Almost a month after his appointment, Prime Minister Michel Barnier presented his roadmap to the French National Assembly on October 1. As expected, Michel Barnier…
In France, MPs are elected by direct universal suffrage by voters registered on the electoral roll. The voting system is a two-round, constituency-based majority system. Following the dissolution of the National Assembly, the first round of early elections took place on Sunday 30 June, with the second round to be held on Sunday 7 July.
With just a few days to go before the first round of early parliamentary elections – the French are due to go to the polls to elect their MPs on 30 June and 7 July – and as a new term of office begins in the European Parliament, the programmes of Ensemble – the presidential majority – the Rassemblement National and the new Front Populaire contain proposals on Europe and foreign policy.