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200 candidates quit French runoff election, aiming to block far right

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200 candidates quit French runoff election, aiming to block far right

A campaigner pastes an election poster of French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) candidate Sandrine Chadournec (C) in Libourne, southwestern France on July 2, 2024, as part of the French legislative elections. | Photo Credit: AFP At least 200 candidates have stood down ahead of France’s runoff election as President Emmanuel Macron and a left-wing coalition…

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Macron aims to thwart French far right in election runoff

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Macron aims to thwart French far right in election runoff

France’s President Emmanuel Macron leaves the polling booth prior to cast his vote in the first round of parliamentary elections at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on June 30, 2024. A divided France is voting in high-stakes parliamentary elections that could see the anti-immigrant and eurosceptic party of Marine Le Pen sweep…

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Setback For Macron As French Far Right Wins First Round In France Election

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Setback For Macron As French Far Right Wins First Round In France Election

Emmanuel Macron had stunned the nation and baffled even some allies by calling snap polls Paris: France’s far right was on Sunday eyeing a historic chance to form a government and claim the post of prime minister after winning the first round of legislative elections with the centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron coming in…

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Isolated Macron Stung By French Voters’ Revenge In Snap Elections

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Isolated Macron Stung By French Voters’ Revenge In Snap Elections

Paris: Emmanuel Macron has taken many risks in a political career marked by countless crises but his decision to call snap elections may be one too many, marring his legacy and ushering in an era of extremes. The tremors from Macron dissolving the National Assembly after his centrist party suffered a drubbing in European polls…

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Far-right National Rally leads first voting round of French parliament elections – exit polls

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Far-right National Rally leads first voting round of French parliament elections – exit polls

Supporters of Marine Le Pen, French far-right leader and far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally – RN) party candidate, celebrate after partial results in the first round of the early French parliamentary elections, in Henin-Beaumont, France, on June 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party was seen leading the first round…

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France goes to polls as far right eyes historic win

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France goes to polls as far right eyes historic win

People queue outside a polling station at the Magenta district before they cast their votes during the first round of France’s crunch legislative elections in Noumea in the first constituency of the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, on June 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Voting got underway in France’s overseas territories on Saturday…

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As Elections Loom In France, Emmanuel Macron Warns Of Civil War

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As Elections Loom In France, Emmanuel Macron Warns Of Civil War

Emmanuel Macron said that far-right and left-wing parties are risking bringing “civil war” to France. Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron told a podcast episode shown on Monday that both the far right National Rally (RN) party and the left-wing New Popular Front coalition – front runners in the parliamentary election- risked bringing “civil war” to…

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France could see poll-related violence: Interior Minister

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France could see poll-related violence: Interior Minister

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin poses in his office in Paris. File photo | Photo Credit: AFP France could see civil unrest and violence that is related to the elections, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday, June 24, 2024, as campaigning enters its last week before the first round of voting. Also read: France’s…

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In Berlin for state visit, Macron makes plea to defend democracy

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In Berlin for state visit, Macron makes plea to defend democracy

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier with his wife Elke Budenbender and French President Emmanuel Macron with his wife Brigitte Macron speak with people as they visit the Democracy Festival to mark 75 years of the German Basic Law and 35 years of the peaceful revolution, in Berlin, Germany, May 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Emmanuel…

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In riot-hit New Caledonia, French President Macron says the priority is a return to calm

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In riot-hit New Caledonia, French President Macron says the priority is a return to calm

French President Emmanuel Macron visits the central police station in Noumea, France’s Pacific territory of New Caledonia on May 23, 2024. Photo: Via Reuters President Emmanuel Macron pushed on May 23 for a lifting of protesters’ barricades in riot-hit New Caledonia and pledged that reinforced police forces battling deadly unrest on the French Pacific archipelago…

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