
The Minister of Foreign Affairs describes the position of the LFI leader as unprecedentedly serious.
Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot strongly criticized Jean-Luc Mélenchon, accusing him of acting as the spokesperson for the Kremlin regarding his statements on Donbass during a meeting at Le Bourget.
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs reacts to the remarks made by Jean-Luc Mélenchon during a meeting at Le Bourget concerning the situation in Donbass.
War in Ukraine: “Jean-Luc Mélenchon became spokesperson for the Kremlin” on Donbass, denounces Jean-Noël Barrot
The Minister of Foreign Affairs believes that the position on Donbass expressed by the LFI leader during his meeting at Le Bourget this Saturday is “unprecedentedly serious”.

Christine Lagarde collects 14% of voting intentions for the presidential election, surpassing Édouard Philippe (13.5%) in a scenario where she would replace him, according to a Cluster 17 poll for Politico. Marine Le Pen comes in first with 30.5%, ahead of Jean-Luc Mélenchon (20.5%).

Jean-Luc Mélenchon joked about the surprise candidacy of judoka Teddy Riner in the presidential election, believing that the right finally has a candidate who “looks like something” while scratching Bruno Retailleau, Édouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal.

Éric Zemmour, president of Reconquête, could benefit from the “useful vote” in favor of Marine Le Pen in the second round of 2027, attracting voters seduced by her radical speech without preventing the favorite from winning. However, this prospect will not be enough to shake up political life on the right as in 2022.

Emmanuel Macron chaired the last armistice ceremonies of his double five-year term in Paris on Wednesday November 11. Six months before the end of his mandate, he let filter in an idea of a coalition ranging from Raphaël Glucksmann to David Lisnard to avoid a second round between Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a proposal greeted with shrugs of the shoulders in his camp.

A survey reports the dismay of right-wing parents whose children vote far left, notably La France insoumise. Some speak of a heartbreak, others of a passing fancy, while one in two young people should vote for Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the 2027 presidential election.

The 2026 finance bill planned to grant tobacconists a monopoly on electronic cigarettes. Faced with the mobilization of specialized stores and a petition with 220,000 signatures, the government abandoned this measure.