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Issued on: 16/10/2019 - 18:36Modified: 17/10/2019 - 09:20 Two French supermarket chains came under fire Wednesday after a lawmaker staged raid, ...ادامه مطلب

Date created : 09/01/2019 - 07:51 The official appointed by the French govement to lead a national debate over the grievances raised by so-called “Yellow Vest” protesters quit on Tuesday following , ...ادامه مطلب

A French appeals court has upheld the far-right National Front's (FN) decision to expel party founder Jean-Marie Le Pen over anti-Semitic remarks on Friday, but the party’s bid to cut all links with the notorious politician suffered a setback. The appeals court in Versailles ruled that while the FN had been within its rights to boot 89-year-old Jean-Marie Le Pen out of the party over controversial remarks about the Holocaust, he could retain the honorary role of party president for life. However, there could be a further sting for the man who for decades embodied France's anti-immigrant far-right.The party may eliminate the president-for-life position at a congress next month, breaking the father's last ties with the party he founded in 1972. The congress is also expected to vote on a new name for the FN in a final break with the party's past. Jean-Marie Le Pen said in a Tweet last month that a name change would amount to "veritable treason" towards decades of party followers. Jean-Marie Le Pen: Unacceptable face of FN? The elder Le Pen handed the reins of the party to his daughter Marine Le Pen -- runner-up to Emmanuel Macron in last year's presidential election -- in, ...ادامه مطلب

Deadly clashes in the West Bank over US Jerusalem move European states call for US peace proposals for the Middle East Peacekeepers in DR Congo suffers deadliest attack against a UN mission World leaders back Lebanon’s Hariri at Paris talks , ...ادامه مطلب

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Europe © AFP Archive | Marine Le Pen, leader of France's right-wing National Front party Text by NEWS WIRES Latest update : 2017-06-30 French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was charged Friday over claims her party illegally claimed millions of euros from the European Parliament to pay for France, ...ادامه مطلب

Marine Le Pen should step down as leader of France’s far-right National Front (FN) after disappointing results in the presidential and parliamentary elections, her father who founded the anti-establishment party said on Tuesday. “You outlive your usefulness when you start harming your party by your , ...ادامه مطلب

The far-right National Front has touted itself as “France’s top party” since Marine Le Pen took over its leadership in 2011, and racked up steady gains and glittering first-round scores nationally in consecutive elections. No longer. The first round of the legislative elections last Sunday was a cle, ...ادامه مطلب

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French centrist Emmanuel Macron sought to establish his presidential credentials on Thursday by calling for inteational military intervention against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if he is proved to have used chemical weapons.The former economy minister is favourite to win France’s presidential, ...ادامه مطلب

Hoping to squeeze out foreign workers and reap electoral rewards, a number of French regions have passed a controversial rule obliging workers on building sites to speak the language of Molière.At first glance, it looks like another of those exquisitely Gallic rows over the spelling of “oignon”, or , ...ادامه مطلب

A French mayor who is a member of France’s right-wing eurosceptic National Front party has renamed a street in his town “rue de Brexit”, meant as a “homage” to Britain's decision to leave the European Union in June. Mayor Julien Sanchez called his decision to rename the street in the southe French town of Beaucaire a “homage to the sovereign British people’s decision" to reject the European Union in a June 23 referendum. A member of Marine Le Pen’s eurosceptic National Front party, Sanchez announced the move via Twitter. He included a document showing the Beaucaire city council’s 23-to-9 vote in favour of the decision, dated December 22. The decision can be contested before the administrative tribunal of Nimes within the next two months, according to France Bleu news. The previously unnamed street lies near rue Robert Schuman and avenue Jean Monnet, which were both named after men considered to be founding fathers of the EU. A pro-Brexit account hailed the move on Twitter: “A Mayor,national front mayors ...ادامه مطلب

Hundreds of police officers converged on the National Assembly in central Paris on Wednesday to protest an ever-increasing workload, outdated equipment and rules restricting their ability to defend themselves. The protest follows almost 10 days of nightly demonstrations in cities across France, spontaneously organised on social media by officers who view both the govement and the police hierarchy as “out of touch”. At the end of the day’s protest, the govement promised an extra €250 million, and a review of officers’ rights to defend themselves when under attack. Earlier, a small group of protesting officers, off duty from their normal beat in Versailles, told FRANCE 24 they were “at the end of their tether” after “decades of neglect by changing govements that have eroded our ability to function properly in a job we love”. “We work in filthy, run-down police stations, we have to provide much of our own equipment – business cards and even pens. We don’t hav, ...ادامه مطلب