French presidential election

Far-right leads France election, but final result remains uncertain, exit polls show

Participation in Sunday's vote was high, underlining how France's rumbling political crisis has energized the electorate.

 French President Emmanuel Macron kisses a person's head, as he arrives at a polling station to vote in the first round of the early French parliamentary elections, in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France, June 30, 2024.
  Jordan Bardella, President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party, reacts as he attends a press conference to present policy priorities as part of the campaign for the upcoming French parliamentary elections, in Paris, France, June 24, 2024.

French Jews turn to far-right National Rally: 'We're voting for the nicest enemy'

 Elon Musk Twitter account is seen through Twitter logo in this illustration taken, April 25, 2022.

Twitter and Take-out: JPost podcast looks at Elon Musk and Bibi-Bennett battle

 Emmanuel Macron

French Jews say Macron used Yiddish in presidential debate with Le Pen


French Jewish umbrella organization: Vote for Macron; block Le Pen

Umbrella organization for French Jewry, the Crif, put out an announcement that there needs to be a united Jewish vote to "prevent the far-right from gaining power."

Marine Le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party and candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, gestures as she delivers a speech after partial results in the first round of the 2022 French presidential election are announced, in Paris, France, April

How did the French citizens in Israel vote for the presidential election in France?

Three conversations with French-Israelis who tell The Jerusalem Post about the difficult and complicated election

 People voting a the French school in HaNeviim Street in Jerusalem.

Éric Zemmour makes Jewish man’s death a national issue days before election

Éric Zemmour quit his job as a journalist six months ago to run as a Jewish far-right candidate for France's presidency.

 ERIC ZEMMOUR, leader of the French far-right party “Reconquete!” who is running in this year’s French presidential election, is seen at a campaign rally in Lille, northern France earlier this month.

French lawmaker says Éric Zemmour part of France's antisemitism problem

Zemmour has not announced a political run but is still polling among President Emmanuel Macron’s most serious challengers in this spring's presidential elections.

 Éric Zemmour in the salon du livre 2012.

France chief rabbi calls Jewish presidential candidate an ‘antisemite’

Zemmour, who has called Muslim immigrants “invaders” and in 2016 said that most drug dealers are Arab or African, is now running second and ahead of Marine Le Pen.

France's Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia

What's in a name? Le pen seeks to rebrand France's National Front party

"We are not renouncing anything, we are starting a new chapter in our history," says far right leader.

France's far-right National Front political party leader Marine Le Pen delivers a speech during a political rally in Six-Fours, near Toulon

Is Israel's Avi Gabbay the next France's Emmanuel Macron?

Both Labor leader-elect Avi Gabbay and French President Macron have political careers that are less than a decade old.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Labor party leader Avi Gabbay

Think About It: The French legislative elections

Israel is unlikely to come across a situation similar to the current one in France – at least not in the foreseeable future.

Emmanuel Macron et son gouvernement

Elections présidentielles françaises : un vote désabusé

Si les juifs de France ont massivement voté pour Macron au second tour, le cœur n’y était pas.

Emmanuel Macron et son gouvernement

French President Macron’s party withdraws 2nd candidate who supported BDS

“Boycott Israeli products and [apply] an economic embargo!” William Tchamaha once wrote on Twitter.

French President Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche!

France's Jewish community: In a state of fear

French Jews voted overwhelmingly for Emmanuel Macron, but are concerned he will pander to the country’s large Arab minority and fail to protect them.

Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron parades in a military vehicle in Paris after his inauguration, May 14