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Gabriel Attal, a French presidential candidate, on Wednesday proposed the organisation of a "democrats' primary" to prevent the second round from opposing the RN. For the time being, this idea has been welcomed by supporters of Édouard Philippe and Bruno Retailleau.
The first round of the Social Democratic Primary begins on Friday. Some 140,000 voters will choose their presidential candidate from among five contenders, including the favourite, Euro MP Raphaël Glucksmann Public Square, and his challenger, the boss of PS Olivier Faure.
As the mid-term elections in the United States approached, the 435 seats in the House of Representatives and one third of the 100 seats in the Senate were renewed. Democrats are making progress in Senate polls, a particularly scrutinized development since Congress is one of the main counter-powers against the President. The details of Matthieu Mabin, corresponding to Washington.
The National Committee of the Democratic Party (DNC) filed a complaint on Wednesday against US President Donald Trump. It accuses her of " flagrant violation" of the ban on the appropriation of public funds for advertisements to her glory, especially during an election period.
Will Donald Trump manage to preserve the Republican majority in Congress in the mid-term elections? Higher prices, immigration, artificial intelligence and war in Iran: its domestic and foreign policy calls on the campaign, while the Democrats seek to win back decisive seats. Analysis with Matthieu Mabin, France 24 correspondent, and Jérôme Viala-Godefroy, lecturer at Sciences Po.
The last straight line of the Midterm campaign has begun! Strategy, candidates, polls... Every week, France 24 takes stock of what to remember. A survey of the New York Times published on Tuesday reinforced the hopes of the Democrats to win not only the House of Representatives but also the Senate in November. And in the field, candidates take on the burning theme of AI, especially via the data center question.
On Friday, the Swedish Speaker, Andreas Norlén, instructed the Social Democrat leader, Magdalena Andersson, to form a new government, following the short victory of his camp in the general elections. Tractions open within a very fragmented left block, between centrists and radical left.
