People stand in Republique Plaza in Paris as they react to the projection of results during the second round of the legislative elections in July 2024.
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Under France’s second-ballot system, French voters can vote with their hearts in the first round, knowing they’ll be able to vote in the second round with their heads — in other words, strategically.
Marine Le Pen going down well with her young supporters.
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While Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National has engaged in a decade-long campaign to rehabilitate its image with youth voters, the GOP is moving in the opposite direction.
Vladimir Putin receives Marine Le Pen at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 24, 2017.
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A victory of the far-right presidential candidate would be good news for Moscow, which has a long-standing history with Le Pen and her party.
Kylian Mbappé (c), France’s new star.
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When France won the world cup in 1998, the team was celebrated for its multiculturalism. What has happened since?
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When Jean-Marie Le Pen made it to the second round in 2002, France was in a very different mood.
First-round winners: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen.
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Marine Le Pen of the far right National Front and independent Emmanuel Macron advance to the runoff on May 7.
Frontrunner for the first round: Marine Le Pen.
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France’s Front National party has tried to distance itself from anti-Semitism – with limited success.
An anti-immigrant mood has been sweeping the West, such as in Finland.
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Many politicians in the West – from backers of Brexit to Donald Trump – have convinced voters that immigrants are hurting their economies. The evidence suggests otherwise.
No ink on these hands, see?
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Sweeping changes to employment law are of far greater concern than allegations that the Front National has been avoiding tax.
Banned from speaking, Jean-Marie Le Pen managed to photo-bomb daughter Marine at the FN’s May Day rally.
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The founder of France’s far-right movement and his daughter, the current president, have had a spectacular and very public falling out.
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!
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Jean-Marie and Marine need to split up in a way that benefits them both.