
La France insoumise annonce son entrée au Sénat avec l'élection de Gabriel Amard, gendre de Jean-Luc Mélenchon, dans le Rhône, malgré les tentatives de barrage, selon Mélenchon sur X.
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La France insoumise, parti de gauche radicale fondé par Jean-Luc Mélenchon, cherche à élargir son influence institutionnelle après plusieurs candidatures présidentielles.
Une première dans l’histoire du mouvement de gauche radicale. La France insoumise et son candidat pour la présidentielle Jean-Luc Mélenchon ont annoncé dimanche l'entrée de leur formation politique au Sénat, avec l'élection de Gabriel Amard, par ailleurs gendre du fondateur de LFI, dans le Rhône. Et ce, «en dépit de toutes les tentatives de barrage. Heureux augure pour 2027», a lancé le quadruple candidat à l’Élysée, sur le réseau social X.
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La France insoumise cherchera à augmenter sa présence au Sénat lors des prochaines élections
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During the senatorial elections of September 27, the National Rally entered the Senate for the first time with at least 15 seats, while the Republicans lost around seven seats and La France insoumise entered the Senate thanks to Gabriel Amard in Rhône and Marc Péré in Haute-Garonne.

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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.