Barnier fights to form French government amid no-confidence threats

Party spokesperson says new PM has ‘complex equation to solve’ and is unlikely to appoint ministers this week

The Guardian
The Guardian view on France’s political crisis: Barnier is not a real fix for Macron’s mess

Editorial: Few are celebrating the appointment of the EU’s Brexit negotiator as the country’s new prime minister

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Barred From Government, France’s Left Seeks a Way Forward

Saturday saw protests across France after Emmanuel Macron named conservative Michel Barnier as prime minister. The decision fueled claims that Macron had ignored July’s election result — but has also put the victorious left-wing alliance on the back foot.

France braces for right-wing government in spite of election results

“It’s the refusal of Emmanuel Macron to really understand what’s driving the French people today,” Pascaline Lécorché, a Marseille-based politician and candidate for the New Popular Front, told Courthouse News.

France’s hunt for Telegram CEO Pavel Durov: The inside story – POLITICO

https://www.politico.eu/article/the-hunt-for-pavel-durov/

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The hunt for Pavel Durov

How French police investigating “online sexual exploitation” closed in on Telegram messaging app CEO. 

POLITICO
French protesters rage at ‘stolen election’ as Macron picks conservative Barnier for PM

Two months after snap parliamentary elections that threw France into political turmoil, tens of thousands of left-wing demonstrators rallied in central Paris on Saturday in protest at French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to name conservative Michel Barnier as prime minister in what they termed a “power grab” and a “stolen election”. FRANCE 24 reports.

FRANCE 24

‘People feel the election has been stolen’ – French left’s Lucie Castets on Macron’s political deadlock | France | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/31/french-left-policies-post-election-deadlock-lucie-castets

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‘People feel the election has been stolen’ – French left’s Lucie Castets on Macron’s political deadlock

In an exclusive interview, New Popular Front leader and leftwing candidate for PM says she is talking to centrists and willing to rein in proposals on taxes and pensions

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“Thousands of #GiletsJaunes protesters march in #Marseille #ActeXX #Acte20 #MacronDemission #MacronMustGo https://t.co/n02ZjTJvzO”

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We should. But choose the "Moderate Rebels" for the funding, training and arms supply. Moreover, while we are at it, we should get #Syria, #Libya, #Iraq & African countries that #France colonized to bomb the hell out of #Macron regime and liberate the people. 😊😈

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are we going to arm the French rebels?
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“are we going to arm the French rebels?”

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