France Election
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France has a new prime minister. Who is Michel Barnier?The appointment of Michel Barnier follows weeks of intense efforts by Emmanuel Macron and his aides to bring an intense period of political turmoil to an end.WorldSep 5, 2024
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French vote gives leftists most seats over far-right, but leaves hung parliament and deadlockThe outcome has left France facing the stunning prospect of a hung parliament and threatened political paralysis in a pillar of the European Union and Olympic host country.WorldJul 7, 2024
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Paris police fire at car driving at them, kill 2There was no immediate indication that the incident was tied to the election victory of Emmanuel Macron or to militant activity after the results.WorldApr 25, 2022
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France’s Macron and Le Pen heading for election runoff, polling agencies projectUnless someone gets more than half of the nationwide vote, there will be a second and decisive round between the top two candidates on Sunday, April 24.PoliticsApr 10, 2022
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French election: Macron faces tough challenge from far-right Le PenMacron, a political centrist, for months looked like a shoo-in to become France's first president in 20 years to win a second term. But that scenario has blurred.WorldApr 9, 2022
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Emmanuel Macron takes power as French President, vows to overcome divisionsThe former investment banker becomes the youngest post-war French leader and the first to be born after 1958.PoliticsMay 14, 2017
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Marine Le Pen pledges to overhaul National Front Party after election loss"The National Front ... must deeply renew itself in order to rise to the historic opportunity and meet the French people's expectations," said Le Pen in an address.PoliticsMay 7, 2017
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Macron the maverick: 39-year-old is France’s youngest leader since NapoleonIt has taken only three years for Emmanuel Macron to rise from being an unknown government adviser to be elected France's youngest head of state since Napoleon.PoliticsMay 7, 2017
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Emmanuel Macron easily beats Marine Le Pen in French presidential electionPolling agencies have projected that centrist Emmanuel Macron will be France's next president, putting a 39-year-old political novice at the helm of one of the world's biggest economies and slowing a global populist wave.PoliticsMay 7, 2017
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French nationals in Quebec vote in the thousands for presidential electionThousands of French nationals who live in Quebec voted Saturday in their country's presidential runoff between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen.CanadaMay 6, 2017
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