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 […]
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 […]
Special Report: French mosque closures based on ‘secretive evidence,’ critics say
By Juliette Jabkhiro 1/5 Karim Daoud, head of the Allonnes mosque’s associations, poses at the city’s youth services in Allonnes, near Le Mans, France March 15, 2022. The sentence means: “The […]
60th anniversary of the Evian peace accords between France and Algeria
Issued on: 18/03/2022 – 08:07 Text by:RFIFollow 4 min France and Algeria’s signing of the Evian Accords on 18 March 1962 marked the end of nearly eight years of bloody conflict and […]
Ghost of Charles de Gaulle is the secret to Macron’s political success
DR. JOHN C. HULSMAN February 25, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/vyfjb As Stephen King memorably wrote in “The Shining,” ghosts are real; “They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” This […]
France announces Mali withdrawal after decade-long fight
Feb 17,2022 – JORDAN TIMES French President Emmanuel Macron (right), with Senegal’s President Macky Sall, holds a joint press conference on France’s engagement in the Sahel region, at the Elysee […]
The Quiet Flight of Muslims From France
Source: New York Times By Norimitsu Onishi and Aida Alami Feb. 13, 2022 Lire en français PARIS — France’s wounded psyche is the invisible character in every one of Sabri Louatah’s novels and […]
Why Europe’s eyes are on Africa
ANDREW HAMMOND February 13, 2022 ARABNEWS.COM Short Url https://arab.news/p7gqt The EU is not known for unveiling bold new initiatives, yet this week may be an exception when it launches its […]
France: Secular state to double funding to Christian schools in Middle East
Secular France is doubling its funding for Christian schools in the Middle East while pursuing a wide-scale crackdown against French Muslim communities which has led to Muslim schools being shut […]
With the French elections on the horizon, who do France’s Muslim community turn to?
Ali Al-Enazi 10 February, 2022 As the 2022 French elections draw closer, the main candidates have each shown varying degrees of Islamophobia and antagonism towards France’s Muslim community. Who are […]
Biden’s unilateral approach bad news for America’s allies
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB January 17, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/88abs French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian last week made a subtle criticism of the US. He said there is no […]
France shuts mosque in Beauvais for sermons ‘defending jihad’
A mosque in the northern French region of Oise has been closed because of an imam’s radical sermons, said to have “defended jihad”. The mosque in the town of Beauvais […]
The French presidential race presents Macron with a daunting challenge
DR. JOHN C. HULSMAN December 25, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/2e6ca On the surface, things are looking up for the endlessly ambitious Emmanuel Macron, president of France. With the recent installation […]