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French local elections: Greens achieve major gains while Macron's party slumps

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 00:47:48 +0200

France's Greens achieved major gains Sunday in local elections marked by record-low turnout and the failure of President Emmanuel Macron's ruling party to make any significant impact.

Top French MP quits 'leftist' Green party

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:31:34 +0200

One of the leaders of the ecologist parliamentary group, François de Rugy, has resigned from France’s Green Party, claiming that the party has moved too far to the left.

France to save energy as Hollande heals Green rift

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:01:00 +0200

France will cut its use of fossil fuels by 30 percent by 2030, and halve its overall energy consumption by 2050, President François Hollande said on Friday in an effort to heal a growing rift between the Socialists and their coalition partners the Greens.

Eva Joly is French green candidate for presidency

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:11:00 +0200

Eva Joly, a Norwegian-French magistrate who once led a probe into one of France's biggest corruption scandals, was on Tuesday elected the French green party's candidate for next year's presidential vote.