Green News ‘Giving people a voice’: What is a citizens’ climate assembly? Around the world, these assemblies have been held on everything from electoral reforms to abortion law and biodiversity. 23/01/2025
Europe News French political crisis: What's next for the new PM François Bayrou? The mayor of the southwestern town of Pau and leader of the centrist MoDem party will have the difficult task of passing France's 2025 budget plan 14/12/2024
Europe News France’s government has collapsed. What happens next? This is the first time since 1962 that a French government has fallen after a no-confidence vote 04/12/2024
Europe News New French government under PM Barnier survives no-confidence vote No party or coalition secured an absolute majority in the French National Assembly in the snap election held over the summer. 08/10/2024
France French President Macron struggles to relaunch talks for new government Seven weeks after the snap parliamentary election results, the search for the country's next prime minister is becoming more pressing. 27/08/2024
Europe News France's left wing threatens Macron with impeachment over PM deadlock The leaders of the hard-left party France Unbowed (LFI) have accused President Emmanuel Macron of an "institutional coup against democracy" for refusing to appoint a left-wing prime minister. 19/08/2024
Europe News Paris Olympics are over and Macron now has to name a new PM The Paris Summer Games truce ended the moment the Olympic flag was handed over at the Stade de France on Sunday. Now, Macron and his party are in a rush to establish a majority to nominate the country’s new PM. 13/08/2024
Europe News France: left-wing NPF dominate executive body of National Assembly While the presidency of the National Assembly has remained in the hands of a Macronist, the hemicycle's executive body will be dominated by MPs from the left-wing New Popular Front. 20/07/2024
Europe News Yaël Braun-Pivet re-elected as President of French National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet of Macron's centrist party has been re-elected as new President of the National Assembly with 220 votes. 18/07/2024
Europe News France: Who will be the future president of the National Assembly? On Thursday, the newly elected 577 MPs in France's National Assembly will elect the president of the lower house of parliament. This vote could be decisive in nominating the country's future prime minister. 17/07/2024
Europe News France:Will the left-wing coalition finally agree on a Prime Minister? The left-wing alliance New Popular Front (NFP), which had promised to reach an agreement "before the end of last week", is now displaying its deep divisions and inability to find a compromise. 15/07/2024
Europe News French elections: Record number of far-right MPs arrive to Parliament After a surprising defeat in the second round of the French legislative elections on Sunday, the National Rally party led by Marine Le Pen remains a major force in the National Assembly. 10/07/2024
Europe News France snap elections: Why Macron is gambling with France and Europe? Macron lost his absolute majority in parliament in 2022 and has had to negotiate support from opposition parties on a case-by-case basis. 10/06/2024