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Macron weighs in on Le Pen verdict for first time: ‘The law is the same for everyone’

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday commented for the first time since far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement and barred from running in France’s next presidential…

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France’s Le Pen convicted of graft, barred from running for president in 2027

A French court on Monday barred French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in the 2027 presidential election after she was convicted of embezzlement, in a seismic ruling that…

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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen eyes early presidential election

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said that she was preparing for an early presidential election, saying President Emmanuel Macron's time in office was all but over. Le Pen, who…

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Far right wins first round in France election

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) party scored historic gains to win the first round of France's parliamentary election on Sunday, exit polls showed, but the final result will…

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French far right dominates polls three days ahead of snap elections

France's political future was up in the air Thursday with the far-right surging in polls but other forces fighting to the end three days before a high-stakes parliamentary vote. Depending…

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Le Pen to Meloni: Let’s team up and form EU Parliament’s No. 2 group

The upcoming European Parliament elections are shaping up to be significant, particularly with the rise of far-right parties in France and Italy. Marine Le Pen and Giorgia Meloni, leaders of…

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Marine Le Pen faces trial over ‘fake jobs’ EU scandal

PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris prosecutor's office said that far-right leader Marine Le Pen and 23 other members of her party should stand trial over alleged misuse of EU funds,…

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Far-right sends shockwaves in France after electoral breakthrough

PARIS (Reuters) - France's far-right scored a historic success in legislative elections on Sunday increasing its number of lawmakers almost tenfold and cementing the party's rise from fringe status to the mainstream…

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FACTBOX-Far-right Le Pen cloaks nationalist policies with social veneer

PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen has made it to the second round of the presidential election and though she lags behind President Emmanuel Macron, polls show a much…

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Macron tells voters: Now choose the France you want

French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen made final appeals on Friday to undecided voters weighing fears of what a Le Pen presidency could bring against their…

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Polls puts Macron in lead with 55.5%-57.5%, but suggests abstention level will be high

French President Emmanuel Macron has maintained and possibly slightly extended his lead over far-right challenger Marine Le Pen following a prickly television head-to-head debate which he was judged to have…

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Macron’s polling lead over Le Pen widens ahead of France’s Sunday runoff

French President Emmanuel Macron's lead in voting intention polls widened but his prime minister said a Macron win in Sunday's presidential runoff vote was not guaranteed, as far-right challenger Marine…

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‘Neither Macron nor Le Pen’, the rallying cry of disillusioned French students

French students protested outside the Sorbonne in Paris and other universities on Thursday, expressing their disillusionment with the choice on offer at the presidential election, shouting "Neither Macron nor Le…

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Victory has never been closer, Le Pen tells enthusiastic supporters

Victory has never been closer, far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen told an election rally on Thursday to frequent interruptions from an enthusiastic crowd chanting "We're going to win!"…

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Poll shows gap between Le Pen, Macron as turnout is seen at historic low

France's far-right candidate Marine Le Pen is closing the gap with President Emmanuel Macron ahead of the second round of the country's presidential election, a poll showed as forecast voter…

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France’s Macron makes last-minute appeal to voters as Le Pen reaches all-time high in poll

PARIS, (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday appealed to younger, progressive-leaning voters in his last scheduled interview before Sunday's first-round presidential vote while his forecast lead over far-right candidate Marine…

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UPDATED: France’s Macron says he entered presidential race later than he wished

PARIS, April 8 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday accused his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen of lying to voters about her campaign platform as he sought to rally support…

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Le Pen shrugs off ‘doom-mongering’ by markets over Sunday’s election

PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) - French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen shrugged off market jitters triggered by her good ratings ahead of Sunday's first round of the presidential election, saying her "serious"…

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French election poll: Macron to beat Le Pen but Le Pen gains ground

PARIS, April 6 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron would beat Marine Le Pen in the country's presidential election later this month, though Le Pen has gained ground in recent weeks, showed…

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After defections, Le Pen’s French presidency bid hit by leaks to rival

PARIS, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Marine Le Pen, whose bid for the the French presidency was already in difficulty after a wave of defections, suffered a further blow after her…

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Two Le Pen allies defect to join Zemmour’s presidential bid

A senior EU lawmaker and a parliamentary assistant to another deputy have quit Marine Le Pen's National Rally to join rival far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour, saying they considered Le…

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France’s Le Pen says she will take down wind turbines if she is elected

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said that if she is elected president next year she will end all subsidies for renewable energy and will take down France's wind…

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No return to the old National Front insists France’s Le Pen

French Far Right leader Marine Le Pen, facing criticism following defeat in last month's regional elections for making her party too mainstream, said on Sunday she would not change course.…

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French far-right politician Marine Le Pen to stand in 2022 election

French far-right politician Marine Le Pen said on Friday she would stand in the 2022 presidential election and that she thought victory was entirely "plausible". "I am once again standing…

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Far-right leader Le Pen could win French 2022 presidential election-Le Maire

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said it was possible that far-right opposition leader Marine le Pen could win France's presidential election in 2022 and he hoped President Emmanuel Macron…

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Reporters walk out on Portuguese, French far-right leaders over COVID-19 fears

LISBON (Reuters) - The election campaign launch by Portugal's far-right presidential candidate, Andre Ventura, got off to a shaky start on Friday when reporters walked out on his joint news…

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Marine Le Pen to Run in 2022 French Presidential Election

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen plans to make a third bid to become president in the 2022 election, Le Figaro newspaper reported on Thursday. The leader of the National…

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Marine Le Pen surpasses Macron’s party in EP election poll

In France, the party of far-right leader Marine Le Pen will top the upcoming European Parliament elections with 22 percent of the vote, just ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's REM…

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Marine Le Pen on the warpath with the EU

Ahead of May's European Parliamentary elections, Marine Le Pen, President of France's National Rally, told Euronews she wanted her National Rally party to be "a very large group defending nations…

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Salvini says dispute with France over

Interior Minister Matteo Salvini announced that a dispute with France over migrants and other issues was over. Salvini said his French counterpart Christophe Castaner had recognized that Italy had been…

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