies” after they refused to back a no-confidence motion against the ...
Macron’s approval rating sinks to lowest point after disastrous TikTok video
Emmanuel Macron’s approval ratings have plunged to their lowest since he took office in 2017 after his latest attempt to ...
Al Jazeera English5d
From street names to textbooks, Senegal is rewriting French colonial memory
Although the wound remained fresh in independent Senegal, officials kept quiet about the killings until 2012 when then-French President Francois Hollande admitted France’s culpability.
The Star6d
French would-be president Hollande slams world of finance
PARIS (Reuters) - Socialist challenger Francois Hollande, front-runner in the race to unseat French President Nicolas Sarkozy, declared war on the world of finance Sunday in a keynote speech to ...