Danger of a Ratings Hit Turns Up the Budget Pressure for Macron

The danger of a cut to France’s credit rating is adding to the challenges facing President Emmanuel Macron as he’s forced to juggle his budget in the run-up to June’s European Union elections. Read More

France announces 2022 presidential elections in April

President Emmanuel Macron ends his ... interest in the elections. The 2022 polls are expected to be closely contested amid the social and political fractures in France escalated by the ongoing ... Read More

France: LePen narrows gap with Macron hours before elections

National Front leader Marine LePen is said to have closed the gap with the incumbent Emmanuel Macron as campaigning for Sunday's presidential elections ... Sunday's polls come as the war in ... Read More

Macron’s camp on alert as rival leftist EU list rises in polls

News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. In a new poll published in French daily Challenges on Wednesday ... Read More

Macron embraces jokes about photos with Lula: ‘France loves Brazil and Brazil loves France!’

France loves Brazil and Brazil loves France!” Macron said Thursday on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Thank you, dear @LulaOficial, dear [first lady of Brazil Rosângela da Silva], thank you to ... Read More

France launches a nationwide anti-drug crackdown ahead of European elections

reflecting the government’s commitment to show it’s serious about tackling the drug trade and crime in cities ahead of European elections. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said that police ... Read More

France kicks up drug raids and arrests as European elections approach

reflecting the government's commitment to show it's serious about tackling the drug trade and crime in cities ahead of European elections. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said that police units ... Read More

2024 Primary & Caucus Results

The 2024 primary schedule is listed below with the date of each state's primary and caucus for Democrats and Republicans in the 2024 presidential primary. Read More

President Macron says France and its allies ‘could have stopped’ the 1994 Rwanda genocide

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says France and its allies “could have stopped” the 1994 Rwanda genocide and “lacked the will to do so.” Macron’s office said in a ... Read More

Polls close in Turkey for municipal elections

Polling stations closed across Turkey on Sunday for municipal elections, election board chair Ahmet Yener tells reporters in Ankara. The poll in the largest city Istanbul and other industrial hubs ... Read More

Why Illinois voters were no-shows at the polls on Election Day

When all the votes are certified by the Illinois Board of Elections next month ... “But I was still shocked to see returns as low as they were,” said Ryan Tolley, executive director of ... Read More