After each European election, the European Parliament tries to move its pawns a little further. 2019 is no exception. The new step forward has already happened: the European Parliament’s opinion on EU top jobs was…
What is true and what is not ? A big question mark for French citizen after Yellow-Vest demonstrations
ALDE party has agreed to renounce the “L” of liberalism in its name to welcome the French of Renaissance. Its new name, “Renew Europe”, also marks the citizens’ frustration with Europe as it is. Back…
In France 73 % of MEPs are newcomers, against 60 % on average for the whole 751 MEPs.
Green MEP Yannick Jadot is the new most liked politician in France Leader of the Greens, Yannick Jadot has been an MEP for 10 years already. Hardly enough to be a well-known political personality. But…
He wanted to win. He lost, his team getting 22,4 % of the votes, against 23,3 % for National Rally. But has he lost, really ? 1. Not that bad “After 6 months of…
Turnout has been slowing down in Europe and France since the first elections back in 1979. A surge in participation could come as a surprise. Only 42,4 % of voters showed up 5 years ago…
The European election campaign have been very French. Citizen still wonder what is it about, Google trends show. “It has been the 3rd round of the presidential election”, outgoing MEP Jean Arthuis said in a…
Turnout might be the lowest ever for EU elections. The French government has launched a campaign about polling booths to fight against it, though real solutions do exist in other countries. Less than 40% of…
Austrian vice-chancellor and Steve Bannon in Paris demonstrated once again that extreme-right leaders are here for the money – not for the people The leader of extreme-right party FPÖ and vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache had to…
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