Shorouk Express “If the question is: Do we have confidence in this government? The answer is no, we don’t,” said Le Pen. Bayrou is holding talks with parties from across the political spectrum this week, ostensibly to find common ground. After the prime minister unveiled his plans to hold a confidence vote last week, France’s…
Shorouk Express The debate closed out a two-day conference organized by France’s largest employers’ association, MEDEF, at which Bayrou spoke earlier in the day. Bardella accused various governments under Macron of bringing France to the precipice of “bankruptcy,” while Bompard maintained the only way to “stop the chaos” was to bring down Bayrou’s government. Even…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said he had a large knife pulled on him and was “pelted with bottles” during a visit to a…
Shorouk Express The criminal investigation, which was opened earlier this month, comes as X is increasingly under fire from regulators across Europe. The European Commission has separately been investigating the Musk-owned platform for almost two years now on suspicion of breaching its landmark regulation, the Digital Services Act. The French probe is based in part on complaints…
Shorouk Express The petition launched by Eleonore Pattery — an unknown university student from Bordeaux with a focus on environmental rules — calls for repealing the text, arguing that it is “a scientific, ethical, environmental and health aberration.” On Saturday the number of signatures passed the threshold of 500,000. Beyond that threshold, the heads of…
Shorouk Express PARIS ― French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said her party would vote to collapse François Bayrou’s government if the prime minister did not revise his drastic budget reduction plan that includes getting rid of two major public holidays. “This government prefers to attack the French people, workers and pensioners, rather than hunt waste,”…
Shorouk Express This week’s walkout was called by France’s second-largest air traffic controllers’ union, UNSA-ICNA; it was joined by the USAC-CGT, the third-largest union. According to AFP, some 270 controllers out of 1,400 participated in the strike on Thursday. The airlines also accused France of failing to protect planes flying over the country during these actions,…
Shorouk Express Reports of wolf attacks on livestock in France have risen over the last decade and a half, with more than 10,000 reported annual deaths in recent years. European lawmakers in May greenlit a proposal amending the European Union Habitats Directive, moving the wolf from the list of “strictly protected” to “protected” species. That makes it…
Shorouk Express Typically in France, defendants can have their punishment temporarily lifted by appealing a verdict, when they return to being presumed innocent. But the court made the rare — though not unprecedented — decision that Le Pen’s crimes were so grave and the risk of recidivism so high that her ban should be handed down…
Shorouk Express In France alone, Tesla sales declined 67 percent in May compared to the same month in 2024, according to data from France’s PFA registrar. The damage isn’t limited to boycotts, though, with vandals targeting dealerships and individual Tesla drivers finding their cars damaged. Several of Terel’s clients are among those whose vehicles were vandalized,…
