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Official logo of the election. Under Article 7 of the Constitution of France, the president is elected to a five-year term in a two-round election. [6] If no candidate secures an absolute majority of votes in the first round, a second round is held two weeks later between the two candidates who received the most votes. [7]
This decision plunged France into a political crisis [2] [3] and was followed by France Unbowed (LFI), the main party of the NFP, initiating impeachment proceedings against the French president on 31 August. The caretaker government remained in place for 51 days, [2] unprecedented since the fallen Pompidou government lasted 62 days in 1962. [4]
2024 French legislative election: Voters select candidates in the first round of legislative elections for the 17th National Assembly. [31] Thousands of left-wing protesters gather in cities across France to protest the National Rally's lead in election polls, while showing support for the New Popular Front. [50]
What happened in France’s shock election, and what comes next? Christian Edwards, CNN. July 8, 2024 at 10:38 PM. On Sunday night, joy: French voters had, once again, kept the far right out of ...
A protester kicks back a tear gas canister as clashes occur on the sidelines of an election night following the second round results of France’s legislative election at Republique Square in ...
The New Popular Front actually topped the July election and Marine Le Pen’s National Rally was the single party with the most votes, But Mr Macron’s centrists eventually struck a deal with the ...
The two rounds of the election were held on 30 June and 7 July in metropolitan France (France, adjacent islands, Corsica), while each round took place a day earlier in France's overseas departments (Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, French Polynesia) as well as in embassies and ...
In calling the election on June 9, after the far right surged in French voting for the European Parliament, Macron said sending voters back t French vote gives leftists most seats over far right ...