{"id":84744,"date":"2024-06-30T22:41:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T22:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/30\/monday-briefing-the-french-far-right-appeared-to-triumph\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T22:41:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T22:41:08","slug":"monday-briefing-the-french-far-right-appeared-to-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/30\/monday-briefing-the-french-far-right-appeared-to-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Briefing: The French far right appeared to triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/07\/01\/multimedia\/01ambriefing-asia-france1-lqfj\/01ambriefing-asia-france1-lqfj-facebookJumbo.jpg?resize=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Monday Briefing: The French far right appeared to triumph\" title=\"Monday Briefing: The French far right appeared to triumph\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-7046f84f\">The far right appears to dominate the French elections<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/30\/world\/europe\/france-elections.html\" title=\"\">National Rally party crushed its opponents<\/a> in the first round of voting for the French National Assembly, according to early projections, bringing its long-taboo brand of nationalist, anti-immigrant politics to the brink of power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Pollsters\u2019 projections, which are normally reliable, suggested the party would take about 34 percent of the vote, far ahead of President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s centrist Renaissance party and its allies, which got about 21 percent. A coalition of left-wing parties won about 29 percent of the vote, the projections showed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The scores, in a two-round election that will end in a runoff on July 7 between the leading parties in each constituency, do not provide a precise forecast of the number of parliamentary seats each party will secure. But the National Rally now looks very likely to be the largest force in the lower house, although not necessarily with an absolute majority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For Macron, the result represented a severe setback after he gambled that his party\u2019s stinging defeat to the National Rally in the recent European Parliament election would not be repeated. His decision to hold the election now, just weeks before the Paris Olympics, astonished many people in France \u2014 not <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/27\/world\/europe\/france-macron-snap-election-decision.html\" title=\"\">least his own prime minister<\/a>, who was kept in the dark.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">What\u2019s next:<\/strong> Macron called \u201cfor a large, clearly democratic and republican alliance\u201d to win out in the second round of voting, but he has struggled to form stable coalitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Analysis:<\/strong> Both France and the U.S. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/29\/world\/europe\/macron-biden-france-elections.html\" title=\"\">face nationalist forces<\/a> that could undo their international commitments and pitch the world into uncharted territory.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-12c3b4d5\">Iran\u2019s election moves to a runoff<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Iranian voters used the country\u2019s presidential election on Friday to signal their discontent with Iran\u2019s system of clerical rule, trudging to the polls in record-low numbers to help <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/29\/world\/middleeast\/iran-election-masoud-pezeshkian-saeed-jalili.html\" title=\"\">two candidates limp to a runoff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The final choice will be between a reformist former health minister, Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian, and an ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili. Neither won more than 50 percent of the vote, which means it will take a runoff on July 5 to establish who will tackle challenges like Iran\u2019s struggling economy and the risk of a wider conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The campaign was notable for how openly the candidates attacked the status quo, but the turnout reflected pessimism that a new president could effect change: They must govern with the ultimate approval of Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Here\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/28\/world\/middleeast\/irans-presidential-candidates.html\" title=\"\">more about the initial candidates<\/a>, and these are <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/30\/world\/middleeast\/iran-election-takeaways.html\" title=\"\">four takeaways<\/a> from the election.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3eaf439c\">A string of suicide bombings rocks Nigeria<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/30\/world\/africa\/suicide-bombings-nigeria.html\" title=\"\">least 18 were killed and dozens were wounded<\/a> in a series of suicide bombings \u2014 all carried out by women, and striking events like a wedding and a funeral \u2014 on Saturday afternoon in Nigeria, local officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The blasts resembled assaults carried out by Boko Haram, whose fighters have killed tens of thousands in Nigeria and whose aggression in the region has led to the displacement of more than two million people. Boko Haram insurgents have abducted thousands of teenage girls, coerced them into marriages and forced them to carry out suicide attacks at schools, markets, religious buildings and large gatherings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As of yesterday afternoon, no group had claimed responsibility for the attacks.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-55bd377a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">MORE TOP NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During his years as president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte promised immunity to the authorities for killing drug users and traffickers. Police officers and vigilantes summarily executed tens of thousands of people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the two years since Duterte left office, there has been little legal reckoning with the wave of killings. Now, many people in the Philippines <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/29\/world\/asia\/philippines-drug-war-duterte-justice.html\" title=\"\">hope that the International Criminal Court will take some action against Duterte<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-286d948a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">CONVERSATION STARTERS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-708bd2cf\">Japan\u2019s first same-sex reality dating show<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On July 9, Netflix is introducing <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/30\/world\/asia\/the-boyfriend-netflix.html\" title=\"\">Japan\u2019s first same-sex reality dating series, \u201cThe Boyfriend,\u201d<\/a> which follows nine men living in a luxury beach house outside Tokyo. Japan lags other wealthy democracies in L.G.B.T.Q. rights, and even though public sentiment has moved toward support for gay and transgender people there, they are still sometimes subjected to discrimination and hate speech.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dai Ota, the show\u2019s executive producer, said he wanted to \u201cportray same-sex relationships as they really are,\u201d as opposed to the exaggerated, stereotypical gay characters often depicted on Japanese television.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The vibe is wholesome and mostly chaste. Sex rarely comes up, and friendship and self-improvement feature as prominently as romance. Whether the show will lead to broader acceptance of the L.G.B.T.Q. community in Japan remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/30\/briefing\/french-election-far-right.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The far right appears to dominate the French elections The National Rally party crushed its opponents in the first round of voting for the French National Assembly, according to early projections, bringing its long-taboo brand of nationalist, anti-immigrant politics to the brink of power. Pollsters\u2019 projections, which are normally reliable, suggested the party would take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/07\/01\/multimedia\/01ambriefing-asia-france1-lqfj\/01ambriefing-asia-france1-lqfj-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5100,235,8456,3635,4392],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84746,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84744\/revisions\/84746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}