The National Rally,known as the National Front from 1972 to 2018,is a French far-right political party,described as right-wing populist and nationalist. It is the single largest parliamentary opposition party in the National Assembly since 2022. Its candidate was defeated in the second round in the 2002,2017 and 2022 presidential elections. It opposes immigration,advocating significant cuts to legal immigration,protection of French identity,and stricter control of illegal immigration. The party advocates a "more balanced" and "independent" French foreign policy,opposing French military intervention in Africa while supporting France leaving NATO's integrated command. It also supports reform of the European Union (EU) and its related organisations as well as economic interventionism,protectionism,and zero tolerance for breaches of law and order.
The Left is a democratic socialist political party in Luxembourg. On the political spectrum,it is considered a left-wing to far-left political party. The Left is associated with The Left in the European Parliament –GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament but does not have any members. The party participates in the Party of the European Left. The Left wishes to transition Luxembourg from a constitutional monarchy into a republic.
Schoolies or schoolies week refers to the Australian tradition of high-school graduates having week-long holidays following the end of their final exams in late November and early December.
Sylvain Gaudreault is a Canadian politician and teacher. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Jonquière in the city of Saguenay from 2007 to 2022. He represents the Parti Québécois. On May 6,2016,the party caucus chose him as interim leader following the resignation of PQ leader Pierre Karl Péladeau.
Richard Martel is a Canadian politician and former ice hockey coach. He last coached the Grenoble Brûleurs de Loups in the French Ligue Magnus. Martel was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on June 18,2018. He represents the electoral district of Chicoutimi—Le Fjord as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
The Republicans is a liberal conservative political party in France,largely inspired by the tradition of Gaullism. The party was formed on 30 May 2015 as the re-incorporation of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP),which had been established in 2002 under the leadership of then-President of France,Jacques Chirac.
Carole Dieschbourg is a Luxembourg politician and writer. Since December 2013,she was Minister for the Environment representing the Green in the government coalition consisting of the Democratic Party,the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party and the Green Party until her resignation and replacement by Energy Minister Claude Turmes in 2022. She represented Luxembourg at the COP22 Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh,November 2016.
Alexandra Lesley Phillips is a British journalist,broadcaster,and former politician.
Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius is a Dutch politician who served as Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy since 2023. She also served as minister of justice and security in the fourth Rutte cabinet from 10 January 2022 to 2 July 2024. Yeşilgöz previously served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021 and as State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy from 2021 until 2022.
Nora Mebarek is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been a Member of the European Parliament since February 2020.
Fred Keup is a Luxembourgish politician and a member of parliament at the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg).
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is a Canadian lawyer,television columnist and politician.
A by-election was held in the federal riding of Chicoutimi—Le Fjord in Quebec on June 18,2018,following the resignation of incumbent Liberal MP Denis Lemieux.
Renée Wagener is a journalist,sociologist,historian,and former politician in Luxembourg. She served for 10 years in the country's Chamber of Deputies as a member of The Greens.
Jeanick Fournier is a Canadian singer from Saguenay,Quebec,most noted as the winner of the second season of Canada's Got Talent.
Ibrahim Traoré is a Burkinabèmilitary officer who has been the interim leader of Burkina Faso since the September 2022 coup d'état that ousted interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. At age 36,Traoréis currently the second youngest serving state leader in the world,and the youngest serving president.
The 44th Quebec general election is scheduled to take place on or before October 5,2026,to elect the members of the National Assembly of Quebec. Under the province's fixed election date law,passed in 2013,"the general election following the end of a Legislature shall be held on the first Monday of October of the fourth calendar year following the year that includes the last day of the previous Legislature",setting the date for October 5,2026. However,the act does not fetter the discretion of the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec to dissolve the legislature before that time,in accordance with the usual conventions of the Westminster parliamentary system.
Sophie Adenot is a French engineer,helicopter pilot,and astronaut. A French Air and Space Force helicopter pilot with the rank of lieutenant colonel,Adenot became France's first female helicopter test pilot in 2018. In 2022,she was chosen as a member of the European Astronaut Corps.
Alexandra Borchio Fontimp,is a French journalist and a politician.
Hugo Clément is a French journalist,author,and documentary filmmaker. He is best known for his work in investigative journalism and his efforts to raise environmental awareness in France.
