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Marion Marechal addresses supporters of her party, Reconquest, alongside party president Eric Zemmour, left, on Sunday. Marechal and Zemmour have since had a falling out
Barricades, betrayal and bust-ups: Macron triggers a wild week in French politics
PARIS — Alliances brokered and canceled, leaders defenestrated and besieged, and cries of “betrayal” and “shame” echoing across the airwaves: It was almost Shakespearean.This week saw the wildest week France’s right-wing has had in decades.The saga began Sunday night, with a stunning victory for the far right in European parliamentary elections, bagging some 40% of the vote in France. French President Emmanuel Macron promptly turned the country on its head by announcing a snap legislative election.“I just don’t want to give the keys to the far right in 2027 (in France’s next presidential election),” he said this week in justifying his huge gamble on the surprise vote.After topping the European poll, there’s been widespread speculation that the National Rally, the...
June 15, 2024

Barricades, betrayal and bust-ups: Macron triggers a wild week in French politics

A Ukrainian rescuer works at the site of a missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine on March 25, 2024
G7 leaders accuse China of ‘enabling’ Russia war on Ukraine in stark warning
ROME — China’s support for Russia is “enabling” its war in Ukraine, leaders of the world’s most advanced economies warned Friday in a hardening of tone against Beijing, while threatening further sanctions against actors that materially support Moscow’s war machine.The stark warning, issued at the end of the annual Group of Seven (G7) summit in Italy, comes as the United States is stepping up diplomatic efforts to convince Europe to adopt a tougher stance on China over its role in aiding Russia’s military-industrial complex.“China’s ongoing support for Russia’s defense industrial base is enabling Russia to maintain its illegal war in Ukraine and has significant and broad-based security implications,” the G7 leaders said in the communique Friday.“We call on China to...
June 15, 2024

G7 leaders accuse China of ‘enabling’ Russia war on Ukraine in stark warning

Zelensky put forward his own 10-point plan for peace in late 2022
Zelensky seeks show of support at giant Ukraine peace summit
KYIV — This weekend, a secluded Swiss resort above Lake Lucerne will be transformed as dozens of world leaders and thousands of soldiers and police descend on Bürgenstock. More than 90 countries and global institutions are attending the event, which aims to discuss basic principles for ending the conflict in Ukraine. The Swiss hope that the Ukraine summit might produce the first tentative sketch marks for a peace process, some 28 months after Russia invaded its neighbor. It is the biggest gathering for Ukraine since the full-scale invasion. But with key players like China staying away, and Russian President Vladimir Putin issuing a new ultimatum - demanding Ukraine’s capitulation and calling that a peace proposal - expectations of significant progress are low. Russia has not been...
June 15, 2024

Zelensky seeks show of support at giant Ukraine peace summit

Socialists, Ecologists, Communists and France Unbowed have formed a left-wing alliance
French left forms 'popular front' to fight far right
PARIS — France's left-wing political parties say they have united to form a "new popular front" to go head to head with the far right in snap parliamentary elections at the end of this month.President Emmanuel Macron called the two-round vote after the anti-immigration National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella won a resounding victory in European elections last Sunday.The latest opinion poll puts RN on 32% of the vote in the first round on 30 June and the left-wing alliance on 25%, squeezing Macron's Renew into third with 19%.That has prompted each to claim it will form a "block" to prevent the others from winning power in the National Assembly.With little more than two weeks left before French voters go to the polls, the pace of campaigning has...
June 14, 2024

French left forms 'popular front' to fight far right

Putin wants Ukrainian troops withdrawn from regions annexed by Russia
Putin lays out his terms for ceasefire in Ukraine
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin has said Ukraine would need to fully withdraw troops from territories Russia claims to have annexed before a ceasefire could begin — a proposal Ukraine immediately called "offensive to common sense".Its President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has long said Ukraine will not negotiate with Moscow until Russian forces leave all Ukrainian territory, including Crimea.The Russian president also said Ukraine would have to give up on joining Nato before peace talks could start.Putin's statement setting out his ceasefire conditions comes as leaders from 90 countries prepare to meet in Switzerland on Saturday to discuss paths towards peace in Ukraine — a summit Russia has not been invited to.Speaking to a meeting of Russian ambassadors in Moscow on Friday, Putin...
June 14, 2024

