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Leftist party France Unbowed moves to overturn Macron's controversial pension reform
France's leftist party France Unbowed (LFI) announced its plan to introduce legislation on Tuesday to repeal President Emmanuel Macron's contentious pension reform, which raised the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. The bill, according to LFI chief lawmaker Mathilde Panot, seeks to reverse changes that sparked widespread protests last year.
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How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble
Prices have risen by 172% in Russia’s biggest cities over the past three years
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Kate posts adorable picture of Prince George on his birthday
The Princess of Wales has posted an adorable picture of Prince George on his 11th birthday as his godmother reveals a cheeky birthday tradition.
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Russian court jails American journalist for 16 years for spying
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich – the son of Soviet emigrants – was arrested in the Urals region last year
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France erupts after shock election result
Riots have broken out in Paris with protesters seen burning bikes and setting off smoke bombs after an unexpected far right defeat.
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Politicians, world leaders react to French leftists' victory in blocking the far right
French politicians and world leaders reacted to the results of parliamentary elections on Sunday after a coalition of the French left that quickly banded together to beat a surging far right won the most seats in parliament but not a majority. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he was "happy" and called the result a "disappointment" for Moscow.
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France’s leftist New Popular Front wins a shock victory – but now the hard part begins
France's New Popular Front has won the largest number of seats in the final round of snap parliamentary elections, leaving behind the remnants of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist camp and the far-right National Rally trailing in third place. It’s a staggering result for a closely fought election that has left the country without a clear candidate for prime minister – and the hastily assembled broad leftist coalition without an absolute majority that would allow it to push through its ambitious programme.
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‘Terror’: Russia’s despicable daytime act
Russia has been blasted after launching a horrific daytime attack on Ukraine, hitting a children’s hospital and leaving at least 20 people dead.
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French leftist alliance appears to block far-right path to election win
Whatever the outcome, Macron's 7-year political experiment with pro-business policies aimed at boosting the economy and reforming the bloated welfare state will be dented. He has ruled out resigning.
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Marine Le Pen Betrays Her Past to Capture a Bigger Prize: France
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The far right is close to power in France. Will the rest of Europe follow?
Whatever the result of France's election, its impact will be seismic, says Europe editor Katya Adler
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UK’s new prime minister assumes office
Labour leader Keir Starmer has formally become the country’s head of government after meeting with King Charles III
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Rishi Sunak resigns as Conservative Party leader
The move by the British prime minister comes after the Tories suffered a crushing defeat to Labour in the general election
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Farage elected MP for first time as Reform wins four seats
Reform leader overturns 25,000 Tory majority, as his party wins in Ashfield, Great Yarmouth and Boston and Skegness.
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Le Pen’s far right is on the cusp of power in France – what happens next?
The “clarification” President Emmanuel Macron invoked as he called France’s snap elections has clarified this much: that French voters no longer want him to govern alone – or indeed at all. Exactly who he should share power with remains an open question after an inconclusive first round that has handed Marine Le Pen’s far right a commanding win, but not yet a decisive one.
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The Center Collapses in France, Leaving Macron Marooned
Squeezed by the far-right National Rally party and the left, President Emmanuel Macron faces a country that may prove ungovernable.
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Many expressed shock that Marine Le Pen’s nationalist party was so close to power after the first round of a snap election.
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Why the French chose the ‘radical far right’ over Macron’s establishment
The overconfident president got what was coming when his party suffered a massive defeat in the first round of the national election
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