Macron’s Government is set for a no confidence vote as French lawmakers have put together a joint statement filing a motion of no confidence against Macron’s government, AFP reports. Leaders André Chassaigne, of the French Communist Party; Olivier Faure, from the Socialist Party; and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, founder of France Unbowed (La France Insoumise) movement joined 59 members of the National... 

National Front leader Marine Le Pen has taken a commanding lead in the latest French presidential election poll. The far-right leader had 29 per cent of the vote when pitted against Les Républicains’ Nicolas Sarkozy, who was eight points behind, and held a 15-point lead over the Parti de Gauche’s Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the poll released by Ipsos, which analysed five scenarios with different frontrunners. The... 

More than 400 simultaneous demonstrations around the world are voicing fury at US biotech leviathan Monsanto, which is facing a hostile takeover from German pharmaceuticals company Bayer. “The whole world hates Monsanto!” read the banners among a throng in Paris, marching to the sound of a drum band. The crowd held up posters condemning the sale of the herbicide RoundUp, which has been accused... 

Marine Le Pen, National Front Party Candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, salutes supporters in Paris after early results in the first round vote of the 2012 French presidential election, April 22, 2012 With the surprise breakthrough by the far-right in the first round of the French presidential poll, political pundits now say their supporters are in a key position to decide who becomes...