Former French PM Lionel Jospin dies at 88

The prominent Socialist’s political career and his last public messages were a warning for the French left.

POLITICO
Far-left surge in Airbus’ hometown scares big business

Employers brace for France Unbowed’s possible takeover of city hall in Toulouse.

POLITICO
France struggles to find political equilibrium

What the first round of municipal results really reveal isn’t so much a country marching in one direction as one pulled in several at once.

POLITICO

First round* of French mayoral elections:
The far right is, unsurprisingly, on the rise but the far left did pretty well.

The center, whatever that's supposed to be, is the big loser.

The Green party did not manage to keep its momentum from last elections.

Final results next Sunday (yes, voting day is on a day off).

.
*Because there's more than 2 parties in France, they have 2-round elections.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/five-key-takeaways-frances-first-round-municipal-elections-2026-03-16/

#vote #farright #farleft #elections #europe #news

In France, the pseudo "center" is waging a war to dismiss idea of rising fascism worldwide Strategically reusing tactics of #bigoil to discredit anything related to #climatechange : the danger are #farleft / #ecoterrorists It would be interesting to investigate how deep such account are sponsored

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qet25pm2c4vn2zoembiqokud/post/3mh2y54wp6c2m

In #France ,we now have the unprecedented #political situation in which Jordan Bardella, president of the far-right party “Rassemblement National,” can rightly denounce the “openly anti-Semitic overtones” of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the far-left party “La France Insoumise.” The world turned upside down.

#antisemitism #farright #farleft

https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2026/02/27/jean-luc-melenchon-accuse-d-antisemitisme-apres-des-propos-sur-la-prononciation-du-nom-de-jeffrey-epstein-rien-ne-va-dans-ces-propos-ca-suffit-maintenant_6668537_823449.html

Jean-Luc Mélenchon accusé d’antisémitisme après des propos sur la prononciation du nom de Jeffrey Epstein : « Rien ne va dans ces propos. Ça suffit maintenant ! »

Le chef de file de LFI a ironisé, lors d’un meeting à Lyon, sur la prononciation de ce nom. « L’antisémitisme est du côté de ceux qui veulent tout ramener à ce sujet », a-t-il répondu à ceux qui ont dénoncé ses propos.

Le Monde
Forget Le Pen. French politics has a new archvillain.

The far-right National Rally wants to build a firewall around the hard-left France Unbowed after the killing of Quentin Deranque.

POLITICO

Meloni hits back at Macron in spat over killing of French far-right activist – POLITICO

The two leaders have fought on topics spanning migration to abortion during a terminally uneasy relationship, but are…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AntonioTajani #EmmanuelMacron #Farleft #Farright #France #Frenchpolitics #GiorgiaMeloni #India #Italianpolitics #Italy #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/402727/

Seven are charged over an activist's death as France allows a far-right memorial march.

Seven men were charged on Friday over the killing of far-right activist Quentin Deranque in Lyon, as authorities confirmed a memorial march will go ahead on Saturday under heavy police presence.

France's far-right National Rally has told its elected officials not to attend.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260220-seven-are-charged-over-an-activists-death-as-france-allows-a-far-right-memorial-march?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#QuentinDeranque #France #Politics #FarRight #FarLeft

Seven are charged over an activist's death as France allows a far-right memorial march.

Seven men were charged on Friday over the killing of far-right activist Quentin Deranque in Lyon, as authorities confirmed a memorial march will go ahead on Saturday under heavy police …

RFi
Debating ideas: extremists publish their tutorial:
(Cartoon by Charlie Hebdo)
#CharlieHebdo #FarRight #FarLeft #RN #LFI #LePen #Bardella #Melenchon #Democracy #Violence