Putin lays out his terms for ceasefire in Ukraine

President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands after signing a security agreement on the sidelines of the G7, Thursday, June 13,
G7 agrees $50bn loan for Ukraine from Russian assets
LONDON — The G7 has agreed to use frozen Russian assets to raise $50bn (£39bn) for Ukraine to help it fight invading Russian forces.US President Joe Biden said it was another reminder to Russia "that we're not backing down", but in Moscow, President Vladimir Putin said the move was "theft" which would "not go unpunished".Also at the G7 summit in Italy, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Biden signed a 10-year bilateral security deal between Ukraine and the US, hailed by Kyiv as "historic".The agreement envisages US military and training aid to Ukraine — but it does not commit Washington to send troops to fight for its ally.According to the White House, the security deal means Washington and Kyiv will work to build and maintain...
June 14, 2024

G7 agrees $50bn loan for Ukraine from Russian assets

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has embraced a hard-line stance on migration policy
ECJ fines Hungary with €200 million over 'extremely serious' breach of EU asylum law
BRUSSELS — The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ordered Hungary to pay a lump sum of €200 million over the country's long-standing restrictions on the right to asylum.Additionally, Hungary will have to pay €1 million per day of delay. The money will be automatically subtracted from Hungary's allocated share of the EU budget, parts of which remain frozen over similar legal problems.The failure to "fulfill obligations constitutes an unprecedented and exceptionally serious breach of EU law," the ECJ said on Thursday.The dispute dates back to December 2020, when the court first ruled that Hungary, under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, had limited access to asylum procedures for those seeking international protection in the country, making it "virtually...
June 13, 2024

ECJ fines Hungary with €200 million over 'extremely serious' breach of EU asylum law

Iranian authorities release French national Louis Arnaud, imprisoned for over 20 months
French hostage returns home after two years' imprisonment in Iran
PARIS — French hostage Louis Arnaud has returned home after being released from imprisonment in Iran, where he languished in prison for almost two years.The French national arrived back in his home country on Thursday. His family and French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné greeted him at the Paris-Le-Bourget airport.Local media report that the consultant had embarked on a world tour in July 2022 that had taken him as far as Iran when he was arrested in September of that year.He was accused of taking part in demonstrations following the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman of Kurdish background who had been arrested for allegedly not wearing the hijab in accordance with government standards.Amini died in suspicious circumstances while in custody, and her death sparked massive...
June 13, 2024

French hostage returns home after two years' imprisonment in Iran

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech in Paris, 12 June 2024
Macron calls on moderates to unite against far right in snap legislative election
PARIS — The French president, who has three years left of his second term, also dismissed what he said were "absurd" rumors about his possible resignation if the far-right National Rally of Marine Le Pen wins in the legislative election scheduled for 30 June and 7 July.In a bid to rally support of moderates before the snap election he called on Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron urged politicians and voters from the left and the right to regroup and defeat the far right.Macron, the leader of the centrist Rennaisance party, said at a press conference in Paris he wants “men and women of goodwill who were able to say ‘no’ to extremes to join together to be able to build a joint project.”The French president, who has three years left of his second term, also dismissed...
June 12, 2024

Macron calls on moderates to unite against far right in snap legislative election

The Parthenon Temple at the top of the Acropolis hill in Athens on November 15, 2022
Greece shuts Acropolis to protect tourists from blistering heat
ATHENS — The Acropolis, one of Greece’s most famous landmarks, will close to tourists during the hottest part of the day Wednesday, as a heat wave scorches the country’s capital.The popular tourist site, which attracts visitors from around the world, will shut its doors between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. local time, a spokesperson for the Ephorate of Antiquities of the City of Athens told CNN, with temperatures Wednesday expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).Built on a steep, rocky hill, the UNESCO-listed site is particularly exposed to heat, offering lines of tourists waiting to enter and exit the attraction little protection from the beating sun.The closure of the Acropolis has become an annual trend, as Greece — along with many other European countries —...
June 12, 2024

Greece shuts Acropolis to protect tourists from blistering heat

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