
La France insoumise announces its entry into the Senate with the election of Gabriel Amard, son-in-law of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, in the Rhône, despite the barrier attempts, according to Mélenchon on X.
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France Insoumise, a radical left party founded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, seeks to broaden its institutional influence after several presidential candidacies.
A first in the history of the radical left movement. La France insoumise and its presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon announced on Sunday the entry of their political party into the Senate, with the election of Gabriel Amard, also son-in-law of the founder of LFI, in the Rhône. And this, “despite all the attempts to block it. Happy omen for 2027,” launched the four-time candidate for the Élysée, on the social network X.
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Executives from La France Insoumise and the Socialist Party denounce the hypocrisy of Emmanuel Macron concerning his statements on the West Bank, after France allegedly authorized Benyamin Netanyahu to fly over its airspace, according to franceinfo. Furthermore, many political figures attended the mass of Pope Leo XIV at Place de la Concorde, while left-wing figures were absent, having preferred to participate in climate marches.

During the senatorial elections of September 27, 2023, 178 of the 348 seats in the Senate were renewed. The right and center right retain their majority thanks to the groups Les Républicains and Union centrist. The National Rally constitutes a group in the Senate for the first time with 11 new elected officials, while La France insoumise enters the Senate. The Socialist Party remains stable and the Ecologists lose a few seats.

Emmanuel Macron will welcome Pope Leo XIV in Paris on Friday and will speak alongside him at the Élysée then in Metz three days later, although he will not participate in any of the three masses celebrated during the apostolic trip. Several political leaders from the center, the right and the National Rally attended the mass at Place de la Concorde, while the main left-wing figures were absent, having chosen to participate in the climate marches.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced his resignation on Sunday to run in October's early legislative elections, initially scheduled for December 2027 but brought forward after nearly two years of student protests triggered by the collapse of a marquee in Novi Sad in November 2024, which left 16 dead and was attributed to corruption. Minutes before his resignation, he pardoned 49 people, including 23 linked to the protests, and Ana Brnabic now serves as interim president.

Eight months before his departure from the Élysée, Emmanuel Macron wanted to show Thursday evening during an interview on TF1 and France 2 that he remains in charge on domestic issues and in the face of international tumults, in particular the Russian threat and fuel prices, while looking ahead to the presidential election of 2027.

The senatorial elections of September 27, 2020 renewed 178 seats out of 348 in 63 French departments and several overseas territories, under the influence of the municipal elections in March, without however changing the right and center majority in the Senate.