French legislative elections 2022

Issued on: 30/06/2022 - 14:37 Hard-left MP Eric Coquerel was elected chair of the French parliament's powerful finance committee on Thursday, a day after the far-right…

The French National Assembly has elected Yaël Braun-Pivet as its president, equivalent to a Speaker of the House, in the opening session of its 16th Legislature. Braun-Pivet, a 51-year-old member of Emmanuel Macron's…

France's new slate of lower-house lawmakers sit in the National Assembly for the first time on Tuesday to open the 16th Legislature. An astonishing surge of far-right and leftist winners in elections this month not only…

French voters elected 32 deputies of minority origins to the new National Assembly, according to a FRANCE 24 count. While it marks a slight decline in diversity representation from a record high in the 2017 polls, it…

In his first public remarks since parliamentary elections deprived his governing coalition of a majority, French President Emmanuel Macron called on France’s reinvigorated opposition blocs to come up with solutions to…

Issued on: 23/06/2022 - 16:33 Newly elected MP Rachel Keke of the hard-left France Unbowed party has admitted sharing posts supporting far-right leader Marine Le Pen during…

Issued on: 22/06/2022 - 19:56 French President Emmanuel Macron is addressing the nation for the first time on Wednesday since his centrist coalition lost control of…

Issued on: 22/06/2022 - 13:50 French President Emmanuel Macron pressed on with efforts Wednesday to end the crisis created by his failure to retain a parliamentary majority…

France is wading into uncharted waters after President Emmanuel Macron lost his absolute majority, with a large but shaky opposition bloc on the left and scores more far-right lawmakers surging into the National…

Issued on: 21/06/2022 - 00:59 French President Emmanuel Macron will meet party leaders including the far-right Marine Le Pen for talks, the Elysee said Monday, after he and…