France’s President Francois Hollande intends to back centrist Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election in order to prevent far-right candidate Marine Le Pen from becoming his successor.
Hollande’s spokesman Stephane Le Foll stated the outgoing president plans to “speak...
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen vowed on Friday she will ensure the deportation of 10,000 people who are suspected of having "Islamist" links and thus posing a threat to the country's security, if she wins the upcoming election.
"On the next day after I am elected, I would...
French presidential candidates Francois Fillon and Emmanuel Macron commented on the United States military action in Syria which resulted in several Tomahawk missiles hitting an airbase and killing at least nine civilians.
Conservative candidate Fillon called the US strikes "understandable," but...
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen “strongly” condemned on Friday the United States military strikes on a Syrian airbase in the Homs province and called the actions “terrible.”
Le Pen claimed the US should have “waited for the results of an international investigation” to determine...
French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon said on Thursday he intends to lift sanctions against Russia if he wins the election.
“I'll do anything to lift sanctions against Russia, which led to nothing but to the ruin of the French farmers,” Fillon stated.
He claimed confrontation with Russia...
French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon warned in an interview with BFMTV on Monday in case he doesn’t make it to the second round of the election, a significant number of his voters will back far-right National Front’s candidate Marine Le Pen.
Fillon, who is facing charges as a result...
French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that if he is elected he wouldn’t “punish” the United Kingdom for choosing to leave the European Union.
“My priority will be to protect the European Union, the interests of the European Union, and the interests of European citizens,”...
The European Parliament voted in favor of revoking the parliamentary immunity of France’s presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, AFP reported on Thursday. The move will allow the French prosecutor to press charges against the far-right politician for tweeting photos which show killings by the...
Far-right National Front party candidate Marine Le Pen is expected to get the largest number of votes in the first round of France’s presidential election, but is likely to lose to either Emmanuel Macron, candidate of the En Marche! party he founded last year, or conservative Francois Fillon in the second...
Major European indexes continued to decline on Friday as investors were worried about the political situation on the continent.
Italy’s referendum on Sunday may lead to new elections as well as have an impact on the country’s banks and sovereign debt. Austria will have a presidential election...
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