Trouble in the UMP? After François Fillon said the opposition had no "natural leaders" right-wing politicians come out in favour of the former prime minister or Jean-François Copé, likely contenders for the party leadership. And holidays courtesy of the state: one MP took his family away on his parliamentary expenses. Finally we weigh up the online campaign of the National Front's parliamentary candidates.
Journalism students in Lille launch an application that checks up on François Hollande's campaign promises, ticking or crossing them off as he gets down to work. With parliamentary elections looming we also take a look at some of the smaller candidates. Finally, the North African media is buzzing with the suggestion that Nicolas Sarkozy is holidaying courtesy of the Moroccan king.
France's new justice minister, Christiane Taubira, is the target of a negative Twitter campaign, as the opposition take to their keyboards to criticise the new cabinet. We also look at the upcoming parliamentary elections, and the challenges facing French voters who live abroad. Finally, we discover a hair-raising bet that saw one football managing sporting his team's colours - on his head.
Greek Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos said Tuesday that Greece will be forced to hold new elections on June 17 after coalition talks among all Greece's political parties except the far right again failed to agree on forming a government.
Ask Algerians about their parliamentary elections and they’ll talk about "le pouvoir", the murky military-backed clans that pull the strings of power. François Picard’s panel weighs in on why elections may not matter just yet in an oil and gas-rich nation wary of Arab Spring protests against inequality.
Ask Algerians about their parliamentary elections and they’ll talk about "le pouvoir", the murky military-backed clans that pull the strings of power. François Picard’s panel weighs in on why elections may not matter just yet in an oil and gas-rich nation wary of Arab Spring protests against inequality.
The European Commission has said that it "hopes and expects that the future government of Greece will respect" its austerity engagements, one day after elections widely seen as a protest at the EU-IMF bailout terms broke the ruling coalition.
Voters delivered a blow to Greece's traditional ruling parties, the conservative New Democracy and the Pasok socialists, on Sunday as voters moved to anti-austerity parties on the far right and left. Nobody won enough votes to form a government.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's influence in the Iranian parliament eroded further on Saturday as the final results of a run-off vote showed his conservative rivals winning 41 of the 65 seats at stake. Ahmadinejad’s supporters won only 13 seats.
In Algeria, an army of parliamentary hopefuls sign up as campaigning kicks off ahead of May 10th elections. Some worry that the candidates’ enthusiastic participation won’t be matched by voters. Next, the legal tug of war continues between the International criminal court and Libya over who should try Saif al-Islam Gaddafi.
