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EU looks to newly re-elected Macron to lead on Ukraine as Russia warns of WWIII

As Russia warns of a “real” threat of a third world war over the conflict in Ukraine, France’s European partners are looking to French President Emmanuel Macron to pick up his leadership role in the crisis, which he set aside during the end of his re-election campaign.

Radio France Internationale

Macron’s win is just the first step

The French, like Americans, have rallied to a centrist candidate to reject the politics of hate and division. But that center will only succeed if fundamental reforms are passed to give working people hope.

Chicago Sun-Times

Labor retains clear Newspoll lead and large Ipsos lead as record number of candidates nominate

This week’s Newspoll, conducted April 20-23 from a sample of 1,538, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged from last week. Primary votes were 37% Labor (up one), 36% Coalition (up one), 11% Greens (down one), 4% UAP (steady), 3% One Nation (down one) and 9% for all Others (steady).

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Supreme Court conservatives lean toward allowing football coach’s postgame prayers

Tribune News Service

Russia ‘failing’ in Ukraine war, Blinken says; explosions rock breakaway Moldova region

DNIPRO, Ukraine — U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken declared Monday that “Russia is failing” in its war aims, as new fighting flared in Ukraine’s eastern battle zone and Russian forces reportedly aimed a round of airstrikes at railway facilities in the country’s west and center.

Los Angeles Times

Trial of Gambian man accused of war crimes gets underway in Germany

A man accused of working for a notorious Gambian death squad run by former president Yahya Jammeh goes on trial in Germany on the principle of universal jurisdiction. Bai Lowe is accused of murdering renowned journalist Deyda Hydara in 2004. Also in this edition, African leaders congratulate French President Emmanuel…

France 24

Victory and challenge: On re-election of Emmanuel Macron

Macron will have to address the disaffection among the working classes to deal with the far-right

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Macron’s pledge to unite France is already falling on deaf ears

President Emmanuel Macron may not have to wait long to find out just how badly his reelection has gone down in parts of France.

Tribune News Service

The Guardian view on Macron’s victory: a fragile mandate

Editorial: The re-elected president will face multiple challenges in his second term

The Guardian - UK

Biden, Macron agree in call to rapidly hold detailed discussion on Ukraine war - Elysee

French President Emmanuel Macron, who was re-elected on Sunday, and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden agreed in a congratulatory phone call on Monday to "rapidly" hold more detailed discussions on global issues, including the war in Ukraine, the Elysee said.

Reuters

No Respite for Re-Elected Macron as Parliamentary Elections Loom

French President Emmanuel Macron enjoyed no respite on Monday as, hours after he won re-election by defeating the far right's Marine Le Pen, political opponents called on voters to deny him a parliamentary majority. If he fails to score another victory in the June 12 and 19 parliamentary elections, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mariupol is almost wiped out but will 'never surrender', says top Zelensky adviser

President Volodymyr Zelensky's top aid, Igor Zhovka, spoke to FRANCE 24 from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The deputy head of the presidential office assessed the situation on the two main front lines of the country, in Donbas and Mariupol, the latter of which he said was a city almost wiped…

France 24

Protests and a nation divided — so, what now for the future of France?

Macron’s won the election — but has woken up to riots and a splintered country. As more elections loom in June, will this next era bring Gilets Jaunes or relative tranquilité? Agnes Poirier reports from Paris

Evening Standard

‘Victory’ in defeat? Le Pen raises the far right’s glass ceiling, fails to crack it

Marine Le Pen was soundly beaten in Sunday’s presidential election as weary voters rallied once more to keep her Rassemblement National (National Rally) party from power. But the surge in support for far-right candidates begs the question of how long a creaking “republican front” of anti-Le Pen voters will hold…

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Poll sees Macron's party and allies win majority in France's National Assembly

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen as securing a ruling majority in June's parliamentary elections, a poll showed on Monday, if he manages to strike a broad centre-right alliance with smaller parties including the conservative Les Republicains.

Roll Call

In 2024, it could be Biden, Harris or bust - Roll Call

President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris start out with strong advantages to top their party's 2024 ticket, Stu Rothenberg writes.

The Guardian - UK

France divided: what does fractured vote mean for Macron’s second term?

Le Pen won swathes of the north and Mediterranean south, but France’s biggest divides are generational and social

Evening Standard

Who is Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron?

The French first couple have taken legal action against Candace Owens

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The Guardian - UK

Pro-EU politicians hail defeat of Slovenia’s hard-right prime minister

Robert Golob’s victory against Janez Janša is ‘a chance to make Europe stronger’

Evening Standard

Macron defeats Le Pen (with a little help from London)

Emmanuel Macron continues to confound just about everyone. In securing 58 per cent of the vote (and 93 per cent of French voters living in the UK) in yesterday’s second round, he became the first president in two decades to win re-election.

France 24

Emmanuel Macron's cultural policies under the microscope

As France opts for five more years of Emmanuel Macron as president, we take a look at the cultural policies he's already established and look ahead at the artistic projects that could feature in his second term. Olivia Salazar-Winspear also touches on how France's cultural sector fared during the Covid-19…

Radio France Internationale

Le Pen, Mélenchon already looking to 'third round' of parliamentary elections

Fresh from winning a second term as French president, Emmanuel Macron soon faces another fight that will determine whether he can pursue his agenda - parliamentary elections, described as the "third round" of presidential voting, in which his rivals far-right Marine Le Pen and hard-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon are looking to…

The Independent UK

Far-right Le Pen plots parliament win after loss to Macron

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is gathering her party’s troops, not to mourn her loss in the presidential election but to plot out a victory in France's parliamentary election in June

The Conversation

Emmanuel Macron reelected: four key themes for his second term as president

Emmanuel Macron has fended off the challenge from Marine Le Pen to secure a second term as president of France after taking 58.2% of the vote in the second round of the national election. He is one of only a very small number of French presidents to win reelection. And…

Reuters

Explainer-Coalitions and cohabitation? France’s shifting political landscape

For re-elected Emmanuel Macron, focus is quickly shifting to legislative elections in June when, the readout from Sunday's runoff win suggests, he may struggle to gain the clear legislative majority that French voters tend to bestow on their presidents.

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