French Election

• Quebec politician accused of ‘interfering’ in French elections by far-right candidate

  A candidate for France's far-right National Rally accused a Quebec provincial politician of engaging in "a form of interference" in French politics.

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  Jul 3, 2024
  
• French-Montrealers vote in ‘historic’ election amid surge in far-right

  Quebec is home to 260,000 French citizens, 200,000 of whom live in Montreal. They form the largest population of French nationals outside mainland France.

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  Jun 29, 2024
  
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• Macron inaugurated for 2nd term, vows to first take action on Russia’s war in Ukraine

  Macron was reelected for five years on April 24 in a runoff that saw him beat out far-right rival Marine Le Pen.

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  May 7, 2022
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• Macron holds major campaign rally in Marseille, touts climate accomplishments

  French President Emmanuel Macron held a major campaign rally Saturday in Marseille, touting his environmental and climate accomplishments.

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  Apr 16, 2022
• Montreal French expats face hours-long wait to vote in France election

  By noon, four hours after the polls opened, the estimated wait-time was two and half hours, according to a post on the Consulat Général de France à Montréal's Twitter feed.

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  Apr 9, 2022
• French election: Macron faces tough challenge from far-right Le Pen

  Macron, 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.

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  Apr 9, 2022
• Emmanuel Macron flexes diplomatic muscles in meeting with Vladimir Putin

  French President Emmanuel Macron said he had "extremely frank" and "direct" talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.

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  May 29, 2017
• Vladimir Putin rejects allegations that Russia meddled in the French election

  Putin added that Russia had been well-aware of opinion polls predicting Macron's victory.

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  May 29, 2017
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• Police slowly reopen Paris train station after security alert

  Police gradually began reopening Paris' Gare du Nord train station on Monday night after earlier evacuating the platforms and cordoning off the area because of a security alert, local police authorities said.

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  May 7, 2017
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• What world leaders are saying about Emmanuel Macron’s victory in France

  It's no secret that Emmanuel Macron's victory in France left more than one European leader heaving a huge sigh of relief.

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  May 7, 2017