French Presidential Election

• 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
  
• Emmanuel Macron takes power as French President, vows to overcome divisions

  The former investment banker becomes the youngest post-war French leader and the first to be born after 1958.

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  May 14, 2017
  
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• United States watched as Russians hacked French networks before election

  The United States watched Russians hack France's computer networks during the election and tipped off French officials before it became public.

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  May 9, 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.

  Politics

  May 7, 2017
• 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.

  Politics

  May 7, 2017
• Macron the maverick: 39-year-old is France’s youngest leader since Napoleon

  It 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.

  Politics

  May 7, 2017
• Emmanuel Macron easily beats Marine Le Pen in French presidential election

  Polling 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.

  Politics

  May 7, 2017
• French nationals in Quebec vote in the thousands for presidential election

  Thousands of French nationals who live in Quebec voted Saturday in their country's presidential runoff between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen.

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  May 6, 2017
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• Emmanuel Macron campaign emails leaked online days before French presidential vote

  The data leak emerged as polls predicted Macron was on course for a comfortable victory over far-right leader Marine Le Pen

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  May 6, 2017
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• Emmanuel Macron campaign emails leaked online days before French presidential vote

  Some nine gigabytes of data were posted by a user called EMLEAKS to Pastebin, a document-sharing site that allows anonymous posting.

  Politics

  May 5, 2017