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Several France players are already celebrating something at the European Championship — the result of the elections back home
The euro slipped on Monday, but came off of overnight lows against the dollar after France's election pointed to a hung parliament. The U.S. dollar crept up from a more than three-week low after U.S.
Instead of ushering in France’s first far-right government since World War II, voters boosted the left and the center. But France may now face political paralysis.
Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) will join a growing new alliance in the European Parliament led by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Hungary's government spokesperson said on Monday.
The French left said it wanted to run the government but conceded on Monday that talks would be tough and take time, after Sunday's election thwarted the far right's quest for power but delivered a hung parliament.
The New Popular Front wants to lower France’s retirement age and vastly expand government spending on social welfare, environmental protection and health care.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal entered President Emmanuel Macron's office on Monday to tender his resignation after parliamentary elections in which the government's political camp lost its role as the strongest party to the left in a hung parliament.
The drama and vitriol of France’s sudden summer election is over. Now comes the drama and vitriol of stage two - and what could be a much longer and equally agitated struggle to build a functional coalition out of the inconclusive results of Saturday’s vote.
The populist, anti-immigration National Rally party had been hoping to install France’s first far-right government since World War II, with 28-year-old Jordan Bardella as prime minister.
French Vote Splits Among Left, Center and Far-Right. With No Majority, Political Paralysis Threatens
French voters split their parliament into left, center and far-right, leaving the country with the stunning prospect of a deadlocked parliament and political paralysis
French stocks fell as investors assessed risks from political gridlock following legislative elections that produced a divided parliament with no clear majority.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen appeared to be nearer to power than ever last week after her National Rally party triumphed in the opening round of legislative elections
France faced a hung parliament and the prospect of taxing negotiations starting Monday to form a government, after a surprise left-wing surge blocked Marine Le Pen's quest to bring the far right to power.
If politicians want to defeat the far-right, they should steer clear of the French President's approach—and look to the left instead.
Leaders across Europe reacted with relief mixed with concern to the results of the snap election in France People stand in a square as they react to projected results after the second round of the legislative elections,
Supporters of the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party react after partial results in the second round of the early French parliamentary elections, at the RN in Paris, France,
France's left-wing New Popular Front (NFP), a hastily assembled alliance, has emerged as the leading bloc in the next parliament - but without a working majority. Political custom dictates that President Emmanuel Macron names a prime minister from among the ranks of the largest political force or coalition in parliament.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has announced he will resign after a broad left-leaning coalition took the most seats in Sunday’s snap parliamentary election
France's left-wing New Popular Front (NFP), an alliance of parties hastily assembled after President Emmanuel Macron called a surprise snap parliamentary election, looked set to score a shock win in Sunday's vote over the far right and the ruling centrists.
Mr Attal, who led the president's Ensemble alliance's election campaign, handed his resignation to Mr Macron on Monday, only for the president to refuse. Although Ensemble lost many of its seats in Sunday's parliament election,
France is voting Sunday in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s nascent European Union alliance got a boost of influence Monday, with two major far—right parties — led by France’s Marine Le Pen and Italy’s Matteo Salvini — agreed to join it.
A shock election win for France's leftist alliance has reinforced wariness among investors who had already braced for the risk of political deadlock and a policy paralysis that's unlikely to improve the country's creaking public finances.
After rollercoaster-like parliamentary elections, the French film and TV industry has expressed relief over the far right’s defeat. Predictions had pointed to a triumph from Marine Le Pen’s National Rally based on the first round’s results,
French voters had, once again, kept the far right out of power. On Monday morning, incertitude: A hung parliament, shaky alliances and the threat of turbulent years ahead.
The euro touched a more than three-week high against the dollar on Monday, recovering overnight losses as France's election pointed to a hung parliament. The dollar, meanwhile, crept downward, after U.
The snap election produced a National Assembly that ranks among the most ideologically fractured parliaments in the country’s modern history.
French stocks and government bonds struggled to find direction Monday following surprise results in France’s parliamentary elections, which saw left-wing parties outperform the far right Sunday, leaving the country’s parliament facing gridlock.
France's National Rally (RN) will lead the European Parliament's third-largest alliance, Patriots for Europe, forged by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the group announced on Monday. Marine Le Pen's far-right RN joined the alliance in the European Parliament earlier on Monday,
Leaders across Europe and the United States reacted with relief but also some concern to the result of the French legislative election, which leaves a key European Union country facing the prospect of a hung parliament and political paralysis.
The New Popular Front won the biggest share of the National Assembly but fell far short of a majority, raising the specter of a hung parliament.
Many of France's allies breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after Marine Le Pen's far-right party failed to win a snap election, but they noted that a messy coalition from a hung parliament could also pose headaches for Europe.
French President Emmanuel Macron refused the resignation of the country’s prime minister, asking him on Monday to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the government in limbo.
BFMTV shared a split screen showing, on the left, what it described as an “explosion of joy” at a New Popular Front election event in Paris. On the right, National Rally supporters at a nearby party appeared to be simply stunned.
Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) will join a growing new alliance in the European Parliament led by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Hungary's government spokesperson said on Monday.
France’s election results, in which a coalition of left-wing and centrist parties staved off the insurgent rise of the far right, are being celebrated around the world—from politicians, like U.S. Sen.
French President Emmanuel Macron rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal Monday, in the wake of a chaotic election result that left neither left, right, nor center with a majority in the National Assembly.
PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday decided to keep his Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in office after parliamentary elections in which the government's political camp lost its role as the strongest party to the left in a hung parliament.
France's parliament is split among far-left, center and far-right, as no single political faction came close to the majority needed to form a government.
Footage of disappointed French far-right supporters has gone viral after exit polls showed they were pushed to third place in the election.
French stocks rose while government bonds fell in early trading after a party alliance led by the far-left emerged first in the country’s parliamentary elections, pushing France toward political paralysis.
France faced a hung parliament and difficult negotiations starting Monday to form a government, after a surprise left-wing surge blocked Marine Le Pen's quest to bring the far right to power. The leftist New Popular Front (NFP) emerged as the dominant force in the National Assembly after Sunday's election,
President Emmanuel Macron refused the resignation of France’s prime minister, asking him on Monday to remain temporarily as the head of the government after a chaotic election result left the government in limbo.
European shares slipped on Monday as France was set for a hung parliament with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot, while data from the U.S. and euro zone this week will grab focus for more clues on the path for global monetary policy.