Why Sunday’s French election matters to the world
ANDREW HAMMOND April 24, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/rzbqq It is not just the French populace that is holding its breath as the final round of presidential election on Sunday sees […]
Le Pen is bad, but many French Muslims like me don’t want to vote for Macron either
Source: The Guardian By Safya Khan-Ruf The incumbent president has made life harder for Muslims in France, but most will vote for him reluctantly Like clockwork, Muslim women have once […]
The far right takes Europe down a perilous path
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB April 22, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/jdwbw Rasmus Paludan, a politician in Sweden who has failed to gather enough signatures to run in parliamentary elections in September, […]
Macron courts Muslim vote in last-minute visit to Paris banlieue
SAINT-DENIS, France — Emmanuel Macron is wooing disaffected left-wing voters and warning them against abstaining in Sunday’s presidential election runoff by spelling out just what a victory for his far-right […]
Macron and Le Pen clash over Russia, hijabs in fractious debate
The only debate between the two candidates in Sunday’s election comes with incumbent Emmanuel Macron leading challenger Marine Le Pen in polls. Published On 21 Apr 202221 Apr 2022 French […]
French police assault 2 Muslim women for crossing street
BY ANADOLU AGENCY PARIS APR 17, 2022 – French gendarme patrol at a roundabout in Noumea, New Caledonia, Sunday, Dec.12, 2021. (AP File Photo) French police came under fire for assaulting […]
Macron and Le Pen battle to win over ‘politically orphaned’ French voters
French presidential election 2022 In a Paris suburb, opinion is divided over who to vote for after the defeat of leftwing Jean-Luc Mélenchon Kim Willsher in TrappesSat 16 Apr 2022 13.45 […]
Macron clashes with Le Pen over Islamic headscarf ban
The two candidates vying to be the next French president have defended their position on Muslim headscarves. The covering is already outlawed in schools and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen […]
Swiss media reacts to cliffhanger French election runoff
French President Emmanuel Macron will face far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in a winner-takes-all runoff for the French presidency on April 24. Victory for Macron, like in the previous presidential […]
The French culture war over Islam shows no sign of abating
OPINIONOPINION, Opinions|Islamophobia With another runoff between Macron and Le Pen looming, France’s obsession with Islam continues to disenfranchise voters and undermine the true separation of church and state. Emanuelle Degli […]
France’s socialists back Macron in fear of Le Pen victory
BY DAILY SABAH WITH DPA ANKARA APR 15, 2022 – A torn poster in support of Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party and candidate […]
Emmanuel Macron wages war on France’s Muslims
Ali Abunimah Power Suits 13 April 2022 This week, busloads of people traveled the 400 miles from Bordeaux to Paris. They went to the French capital to rally in support of their local […]
Macron the safe option as populism rises in France
MOHAMED CHEBARO April 13, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/gh3hf Another two weeks of bruising campaigning for the French presidential election has now begun, as the incumbent Emmanuel Macron and his far-right […]
Extremists seek electoral victory in Paris and Beirut
BARIA ALAMUDDIN April 11, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/zt7qh The received wisdom in the aftermath of Russia’s attack on Ukraine was that it would precipitate a collapse in support for the Kremlin-aligned far right throughout the Western world. However, despite the massive European outpouring of support for Ukraine, two of Vladimir […]
French elections: Macron and Le Pen to fight for presidency
By Paul KirbyBBC News, Paris Related Topics French elections 2022 https://emp.bbc.com/emp/SMPj/2.44.14/iframe.htmlMedia caption, Watch: Emmanuel Macron says he will unite “all the different convictions and beliefs” if re-elected Emmanuel Macron has […]
French election: Macron faces far-right challenge as France votes
By Paul KirbyBBC News, Paris Published41 minutes ago Related Topics French elections 2022 French voters are casting their ballots in the opening round of a presidential race that could become […]
Why far right Le Pen is surging in French presidential polls
ANDREW HAMMOND April 09, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/v33nx As France goes to the polls on Sunday for the first-round presidential ballot, far right, pro-Russia and anti-NATO candidate Marine Le Pen […]
The battle for the French right
Jan 09,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Daniel Cohen PARIS — Just a few weeks ago, the 2022 French presidential election seemed liked it was already a done deal: President Emmanuel Macron would again defeat Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally party. Although Le Pen received one-third of the […]
France needs a more decentralized approach to Islam
KHALED ABOU ZAHR April 07, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/8jf79 If you were to ask a 1980s American movie scriptwriter how to represent a Frenchman, he would probably describe him wearing […]
Le Pen vows headscarf fines in tight French election battle
By AFP – Apr 07,2022 JORDAN TIMES French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party Member of Parliament and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen speaks as she takes part in the show ’10 Minutes […]