Tag: Emmanuel Macron

• Saturday, May 6th 2017 - 12:27 UTC

  Macron should be next French president; En Marche could become largest party in June's legislative elections

  

  Independent French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron extended his lead in the polls over his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Friday, the final day of campaigning in a tumultuous election race. Sunday's election is seen as the most important in France for decades, with two diametrically opposed views of Europe and France's place in the world at stake.

• Thursday, May 4th 2017 - 06:56 UTC

  French presidential candidates' debate: plenty of insults and no substance

  

  Independent Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen traded barbs and insults Wednesday night in their first and final head-to-head debate ahead of Sunday’s presidential runoff.

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2017 - 05:46 UTC

  High abstention in the range of 25% threatens French presidential runoff

  

  Fears that a high abstention rate could help far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in France's presidential runoff strengthened on Tuesday when two-thirds of far-left supporters said they intend to abstain or cast a blank ballot. An internal survey of supporters of defeated far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon showed only 35% would back pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron, Le Pen's rival and the frontrunner.

• Tuesday, April 25th 2017 - 07:19 UTC

  Marine Le Pen steps down as party leader to reach out to voters of defeated candidates

  

  Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has announced that she is stepping aside as leader of her National Front (FN) party. The move comes just a day after she reached the second round of the French election, where she will face centrist Emmanuel Macron. Ms Le Pen told French TV she needed to be above partisan considerations.

• Monday, April 24th 2017 - 07:53 UTC

  Macron is favorite over Le Pen to win the French presidential runoff in May

  

  The independent pro Europe Emmanuel Macron will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a run-off for the French presidency on 7 May, near-final results show. With 96% of votes counted from Sunday's first round, Mr. Macron has 23.9% with Ms Le Pen on 21.4%.

• Friday, April 21st 2017 - 10:34 UTC

  French first round presidential election on Sunday has no clear winner

  

  French centrist Emmanuel Macron is set to come out on top in the first round of France's presidential election on Sunday as far right leader Marine Le Pen fell further behind him in an Elabe poll published on Friday. However, neither is totally assured a spot in the May 7 runoff round as both conservative Francois Fillon and hard-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon were seen narrowing Macron and Le Pen's lead over them.

• Monday, June 20th 2016 - 05:34 UTC

  France wants strong immediate action from European Council if UK votes Leave

  

  French economy minister Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday the EU should act quickly and firmly if Britain votes next week to leave the European Union. Britain’s EU referendum will be held on Thursday, with an EU summit set for a few days later on June 28 at which Macron said EU leaders should take a firm stand with regard to the UK.

• Wednesday, August 27th 2014 - 21:03 UTC

  Socialist Hollande converts into orthodoxy: names former Rothschild banker in Economy

  

  French president Francois Hollande has replaced his maverick leftist economy minister with a former Rothschild partner in a reshuffle intended to reconcile his efforts to revive the stagnant French economy with deficit-cutting orthodoxy.