On the left, voting instructions appear clearer: All leaders within the New Popular Front bloc have called on their third-place finishers to pull out whenever the National Rally is in the lead, clearing the field for centrist candidates when theyâre best placed to defeat Le Penâs party.
KYIV â Ukraine cannot stop the deadly rain of Russian bombs unless the U.S. gives permission to use long-range missiles to hit airfields in Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a new interview.
Solar farms as big as Fenwick are treated as so-called nationally significant infrastructure projects, meaning permission will be decided by the planning inspectorate not the local council â and then rubber-stamped by the energy secretary.
If the second-round vote on July 7 delivers a parliamentary majority for the National Rally â and forecasts suggest itâs possible â France will be in uncharted waters: The country would be governed, at least in part, by politicians who made their names sympathizing with Vladimir Putin while vowing to rip up the European Union, wage war on migration and quit NATO.
On Friday, a joint statement organized by Lithuania and signed by 36 countries was presented at a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, accusing Georgian security forces of violence against peaceful protesters and urging the cancellation of the foreign agent law, which it said would have a âchilling effectâ on media outlets and NGOs.
A person close to the case told AFP on Saturday that Bruni could face charges of concealing witness tampering, criminal conspiracy to prepare organized trial fraud and bribery of Lebanese judicial personnel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last Sunday that the "intense phase of the war with Hamas is about to end," but also that the IDFâs focus may shift to Israelâs northern border with Lebanon.
Microsoft's partnership with artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI and Google's move to install its AI service on Samsung phones are both getting European Union antitrust scrutiny, the bloc's competition chief said.
There are several reasons Moscow would prefer a Trump presidency â the Republican candidate has threatened to pull the U.S. out of NATO and is skeptical of American aid to Ukraine â and Russian coverage generally maintained a neutral tone toward him, while being less generous with his opponent.
During his eight years as prime minister, the socialist politician deftly sidestepped confrontations with Portugalâs charismatic president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, a constitutional law expert and former television commentator with a talent for making controversial statements.
Ahead of the first round of voting on Sunday, Le Pen is also upping the ante on EU policy after her party challenged Macron's right to appoint France's next European commissioner â a role conventionally seen as within the president's gift.
Le Pen's explosive remarks come with the far right on the brink of success in France's snap legislative elections, which would usher in a fractious cohabitation between the liberal president Macron and a potential far-right prime minister (probably Jordan Bardella), causing mayhem for French governance in a range of sectors â including defense.
