French Presidential Elections

French President to hold talks with key players in bid to form new govt

French President Emmanuel Macron will hold talks with key political players in a bid to form a new government, after surprise legislative elections last month resulted in no party winning the majority at the National Assembly, France's powerful lower house of parliament. Macron's office said meetings with leaders of France's main political parties will be held on Friday and Monday at the Elysee presidential palace in order to keep moving towards the broadest and most stable majority possible. The appointment of a prime minister will follow on from these consultations and their conclusions, the statement said. A leftist coalition, the New Popular Front, won about one-third of the seats at the National Assembly, more than any other group, in last month's legislative elections. Macron's centrist alliance came out second and the far-right National Rally emerged in third position. The absence of any dominant political bloc -- and the prospect of a hung parliament and political paralysis

French voters deliver political deadlock as left falls short of majority

The awkward leftist alliance, which the hard left, Greens and Socialists hastily put together before the vote, was far from having an absolute majority of 289 seats in the 577-seat assembly

French President Macron pledges to tackle 'doubts and divisions' after win

Emmanuel Macron is the first French president to be re-elected in 20 years

French presidential elections: Emmanuel Macron wins; world leaders react

French presidential elections: The 44-year-old president pledged to reunite the country and to respond to the anger of voters who supported his rival and leader of National Rally Party Marine Le Pen

PM Modi congratulates Emmanuel Macron on re-election as French President

Macron won in the second round of the presidential election with 58.55% of the votes, while his rival, far-right presidential candidate, leader of the National Rally party Marine Le Pen got 41.45%

Emmanuel Macron, Le Pen kick off French presidential runoff campaigns

Le Pen was backed by the other far-right candidate who was defeated, former TV pundit Eric Zemmour

French go to the polls in first round of presidential election

France operates a manual system for elections: Voters are obliged to cast ballots in person, and they are hand-counted once voting closes

Emmanuel Macron leads polls but turnout a big question in French vote

Macron is clear favourite in France's presidential race yet a big unknown factor may prove decisive, an unprecedented proportion of people say they are unsure who to vote for or don't intend to vote

France's Emmanuel Macron announces bid for presidential re-election

French President Emmanuel Macron officially announced on Thursday that he would run for a second term in office in the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for April

The long term threat to Europe isn't Le Pen. It's capitalism

Europe is mired in economic crisis brought on by EU and the nature of capitalism

Macron, LePen are battling for France's heart & soul in election runoff

Le Pen has used the charge of elitism to bind together the various strands of her appeal to voters

Le Pen's French battle: An 11th hour alliance to woo right-wing voters

On April 28, Dupont-Aignan had announced his support for Le Pen

French presidential election: Marine Le Pen vows to end immigration

Marine Le Pen says in rally that she wanted to stop a mad, uncontrolled situation

France's Francois Fillon faces charges but stays in presidential campaign

Earlier, he was favourite to win the presidency after clinching Republicans Party nomination in Nov