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Wow. It looks like Macron has totally killed his party. I wonder how much of this is spurred by immigration policy and how much might be related to the farmer revolt.

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That's good news. I hope that rat-bastard ends up selling pencils in the no-go parts of Paris. I have to respect LePen, and all who put their own country first above the DS tyrants. I hope she kicks out the devils and cleans house.

Thank God for patriots like LePen, Orban, and Putin. They love their countries above all else.

Ferfal's take...................

This 28 year old will be France´s Next President​

Jun 30, 2024

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They need to chop sime heads off.

My maths ain't that great, but if he was born in 1985 he would be a little older than 28.

Let's see if Macron leaves office... I suspect there's going to be some machinations behind the scenes to 'fix' the vote....

Not saying their election system is rigged or anything, but we are dealing with the unelected bureaucratic deep state EU.

So expect shenanigans...

France avoided a far-right election win — now the radical far-left is demanding power​

• After the left-wing's election success in France, all eyes are now on radical firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon who has demanded the left be given the premiership.
• "The president has the power, the president has the duty to call on the New Popular Front to govern," Mélenchon said last night.
• The expansionary fiscal policy of the left-wing New Popular Front has been a cause of concern for economists since Macron called the snap election last month.

After the left-wing's election success in France on Sunday, all eyes are now on radical firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon who has demanded the left be given the premiership and a chance to govern following its unexpected election win.

The New Popular Front (NFP) coalition — of which Mélenchon is the self-appointed figurehead — won the largest number of seats in the second round of France's snap parliamentary election. Comprising Mélenchon's far-left France Unbowed party, the Socialist Party, the French Communist Party as well as green, center-left and left-wing political groups, the NFP unexpectedly thwarted the far-right's advance is now positioning itself as the possible leader of a coalition government.

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New Popular Front shocks world with French election win​

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French communists will bury the middle class.

Sabotage Hits France’s Rail Lines as Olympics Begin​

PARIS—France’s rail network was the target of a major act of sabotage Friday, the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, officials said, bringing service on several high-speed rail lines to a halt in disruptions that are expected to last for days.

Officials said fires were set at around 4 a.m. local time at three sites around the country’s rail network in a coordinated and precisely targeted attack. The damage is disrupting service on the lines which bring traffic to Paris from the north, the southwest and east. The saboteurs cut and then burned signaling cables, requiring laborious repairs that will last for days, officials said.

One team of saboteurs targeted a line that serves southeast France but were stopped by rail authorities, officials said.

“The places were chosen specifically to have the heaviest impact,” said Jean-Pierre Farandou, president of the SNCF, France’s state rail company. “This is a sad day.”

The sabotage risks preventing thousands of people from attending the opening ceremony, which is set to start at 1:30 p.m. ET. A parade of boats carrying athletes from more than 190 nations will sail down the Seine, through the heart of Paris. French authorities were expecting more than 300,000 people for the event, in what would be the biggest attendance at an opening ceremony in Olympics history.

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French farmers threaten to block rail freight services

A branch of the French militant farmers’ union, the Coordination Rurale (CR), have threatened to block rail freight services carrying food shipments in south-west France…

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I like how they back up the manure spreaders and go to town...

France's brewing political crisis is spilling into financial markets with the country's borrowing costs hitting the same level as debt-ridden Greece's for the first time on record Thursday.

The spread — the difference in yield between two bonds — between French 10-year government bond yields and their Greek counterparts was reduced to zero earlier Thursday. The yield on the French 10-year stood at 3.0010% while the same Greek bond stood at 3.030%.
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As it stands, the left-wing New Popular Front alliance has said it will table a vote of no confidence in the government if Barnier tries to force through the budget, which envisages 60 billion euros ($63.3 billion) worth of tax hikes and spending cuts.

The far-right National Rally has threatened to support the left in the no-confidence vote, a move that would bring down the government and plunge France into further political and economic uncertainty.
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Pretty sure the continuation of Barnier's government has already been bad news for the French economy.

French government toppled in no-confidence vote brought by opposition​

• The French government has been toppled in a vote of no confidence.
• Prime Minister Michel Barnier is expected to resign immediately although French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to ask him to continue as a caretaker prime minister while he searches for a replacement.
• New parliamentary elections cannot take place until next June-July, 12 months on from the last vote.

The French government has been toppled in a vote of no confidence Wednesday, plunging the euro zone’s second-largest economy into a period of deep political uncertainty.

A total of 331 lawmakers from both the leftwing New Popular Front (NFP) alliance and the far-right National Rally (RN) supported a no-confidence motion in the country’s lower house, far exceeding the 288 votes needed to pass the motion.

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