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6/30/2024 9:33:04 PM
France's far-right won the first round of pivotal legislative elections on Sunday with the centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron coming in only third behind the left after the highest turnout in over four decades, estimates said.
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International
6/30/2024 9:41:00 AM
Polls opened in France on Sunday for the first round of snap parliamentary elections which could see the far-right party of Marine Le Pen take power in a historic first.
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6/29/2024 7:41:28 PM
The far-right AfD declared its ambition to rise to power in Germany as its party congress kicked off Saturday with clashes between hooded demonstrators and police, just weeks after it scored record EU election results.
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6/29/2024 12:57:37 PM
A divided France braced Saturday for high-stakes parliamentary elections that could see the anti-immigrant and eurosceptic party of Marine Le Pen sweep to power in a historic first.
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International
6/27/2024 12:22:46 PM
France's political future was up in the air Thursday with the far-right surging in polls but other forces fighting to the end three days before a high-stakes parliamentary vote.
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International
6/26/2024 1:39:51 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist government was making a last-ditch bid for votes on Wednesday, four days ahead of parliamentary elections where the far-right has its best-ever chance of leading the government.
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International
6/24/2024 9:54:38 PM
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday warned that the policies of his far-right and hard-left opponents could lead to "civil war", as France prepared for its most divisive election in decades.
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International
6/24/2024 3:30:17 PM
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella vowed Monday to be "vigilant" in the face of any Russian threats and said his party would not send troops into Ukraine if it wins snap elections.
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International
6/24/2024 1:41:24 PM
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella said Monday his National Rally party was ready to take power, six days before the start of voting in France's most divisive election in decades.
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International
6/23/2024 7:47:50 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday he was "concerned" about the prospect of a victory for the far-right in France's upcoming parliamentary elections.
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International
6/22/2024 7:20:53 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron's ascendancy is "over", former head of state Francois Hollande told AFP Saturday after his former protege called a snap election likely to hand massive gains to the far right.
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International
6/18/2024 6:15:21 PM
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella Tuesday urged voters to give his alliance a clear majority in snap polls on June 30 to be able to act unhampered as prime minister.
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International
6/14/2024 4:51:05 PM
France's left put up a united front on Friday, vowing a "total break" with President Emmanuel Macron's policies if it wins historic polls, while far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen pledged a "national unity government" if her party emerges victorious.
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Africa
6/12/2024 10:54:34 PM
Guinea's Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah on Wednesday said he was worried about opinion turning against Africans in Europe after far-right parties made significant gains in Sunday's European parliament vote.
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Opinion
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6/12/2024 4:42:31 PM
The recent European Union elections have witnessed a notable rise in support for far-right and populist parties across various member states, with this surge in their popularity raising concerns about the EU’s future direction and its impact on key issues like immigration, trade, and democratic values protection.
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War in Ukraine
6/11/2024 9:15:51 PM
German far-right and left-wing nationalist lawmakers boycotted a parliamentary address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Tuesday in which he warned that pro-Russian rhetoric posed a growing danger to EU nations.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
6/11/2024 5:57:24 PM
European stock markets and the euro tumbled further Tuesday as investors faced weeks of political uncertainty after far-right gains in EU Parliament elections that sparked early elections in France.
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International
6/11/2024 12:15:33 PM
"It's the future of the French nation that's at stake in a few weeks," Macron's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told broadcaster BFMTV Tuesday, as France heads into its shortest electoral campaign for parliamentary seats following the rise of the far right in the EU ballot.
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International
6/10/2024 10:50:54 PM
The United Nations' refugees chief denounced Monday the politicisation of migration in European elections, warning that demonising refugees would only make the issue more difficult to deal with.
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International
6/10/2024 3:23:08 PM
Left-wing parties across the Nordics gained ground in the EU election, going against the trend of right-wing advances across Europe, with experts saying Monday that right-wing issues were lower on voters' agenda.
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