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How France’s political dramas threaten more instability in violence-wracked New Caledonia

The unprecedented political crisis in France is increasingly being felt thousands of kilometres away in the South Pacific.

The Conversation

Sarkozy set to begin jail term over Libyan funding scandal

Nicolas Sarkozy is set to enter prison after his conviction over alleged Libyan funding, marking an extraordinary chapter in modern French politics.

Radio France Internationale

Broken promises and political crises: how Emmanuel Macron fell from French favour

The president is seen to have accelerated the financial crisis, social inequalities and the rise of the far right

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Political deadlock and spending on dual crises leaves French finances in disarray

France is a major industrial power, the world’s seventh-largest economy

The Independent UK

Putin’s forever war against the west

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France should overhaul costly 1968 Algerian migration deal, say Macron allies

A 1968 migration agreement that allows Algerians to easily obtain French residency should be completely rethought, according to a report by MPs from President Emmanuel Macron’s party.

Radio France Internationale

Embattled French prime minister survives two no-confidence motions in one day

Sebastien Lecornu now faces weeks of negotiations to pass a budget in the deeply fragmented National Assembly

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French prime minister survives two no-confidence votes

Closeness of first vote highlights difficulties Sébastien Lecornu faces as budget debate looms

The Guardian - UK

French PM Lecornu survives no confidence votes after pension U-turn

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two no confidence votes in the National Assembly on Thursday after winning last-minute backing from Socialist MPs over his decision to suspend a contested pension reform.

Radio France Internationale

French PM Survives Two Confidence Votes Days After Reappointment

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu weathered two confidence motions Thursday, just days after appointing his new government and making a key political concession to stay in power.

International Business Times

With delay of pension reform, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu puts France’s Socialist Party back in the spotlight

In his policy speech to lawmakers in the National Assembly on Tuesday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu – who was reappointed by President Emmanuel Macron on Friday after submitting his resignation just days before – announced the suspension of pension reform, which a previous government forced into law without a vote…

The Conversation

French PM Lecornu survives two no-confidence votes, clinging to fragile minority government

Lecornu’s survival also spares the immediate need for French President Emmanuel Macron to call snap legislative elections.

Euronews

French PM survives no-confidence vote – as it happened

Sébastien Lecornu and his government secure narrow backing from lawmakers after pension concessions

The Guardian - UK

French PM faces no-confidence votes after pension reform concession

France's reappointed Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu faces two votes of no confidence in the National Assembly on Thursday morning, hoping his offer to suspend President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reform will win enough support from moderates on the left to avert a second government collapse in as many weeks.

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International Business Times

Madagascar's Protests Fan Anger Against Colonial France

Placards and slogans against France that surfaced in demonstrations against impeached President Andry Rajoelina this week exposed deep resentment against the former colonial power.

The Guardian - UK

France’s parliamentary permacrisis is the dawning of a new political reality

Sébastien Lecornu may have lived to see another day, but this crise de régime could yet prove terminal for the Fifth Republic

The Guardian - UK

The crisis engulfing Emmanuel Macron contains a warning for Keir Starmer

The French president dominated the centre ground but has failed to build a legacy there. Labour is in danger of doing the same, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Radio France Internationale

French PM backs suspending pensions reform until 2027 presidential vote

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Tuesday he would back suspending the unpopular 2023 pensions reform that raised the age of retirement from 62 to 64 until presidential polls in 2027.

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Theatrics Trumped All At Trump's Gaza Summit

US President Donald Trump's lightning summit in Egypt, meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza, was more a celebration of one man's newfound peacemaker persona than a high-level political negotiation, according to diplomats.

The Conversation

Egypt peace summit showed that Donald Trump’s Gaza deal is more showbiz extravaganza than the ‘dawn of a new Middle East’

Following the Middle East summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal has been compared in the media to the Good Friday agreement which brought an end to the conflict in Northern Ireland and the Dayton accords which achieved a (so far) lasting peace in the Balkans. The fact…

The Guardian - UK

French PM suspends Macron’s pension plan before no-confidence vote

Sébastien Lecornu hopes delaying changes until after 2027 election will win him enough support to survive

Euronews

France's PM proposes suspending retirement age law until 2027 election

With his government hanging by a thread, France's newly reappointed prime minister must make concessions to avoid a no-confidence vote this week.

The Guardian - UK

‘I am the only one that matters’: Trump deals praise and insults at Gaza summit

Self-styled world’s greatest peacemaker calls Meloni ‘beautiful’ and Erdoğan a ‘friend’, but takes jab at Iraqi and Canadian leaders

The Independent UK

French prime minister proposes suspending controversial retirement age law until 2027 election

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu plans to suspend a controversial retirement age increase from 62 to 64

International Business Times

French PM Faces Parliament In Political Crisis

Embattled French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu was to give a high-stakes speech to a deeply divided parliament on Tuesday, with opponents already trying to topple his government.

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