LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson French President Emmanuel Macron’s government has shown “extremely worrying” signs of hostility toward the media during its first month in office, unions representing France’s major media outlets claim. The French Society of Journalists published an open letter Tuesday accusing the government of using pressure tactics and legal…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson French President Emmanuel Macron wants to end France’s 19-month state of emergency by effectively turning it into a permanent reality. France has been in a state of emergency since the Nov. 13, 2015 terror attack in Paris, which killed 130 people. Lawyers and activists now warn that a proposed…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson President Emmanuel Macron is projected to win a big majority in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, according to exit polls. The newly-formed La République en Marche (Republic on the Move) is projected to win at least 400 seats in the 577-seat chamber. Exit polls put the party at 32.2 percent of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson President Emmanuel Macron announced the appointment of Édouard Philippe, the conservative mayor of Le Havre, as France’s next prime minister Monday. Philippe is part of the center-right Republicans and not yet a member of Macron’s new party La République En Marche. He represented the Socialist Party in his…