Radical right wins first round of French elections, Macron party takes a beating

The leftist alliance New Popular Front follows in second place with 28.1 percent of the votes. Macron’s camp is badly affected and provisionally occupies third place with 20.3 percent. Therefore, the score is broadly in line with expectations. This is an exceptionally exciting election for France. Never before has the radical right-wing Rassemblement National party … Read more

The radical right is making significant gains in France. Let’s get to work for the established order

Paris Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Assembly, strongly urged her voters on Sunday evening to persevere. They will have to re-emerge next Sunday, in the second round of the French parliamentary elections. Because then the RN candidate, Jordan Bardella, “could be appointed prime minister by Emmanuel Macron”. It would be the first time … Read more

A moment broke the growing impasse

By two in the afternoon, when I’ve been a spectator for more than ten hours, all those men are walking together. The man who called her “boring in a nice way” and made her throw the noodles directly at his neck. That person whose very long, curly hair she grabbed and rubbed sensually and comically … Read more

The weakness of the Chinese industry makes the viability of the growth objective uncertain

China’s national statistics agency reported Sunday that a key gauge of industrial activity, the purchasing managers’ index, rose again in June to 49.5. That’s the same figure as in May and marks the second consecutive month in which the score has been below 50. Anything above 50 indicates growth, anything below it indicates contraction. Last … Read more

VAR acuity helps Germany beat Denmark (2-0)

28-year-old Crystal Palace defender Joachim Andersen can rightly consider himself unlucky now that he has bid farewell to the Euros. At least for a moment he was happy when, shortly after half-time of the round of 16 match between Germany and Denmark, he deftly shot the ball with his left foot, following a pinball situation … Read more

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