Shorouk Express The 22-year-old Amine is one of the highest-profile crusaders against the narcotics trade in Marseille, the southern port city that for decades has failed to curb drug-related violence. He was profiled in the New York Times last year. Benoît Payan, the center-left mayor of Marseille, struck a similar tone as Darmanin, stating that…
Shorouk Express “There are no spies” in this court, said Camille Di Tella, a lawyer for 28-year-old Kiril Milushev, who said he only agreed to the short Paris trip for recreational purposes and filmed the red handprints while drunk without realizing where he was. Georgi Filipov, 36, who painted the red hands on the memorial’s…
Shorouk Express Lecornu’s first 27 days on the job were brought to a screeching halt Monday, just 14 hours after he named his cabinet. Its composition of mainly Macron allies and a few conservatives infuriated opposition parties and some members of the minority government coalition, making his future untenable. The 39-year-old, who had blamed the…
Shorouk Express The EU’s former Brexit negotiator will sit with members of his party Les Républicains in the National Assembly, in a conservative group that now holds 50 of the French lower house’s 577 seats. As prime minister, Barnier led a minority government backed by Les Républicains and a coalition of parties supporting President Emmanuel…
Shorouk Express “It is always in times of deadlock and tension that our country has moved forward,” he said. “My state of mind is simple: I want neither instability nor immobility.” Lecornu is doing his best to distance himself from the budget cuts that François Bayrou tried and failed to push through the French assembly,…
Shorouk Express “If the question is: Do we have confidence in this government? The answer is no, we don’t,” said Le Pen after meeting with Bayrou Tuesday. Le Pen promised in July to stand in any new elections despite her legal troubles. A National Rally official, who like others quoted in this piece was granted…
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…
