PARIS–French President Emmanuel Macron is on course to lose control of the National Assembly in legislative elections on Sunday, a major setback that could throw the country into political paralysis unless he is able to negotiate alliances with other parties. Macron’s Ensemble coalition, which wants to raise the retirement age and further deepen EU integration,…
French Election: Macron Loses Absolute Majority in ‘Democratic Shock’
PARIS—French President Emmanuel Macron lost control of the National Assembly in legislative elections on Sunday, a major setback that could throw the country into political paralysis unless he is able to negotiate alliances with other parties. Near-final results showed that Macron’s center-left Ensemble coalition, which wants to raise the retirement age and further deepen EU…
Macron Loses Absolute Majority in Parliament, Initial Projections Show
PARIS—President Emmanuel Macron is on course to lose his absolute majority in the National Assembly and control of his reform agenda after the first projections by four pollsters showed Sunday’s election delivering a hung parliament. Macron’s Ensemble! alliance was set to end up with the most seats, the polls showed, followed by the Nupes bloc…
French Army Says Killed Close to 40 Militants in Strike in Niger
PARIS—The French army said on Thursday that forces from its Operation Barkhane in West Africa had killed close to 40 militants in a strike near the border of Niger with Burkina Faso on June 14. Following an attack against Niger gendarmes and acting at the request of authorities in Niger, Barkhane forces used air surveillance…
France’s Benzema Drops Appeal Over Sex Tape Conviction
PARIS—France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema has dropped his appeal against a conviction for complicity in blackmail in a sex-tape case that rocked French soccer, his lawyer said Saturday. The Versailles court gave Benzema a one-year suspended jail sentence and a fine of 75,000 euros ($80,000) in last year’s trial, convicting him of involvement…
Inflation in France Exceeds 5 Percent in May
Annual French inflation exceeded 5 percent in May as citizens continued to be battered by surging prices of food and energy, according to provisional data from the state’s statistical agency. The 12-month Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of inflation, came out at 5.2 percent in May 2022, according to data from INSEE, the French…
France Emerging as the Great Power of Continental Europe
Commentary For all its domestic chaos in the lead-up to the June parliamentary elections, France has reemerged as the great power of continental Europe. The 2022 Russia-Ukraine military conflict and the prospect of further Russian military action in Moldova’s autonomous (and pro-Russian) Transdniestria region bordering Ukraine may have stirred a shared panic and fear in the…
France’s Macron Promises New Approach During Second-Term Inauguration
PARIS—France’s Emmanuel Macron was sworn in for his second term as president on Saturday, promising to lead the country with a “new method” as his political rivals kicked off campaigning for next month’s legislative election. In a country where presidents rarely get reelected, Macron won 58.5 percent of the votes in the second round against…
French Knew Missile Which Sank British Ship In Falklands War Had ‘Kill Switch’
France may have kept secret the existence of a “kill switch” which negated the threat of its much-vaunted Exocet missile, which Argentina used to destroy a British warship during the Falklands War 40 years ago. Pierre Razoux, a former French defence official, has told the Daily Telegraph the French knew of a way of stopping…
Best Bargain of All Time: How Thomas Jefferson Doubled the Size of America at Five Cents per Acre
May 4, 2022
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One of Thomas Jefferson’s greatest achievements was the Louisiana Purchase, in which the United States acquired 828,800 square miles of the French territory La Louisiane in 1803. Encompassing all or part of 14 current U.S. states, the land included all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska; parts of Minnesota that were west…
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