Bruno Retailleau elected president of the Républicains with 74.3% of the vote
The Minister of the Interior wins by a wide margin over Laurent Wauquiez and becomes the natural candidate of the Right for 2027.
Politics
Panot/Aubry MPs transport abortion pills to Poland
Mathilde Panot, French MP, and Manon Aubry, MEP (LFI), filmed themselves transporting abortion pills to Poland, a country where voluntary interruption of pregnancy is severely restricted. A militant act which is not without legal risks.
ArcelorMittal announces 636 job cuts in France, despite solid financial health
The steel giant detailed its redundancy plan at an extraordinary CSE meeting on Wednesday April 30, 2025, with 385 potential redundancies at seven French sites, including 113 at Florange and 162 at Dunkirk.
Marine Le Pen ineligible : a political earthquake
Marine Le Pen was sentenced on Monday by the Paris Criminal Court to five years’ ineligibility with immediate execution, together with a four-year prison sentence, two of which were suspended, and a fine of 100,000 euros. She will therefore be ineligible to stand for the 2027 presidential election.
580 million people are eligible for asylum in France
An alarming study by the Observatoire de l’immigration et de la démographie (OID) reveals that the French asylum system could theoretically concern almost 7% of the world’s population, according to current criteria.
USA: Hunter Biden pardoned by his president father
Joe Biden signed his son Hunter’s presidential pardon this 1ᵉʳ December 2024, sparing him a possible prison sentence for convictions related to illegal weapons possession and tax fraud. But the fraudulent activities of his father’s son go far beyond that.
Covid, Ukraine, Gaza : The Lost Honor of Journalists
Would the dice be loaded? Would global information now be controlled by a few planetary industrial groups? The question is raised with each election, with each crisis, in the United States, in France, and elsewhere. Social networks and lobbies have taken control of our brains.
The president of Coordination Rurale 54: “They have nothing left to lose”.
Pascal Deshayes, President of the Coordination Rurale de Meurthe-et-Moselle, explains the reasons behind French farmers’ bloodbath: drought, floods, crop failures, epizootic diseases, unfair competition from foreign producers, and insane middlemen’s margins. “60% of farms have no cash flow”, he says. Interview.
Donald Trump announces his victory
The former president has already claimed victory over his rival Kamala Harris. It’s true that he obtained 267 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win.
Michel Barnier under fire
The Prime Minister will deliver his general policy speech on Tuesday at the National Assembly. On the agenda are the hot-button issues of debt reduction, immigration and security. A vast program.
Israel-Gaza : Putting an end to the false narrative!
How long will the lies, the manipulation of public opinion, the cowardice of the UN and the criminal complicity of the media continue in the war that has been raging between Israel and Gaza for almost a year now? Several testimonies (below) invite us to see another reality.
Michel Barnier, Prime Minister
In a simple communiqué from the Élysée Palace, the President of the Republic appointed Michel Barnier Prime Minister. He entrusted him with the task of forming a united government to serve the country and the French people.