French Politics
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About French Politics
This text presents basic information about the French political system, and analyzes in detail important debates and controversies concerning French politics today. . . .
French march against antisemitism shakes up far right and far left
... For decades French Politics erected a bulwark against the far right, whose views - not least on Jews - were deemed " anti-Republican"...
France bans all pro-Palestinian demonstrations
... French Politics has been riven by the Hamas attack and its aftermath...
Evidence found of German mass execution by French Resistance after D-Day
... The likely reason is that former members of the Resistance - who were still numerous and influential in French Politics - did not wish the episode to be resuscitated for fear of sullying their heroic image...
Aurélien Pradié: The rising star shaking up French politics
...By Chris BockmanBBC News, Bétaille, FranceAurélien Pradié has exploded onto the centre stage of French Politics after single-handedly scuppering a government vote on pension reforms...
France protests: Macron takes off 'luxury' watch during TV interview
... Ironically, Mr Macron has sometimes referred to himself as the " master of the clocks" because he likes to set the pace of French Politics...
Marine Le Pen says she opposes sanctions on Russian gas
... But in a sign of the changing political landscape, Mr Sarkozy s Republicans party candidate - once a dominant force in French Politics - attracted less than 5% of the vote in Sunday s first round...
French election: Macron v Le Pen - two visions for presidency
... Five years on, aged 44, he continues to dominate French Politics but the polls suggest this time his far-right rival has a real chance of unseating him from the Élysée Palace...
France election: This time it won't be a walkover for Macron
... Macron has so engineered it that the divide in French Politics is now definitively the one that he sought: between his own " realistic centrism" and " openness to the world" and the " extremism" of his opponents...
Marine Le Pen says she opposes sanctions on Russian gas
French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen said she broadly supports sanctions against Russia, except when It Comes to oil and gas supplies.
The far-right politician will battle Emmanuel Macron for The Presidency in a run-off election after obtaining her highest result ever in The First round.
But she has faced criticism for allegedly being Too Close to Russia amid The War in Ukraine.
" I Am perfectly in favour of all The Other sanctions, " Ms Le Pen said.
In The Interview with France Inter Radio, She Said : " I do not want French People to suffer the consequences of sanctions" on oil and gas.
France, like many other European countries, imports much of its natural gas through pipelines from Russia, using it for residential and commercial energy.
But Ms Le Pen has been criticised by rivals over her past support for Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin .
She previously appeared to support Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula , and.
In 2014, when Crimea was annexed by Russia,
Ms Le Pen justified her previous remarks by saying the annexation of Crimea was a different situation to the current invasion of Ukraine, and painted her support for Mr Putin as reflective of her wider ambition for a " multi-polar" world, Reuters reports.
Despite softening her stance on leaving the European Union and other nationalist issues in recent years, she is still widely opposed by most of France's political establishment.
Former president Nicolas Sarkozy , for example, publicly announced on Tuesday that he would vote for his party's rival Emmanuel Macron , and encouraged others to do the same.
Mr Macron " has the necessary experience faced with a grave international crisis" the former president wrote, " and his commitment to Europe is clear and unambiguous".
But in A Sign of the changing political landscape, Mr Sarkozy's Republicans party candidate - Once a dominant force in French Politics - attracted less than 5% of the vote in Sunday's first round. Another former titan, the Socialists, received less than 2%.
Far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who came third in The First round with 22% of the vote, warned his supporters not to give a single vote to Ms Le Pen. However, he pointedly did not back Mr Macron instead.
Polling suggests The Final battle between Mr Macron and Ms Le Pen could be extremely Tight - with projections pointing to as close as a 51%-49% victory for Mr Macron.
Mr Macron is coming Under Pressure over his proposed pension reforms, which include raising The Retirement age to 65.
On Monday, after Ms Le Pen's strong electoral performance, the incumbent president suggested there was room to change his proposed timelines - Something Ms Le Pen painted as an empty promise to try to win over left-leaning voters.
The presidential campaign still has nearly Two Weeks to go, with the run-off elections scheduled for 24 April.
Source of news: bbc.com