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France’s Marine Le Pen urges fresh polls next year

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France’s Marine Le Pen urges fresh polls next year

President of Rassemblement National parliamentary group Marine Le Pen speaks during the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally) RN party’s parliamentary seminar at the French National Assembly in Paris on September 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The parliamentary leader of France’s far-right National Rally (or Rassemblement National, RN) party on Saturday (September 15, 2024)…

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Marine Le Pen’s National Rally hopes polishing its act will deliver victory

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Marine Le Pen’s National Rally hopes polishing its act will deliver victory

After a shock defeat in France’s legislative elections, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) will double down on weeding out problematic candidates to counter successful efforts by mainstream parties to block the far right from power. Polls had suggested the RN would secure the most seats in the snap two-round election, which French President Emmanuel…

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France is voting in key elections that could see a historic far-right win or a hung parliament

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France is voting in key elections that could see a historic far-right win or a hung parliament

Voters wait to enter a polling station at the Petit Poucet nursery school in the Vallee du Tir district of Noumea, in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, during the second round of France’s legislative elections on July 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Voting has begun in France on July 7 in pivotal…

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Voters in France’s overseas territories kick off a pivotal parliamentary election

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Voters in France’s overseas territories kick off a pivotal parliamentary election

A woman enters a voting booth in to cast her vote in the French parliamentary elections. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Voters in France’s overseas territories and living abroad started casting ballots on July 6 in parliamentary run-off elections that could hand an unprecedented victory to the nationalist far right. Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration party…

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National Rally to fall short of absolute majority in French parliamentary elections, poll shows

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National Rally to fall short of absolute majority in French parliamentary elections, poll shows

A woman walks past poster reading “Vote” ahead of the second round of the legislative election, in Strasbourg, eastern France on July 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party will likely fall short of an absolute majority in forthcoming parliamentary elections, OpinionWay said in a poll for business daily Les…

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