Napoleon was known to favour lucky generals, and political developments in France could also provide Sir Keir Starmer with a windfall. After weeks of stalemate following a snap election earlier this summer, French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed the European Union’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as prime minister. It may not be immediately clear… Read More »
Top advisers have warned that the “unpredictable” or even “unstable” Emmanuel Macron could resign after a second round of parliamentary elections on Sunday. “I know the man, this is not science fiction,” a former senior adviser told The Telegraph of the French president, whose centrist alliance is likely to be left with half the number… Read More »
It will expose the right to all the pressures of the authority. It will divide a combative opposition. And that will give his party a chance to rebuild ahead of the 2027 presidential election. There is no doubt that Macron, France’s famously cunning president, had this in mind when he decided to hold early elections… Read More »
Julien Denormandie wrote a book in which he warned of the coming farmers’ revolt – AURELIEN MEUNIER/GETTY France’s former agriculture minister has warned that the European Commission is disappointing farmers by dragging its feet on imposing the same environmental norms on foreign imports that it imposes on the continent. France receives around €10 billion a… Read More »
As EU agriculture ministers met to discuss the crisis in their sector, farmers in Brussels’ European district engaged in violent clashes with police, sprayed officers with liquid manure and set fire to piles of tires. Farmers also protested in Madrid and on the Polish-German border, while police said at least 900 tractors blocked the streets… Read More »
Hundreds of protesting farmers threw eggs and stones, lit fires, poured manure and set off fireworks at the European Parliament to pressure the summit of European leaders to do more to help them on taxes, rising costs and environmental rules. Following weeks of protests in which tractors blocked roads, ports and city entrances, many farmers… Read More »
Gabriel Attal says Britain’s departure from the EU is behind the imminent closure of the country’s last blast furnaces – Michel Euler/AP Brexit is killing British industry, the French prime minister claimed in parliament on Tuesday. Gabriel Attal said that Britain’s departure from the EU was behind the closure of the “last blast furnaces” in… Read More »