French prime minister under pressure to find agreement by end of year
Bill could determine Sébastien Lecornu’s survival after his recent predecessors were toppled over budget disagreements in lower house
Socialist Party
Trump’s Gaza comments are ‘very concerning’, Simon Harris says
St Patrick’s Day visit should be cancelled if US president remains on ‘trajectory towards ethnic cleansing’, Social Democrats say
Macron appoints Élisabeth Borne as prime minister
Former employment minister is only second woman to hold the post in French history
France’s Macron promises new approach during second-term inauguration
Re-elected president speaks of need to innovate at a time of unprecedented challenges
Assembly election: North on brink of having first ever nationalist first minister
Sinn Féin on track to be largest party at Stormont, as Alliance experiences ‘surge’
French left agrees rare alliance deal to take on Macron
Move could threaten French president’s chances of securing National Assembly majority
Traditional parties of power battle for survival in French elections
Socialists and Les Republicains risk being torn apart in scrabble for votes in June polls
Macron’s grand experiment faces defining test
Runoff will reveal whether he broke the mould or facilitated far-right’s rise
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s French election defeat is starting to feel like a victory
Far-left party leader relishing the role of arbiter and kingmaker
The Irish Times view on the French election: Two weeks to avert a shock
Macron goes into the second round on April 24th as frontrunner, and with a larger first-round vote than he won five years ago. But he is not assured of victory
Macron and Le Pen hit campaign trail as run-off looms
President faces tricky act of wooing voters on right and left in France divided in three blocs
Portugal PM seeks to shelter economy from Ukraine fallout as he begins third term
Costa advocates emulating the EU’s co-financed €800bn pandemic recovery plan to alleviate the economic impact of the Ukraine crisis
Women won’t be equal as long as they continue to ‘live in fear’ - Minister Josepha Madigan
Violence against women was recurring theme at events marking International Women’s Day
Spain’s coalition government splits over sending of lethal aid to Ukraine
Podemos calls for diplomatic response to crisis as Sánchez moves to send weapons
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