Emmanuel Macron
France’s Macron to face far-right rival Le Pen in presidential election runoff
The cost of living and the war in Ukraine have been front and center of the political debate ahead of the French vote. Chesnot | Getty Images News | Getty Images French leader Emmanuel Macron and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen topped the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, according to exit polls, […]
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France heads to the polls as Macron faces his biggest threat yet
A political rally before the first round of the French presidential election. Sylvain Lefevre | Getty Images News | Getty Images French voters are heading to the polls Sunday in an election where the cost of living and the war in Ukraine dominated the political debate. Opinion polls from the week before the first round […]
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France’s Macron makes last-minute appeal to voters as Le Pen reaches all-time high in poll
The cost of living and the war in Ukraine have been front and center of the political debate ahead of the French vote. Chesnot | Getty Images News | Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday appealed to younger, progressive-leaning voters in his last scheduled interview before Sunday’s first-round presidential vote while his forecast […]
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French markets skittish as far-right candidate Le Pen closes gap in election polls
French National Front (FN) leader Marine Le Pen has gained ground against incumbent President Emmanuel Macron in the latest polling ahead of the first round of the French presidential election on April 10. Charles Platiau | Reuters French markets have been jolted as new polling shows far-right candidate Marine Le Pen closing the gap to […]
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EU’s new Russia sanctions to likely include steel, luxury goods, jet fuel and more, sources say
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during a plenary session of the European Parliament at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on March 23, 2022. John Thys | AFP | Getty Images LUXEMBOURG — The European Union is working on a new package of sanctions against Russia that is likely to restrict […]
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France’s retirement age looks set to rise. And the war in Ukraine could have helped
A man holds a banner that reads, ‘Pensioners, badly treated’ as pensioners and activists take part in a demonstration. Emmanuel Dunand | Afp | Getty Images France looks set to push back its retirement age — after several failed attempts — as war in Ukraine and Emmanuel Macron’s active diplomacy have boosted the chances of […]
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‘I am enemy No. 1’: Protester on Russian TV speaks out from hiding
Marina Ovsyannikova is seen here (in a still grab taken from a video uploaded on March 14, 2022) giving a statement recorded before she held up an anti-war sign live on air. Marina Ovsyannikova via Reuters Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist who protested the war in Ukraine on live state TV, has told international media […]
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