Marine Le Pen (centre in front row) in her time as an MEP (Photo: European Parliament) In her main French presidential election manifesto, Marine Le Pen is rather grandiloquent, but also lacking in detail on Europe. Her party’s “presidential project”…
Kosovo and Serbia have failed to agree on the issue of license plates, an issue that sparked unrest along the border in September 20
Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron and his far-right contender Marine Le Pen clashed over the current practice of taking into account the partner’s income when calculating the allowance for disabled adults in a debate ahead of their final face-off on…
The Muslim world, and its religious leaders, have a duty to empower women to play crucial civil society roles if climate change is to be slowed and – possibly even reversed, writes Dr Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa. Dr Al-Issa is…
You can always tell that a candidate is nervous when they wheel out foreign leaders to endorse them. Pollsters may give President Emmanuel Macron a narrow but decisive edge ahead of Sunday’s presidential run-off against far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen,…
For Eleanora Tymoshenko, a music teacher from Balakliia, near Kharkhiv in Eastern Ukraine, and now a refugee in Warsaw, a night of Ukrainian music is food for her soul as she reflects on the conflict ravaging her home. “Music supports…
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Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron is within reach of re-election in the second voting round on Sunday, but his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen, cannot be dismissed as the French seem more divided than before. On Sunday, France will choose…
Vladimir Putin has signaled his tacit approval for further Russian war crimes in Ukraine by publicly honoring one of the military units most closely linked to atrocities against Ukrainian civilians. In an April 18 decree, Putin bestowed the honorary “Guards”…
Running for office in a state where you haven’t lived is a delicate art.