Le Pen urges more mosque closures in France
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL OCT 04, 2022 – DAILY SABAH French far-right party Rassemblement National (National Rally) leader Marine Le Pen speaks to the media after meeting with France’s […]
Macron vs Le Pen: Islamophobia wins at the end of day
BY ABDENNOUR TOUMI APR 22, 2022 – DAILY SABAH French President and La Republique En Marche (LREM) party candidate for reelection Emmanuel Macron (L) and the far-right party National Rally […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
French election: Far-right Le Pen closes in on Macron ahead of vote
By Lucy WilliamsonBBC Paris correspondent Related Topics French elections 2022 The least a president might expect, when juggling a war in Europe with an election at home, is a bounce […]
Does Muslim vote really weigh-in in French elections?
BY ABDENNOUR TOUMI OP-ED OCT 05, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3A photo illustration by Daily Sabah’s Büşra Öztürk shows French politician Eric Zemmour. (Büşra Öztürk) In the French presidential elections, Muslims make up […]
Fears of a coup in France are exaggerated, but a far-right president is a real possibility
Jean-Yves Camus Many people support an open letter raising the spectre of a military coup. Marine Le Pen is one of them Tue 4 May 2021 13.27 BST Arecent open letter to […]