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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

French politics

Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist at the statue of Joan of Arc, in Paris, May 1, 2017. (Kamil Zihnioglu/AP)
January 7, 2025, 3:59 pm
French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, anti-immigrant firebrand, dies at 96
Polarizing figure, father of politician Marine Le Pen, belittled Holocaust gas chambers as ‘a detail in World War II history,’ railed against migrants and multiculturalism
By Thomas Adamson, Sylvie Corbet and Elaine Ganley
France's newly appointed Prime Minister Francois Bayrou (R), flanked by outgoing Prime Minister Michel Barnier, during the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France on December 13, 2024. (Thomas Samson/AFP)
December 13, 2024, 9:54 pm
Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as France’s fourth prime minister of 2024
Amid months of political crisis, Bayrou becomes 6th prime minister under French president’s mandate; Macron had apparently been leaning toward naming defense minister to role
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI, Stuart Williams and Anna SMOLCHENKO
Protesters hold banners reading "Woman and Jewish, double penalty" (C) during a demonstration called by associations including SOS Racisme and the Women's Foundation to denounce anti-semitism, in Paris on June 20, 2024, after the alleged anti-semetic gang rape of a 12-year-old girl in Paris' suburb of Courbevoie. (Zakaria Abdelkafi/AFP)
July 8, 2024, 5:09 am
Prominent French Jews decry far left’s election gains amid fears of ‘new antisemitism’
French rabbi advises young French Jews to move to Israel because of mainstream discrimination; journalist says NPF victory sends message of impunity to ‘anti-Jewish Islamo-Fascists’
By Canaan Lidor and Agencies
Supporters of the French left-wing Socialist Party (PS) watch a screen displaying the first results of the second round of France's legislative election during the party's election night event in Paris on July 7, 2024. (Stephane De Sakutin/AFP)
July 8, 2024, 3:54 am
No party has a majority after French elections. What comes next?
With coalition far from certain, France could enter unchartered territory with hung parliament; Macron waiting for new assembly to find ‘structure’ before deciding next move
By Reuters
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen arrives for the party's election night party following the early results of the second round of France's legislative election in Paris on July 7, 2024. (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
July 8, 2024, 3:23 am
Celebration shifts to disbelief for French far right as polls show third-place result
Le Pen’s triumph undone largely by dealmaking between center, left; pollster: National Rally showed they ‘had in their ranks candidates that are antisemitic, xenophobic or homophobic’
By Elizabeth Pineau
People wave French national tricolors as fireworks light up the sky during an election night rally following the first results of the second round of France's legislative election at Place de la Republique in Paris on July 7, 2024. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
July 8, 2024, 2:46 am
Macron faces hung parliament after surprise left-wing victory in French elections
Voters deliver major setback for Le Pen’s National Rally party, which opinion polls had predicted would win second-round ballot but is now projected to end up in third spot
By Reuters
Renowned Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld poses in his office, July 2, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
July 3, 2024, 7:38 pm
Ahead of runoff, famed Nazi hunter says French far left more dangerous than far right
Serge Klarsfeld says he’ll vote for Macron’s centrist alliance, but those faced with only a choice between the two poles should pick ‘a party which supports Israel’
By Sylvie Corbet and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER
French Senate President Gerard Larcher (7thL), President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet (6thL), surrounded by French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne (C), France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy (5thL), France's former president Francois Hollande (9thL), Chief Rabbi of France Haim Korsia (L) and Bishop of Nanterre monseigneur Matthieu Rouge (L) sing the French national anthem as they stand behind a banner which reads as "For The Republic, Against antisemitism" during a march against antisemitism in Paris, on November 12, 2023. (Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
November 12, 2023, 8:13 pm
‘More than a duty’: Over 180,000 rally in France against spiraling antisemitism
As nation records more than 1,250 anti-Jewish incidents since start of Israel-Hamas war, French PM, former presidents, far-right leader Le Pen, join march against hatred
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This photograph taken on June 27, 2023, shows the logo of French weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) on the entrance facade of the Lagardere News building in Paris.(Martin Lelievre/AFP, File)
August 1, 2023, 6:38 pm
Strike at major French newspaper ends as far-right editor enters position
Journal du Dimanche staff end month-long strike with deal handing support to employees who leave the paper due to appointment of Geoffroy Lejeune, who has a history of antisemitism
By AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to inaugurate an exhibition on the theme of "Made in France" at the Elysee Palace, in Paris on June 30, 2023. (Michel Euler / POOL / AFP)
July 4, 2023, 12:33 pm
France’s Macron emerges weakened from unrest over teen’s shooting
Governing his already-polarized country has become close to impossible for French leader, who is heavily dependent on political allies
By Sylvie Corbet
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy (L) at a court hearing in Paris on June 15, 2021. (Christophe Archambault/AFP)
May 17, 2023, 7:19 pm
French court upholds Sarkozy’s graft sentence in wiretapping case
Former president plans on appealing the ruling that found him guilty of founding a ‘corruption pact’ with his lawyer and a judge
By Anne Lec'hvien and Anne-Sophie LASSERRE
Gregoire de Fournas (left) and Carlos Martens Bilongo (National Assembly via AFP)
November 5, 2022, 6:31 pm
French far-right lawmaker suspended for yelling ‘back to Africa’ at black colleague
Gregoire de Fournas, newly elected member of the National Rally, denies making personal racist attack, says he was referring to ship carrying rescued migrants
By Adrien de CALAN and Joseph Schmid
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) looks on as he leaves after casting his vote in the second stage of French parliamentary elections at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on June 19, 2022. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
June 19, 2022, 10:48 pm
In blow to Macron, French president’s party projected to lose parliamentary majority
Newly reelected president expected to struggle to secure promised tax cuts and welfare reform after election gains by left-wing Melenchon and far-right Le Pen
By Stuart Williams and Adam PLOWRIGHT
France's newly appointed Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne delivers a speech during a handover ceremony in the courtyard of the Hotel Matignon, French prime ministers' official residence, in Paris on May 16, 2022. (Ludovic MARIN/POOL/AFP)
May 17, 2022, 6:01 pm
Macron names 1st French female PM in 30 years; her father was Polish Jewish refugee
Elisabeth Borne is only the second woman in the history of French politics to hold the position
By Michael Horovitz
Eric Zemmour gestures as he takes part in the political show 'Elysee 2022' on French TV channel France 2, in Saint-Denis, near Paris, on March 17, 2022. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
May 12, 2022, 8:46 pm
Following failed presidential bid, Zemmour to seek French parliament seat
Jewish far-right pundit-turned-politician says he will lead a ‘beautiful and major fight’ with his Reconquest party for the seat in Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera
By Anne Renaut and Adrien de CALAN
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