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Le Pen says voters face a 'choice of society, of civilisation' in second round

On 24 April, the second round of the French presidential election will see incumbent Emmanuel Macron defend his position against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen. This is how the French daily papers analyse the balance of power and the prospects of the two survivors . . .

Radio France Internationale

NI election poll 2022 - Full list of candidates running for Northern Ireland Assembly

A total of 239 candidates are contesting the Northern Ireland election across 18 constituencies

Belfast Live

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the veteran leftist standing in the way of a Macron-Le Pen rematch

In the space of a decade, Jean-Luc Mélenchon bounced back from a lifetime on the fringes of the Socialist Party to become the dominant force in France’s post-Socialist left. As voters head to the polls on Sunday, he is hoping to prevent a repeat of President Emmanuel Macron’s 2017 duel…

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'Macron looks right through you!': Socialist Hidalgo calls on progressives to return to the fold

With a week to go before the first round of France's presidential election, Anne Hidalgo is languishing at under 2 percent in the polls. If those voter surveys bear out at the ballot box on April 10, the performance would mark a historic low for the embattled Socialist Party. And…

France 24

Portugal's new govt sees EU aid as firing up economic growth

Members of Portugal’s center-left Socialist Party are set to be sworn into office for the party’s third straight term in government

The Independent UK

On This Day in 2007: France's power couple keeps up the façade in a race riven by intrigue

Any presidential campaign has its share of emblematic moments that change the course of the race, be they breathtaking instant tide-turners or incidents laden with meaning only in hindsight. With French voters set to elect a president in April, FRANCE 24 takes a look back at some of the emblematic…

France 24

Portugal’s new Socialist government gets off to bumpy start

Portugal is getting a new foreign minister, finance minister and defense minister as the center-left Socialist Party prepares for its third straight term in government

The Independent UK

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France's Socialist Party facing irrelevance in presidential vote

In France's former mining heartland, promises by the Communist Party's first presidential candidate in 15 years to raise the minimum wage, lower the retirement age and tax big business hard resonate with voters who feel ignored by the mainstream left.

Reuters

Spain's Socialists propose commission to probe Catholic Church abuses

Spain's ruling Socialist Party proposed on Monday creating an independent commission headed by the country's ombudsman to investigate sexual abuse of minors by Catholic Church staff.

Reuters

The French left, the presidential race and the unavoidable

Nothing seems likely to prevent a debacle in April vote for French left that used to dominate France’s politics.

Al Jazeera

After election win, Portugal's PM tests positive for virus

Portugal’s Socialist Party leader António Costa says he has tested positive for COVID-19, two days after his landslide election victory and just as he starts forming his new government

The Independent UK

Portugal’s center-left Socialists get landslide election win

The center-left Socialist Party has won a landslide victory in Portugal’s general election

The Independent UK

Portugal's PM Costa stuns with majority win in snap election

Defying all odds, Portugal's centre-left Socialists won an outright parliamentary majority in Sunday's snap general election, securing a strong new mandate for Prime Minister Antonio Costa, a champion of balanced public accounts.

Reuters

Chances of absolute majority look slim for all in Portugal vote

Incumbent PM’s Socialist Party is expected to win Sunday’s snap polls, but the absolute majority remains elusive.

Al Jazeera

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