Caption:
Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 presidential election, attends a meeting in Reims, France, March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
REUTERS/PASCAL ROSSIGNOL
Caption:
A man looks at campaign posters of the 11th candidates who run in the 2017 French presidential election in Enghien-les-Bains, near Paris, France. (Reuters)
Ballot Boxes Open in French Presidential Elections
Paris – The French presidential elections got underway on Sunday with voters heading to 67,000 ballot boxes distributed throughout the country in wake of the dark shadow of the terrorist attack that hit Paris on Thursday night. Given the serious threats, the French...Caption:
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Al-Maliki (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Palestinian FM: Abbas Visit to Washington is an Opportunity to Influence the New Administration
Paris – Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riad al-Maliki said that the upcoming visit of President Mahmoud Abbas to Washington next month was an “opportunity” to influence the new US Administration. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on the sidelines of...Caption:
French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon. (AFP)
Jean-Luc Melenchon: ‘Rebel Leftist’ Seeking French Presidency
Paris – If there is a need to demonstrate that Jean-Luc Melenchon, the French presidential candidate who has been described as the “rebellious France”, has started to affect his three rival candidates, one need only observe how all three of them have simultaneously...Caption:
French presidential candidates during the television debate on April 4, 2017. (AFP)French presidential election candidate for the far-left New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) Philippe Poutou refused to take part in the family picture. / AFP PHOTO / POOL AND AFP PHOTO / Lionel BONAVENTURE