France news and discussions

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French budget crisis: PM Bayrou floats abolishing two national holidays as part of spending cuts

https://www.france24.com/en/france/2025 ... 40-billion

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French PM Says 'Fate Of France' At Stake In Confidence Vote

https://www.barrons.com/news/french-pm- ... e-323be211

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‘I haven’t seen this much uncertainty since 1968’: Even a Macron resignation won’t save France

https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanue ... ou-france/

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‘I haven’t seen this much uncertainty since 1968’: Even a Macron resignation won’t save France

https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanue ... ou-france/

Most of the west very well could go full on fascist within the next 4-5 years.

It might be China, India, Brazil and Canada against the US, France, Germany and the UK. Seriously.

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Thing is though, one country going fascist tends to freak out the neighbors into not going fascist. For example, Trump's victory dissuaded the Canadians from voting CPC in the next election. Perhaps if one country goes nuts in Europe, the others will recoil in horror and not go that route.

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More on that by Al Jazeera:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/8 ... ent-macron

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Macron Names Sébastien Lecornu as France's Latest Prime Minister After Government Collapses
September 9, 2025

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(CBS) French President Macron late Tuesday appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as France's new prime minister and tasked him with immediately trying to get the country's fractious political parties to agree on a budget for one of the world's biggest economies.

Lecornu, 39, was the youngest defense minister in French history and was overseeing a major military buildup spurred by Russia's war in Ukraine. A longtime Macron loyalist, Lecornu is now France's fourth prime minister in barely a year.

A former conservative who joined Macron's centrist movement in 2017, Lecornu has held posts in local governments, overseas territories and during Macron's yellow vest "great debate," when he helped manage a surge of anti-government protest with dialogue. He also offered talks on autonomy during unrest in the French overseas region of Guadeloupe in 2021.

His rise reflects Macron's instinct to reward loyalty, but also the need for continuity as repeated budget showdowns have toppled his predecessors and left France in drift.

Macron's quick decision to name Lecornu comes ahead of a day of mass disruption planned for Wednesday by a protest movement called "Block Everything" that has prompted the government to deploy an exceptional 80,000 police to keep order.

Read more here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/macron-ap ... inister/

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Former French president Sarkozy given five-year sentence after Libya case

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp98kepmj9lo

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Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy Freed From Prison, Pending Appeal
by David Gilmour
November 10, 2025

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(Mediaite) Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be freed from Paris’ La Santé prison later on Monday, just three weeks after a judge ordered him to begin serving his sentence.

Sarkozy was imprisoned after his conviction for permitting “close collaborators” and “unofficial intermediaries” to approach dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s regime to “to obtain or try to obtain financial support in Libya for the purpose of securing campaign financing” for his 2007 presidential bid. He was sentenced to five years.

The Court of Appeal granted his request for release on Monday, imposing tight restrictions while his appeal proceeds. It follows the support of prosecutors, who told the court they were satisfied his “track record of appearing in court and cooperating with police investigations” justified easing his detention conditions.

Sarkozy insisted he will not attempt to leave France or shirk the retrial, which is now expected in March.

“Fleeing justice would mean admitting,” he told judges during a hearing. “I’ll never admit what I have not done.”

Read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/ju ... g-appeal/

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Forget Le Pen. French politics has a new archvillain.

https://www.politico.eu/article/jean-lu ... ist-death/

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Emmanuel Grégoire elected Paris mayor, succeeding fellow left-winger Anne Hidalgo

https://www.france24.com/en/france/2026 ... chida-dati

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