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International
7/2/2024 6:00:48 PM
A far-right candidate on Tuesday dropped out of the race for France's parliament over a social media post showing her in a Nazi cap, a party official told French media.
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World
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International
7/2/2024 2:37:45 PM
French candidates faced a Tuesday deadline to stay in or quit the weekend's runoff election, with over 160 withdrawing so far in an effort to block the far right from winning an absolute majority.
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World
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International
7/2/2024 12:35:00 PM
Candidates in France on Tuesday faced a deadline to register for the run-off round of a high-stakes parliamentary election, as President Emmanuel Macron's centrist camp and a left-wing alliance scrambled to prevent the far right from taking power.
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Opinion
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7/1/2024 4:38:29 PM
Following his party’s decisive loss to the far-right National Rally in the European Parliament election, French President Emmanuel Macron shocked everyone by dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap election. He has justified his decision by claiming that an election will “clarify” the political situation, but his compatriots do not share this view.
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World
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International
7/1/2024 11:39:31 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies were on Monday beginning a week of intense campaigning ahead of the second round of legislative elections to prevent the far right in a historic first from taking an absolute majority and control of government.
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World
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International
6/30/2024 10:55:38 PM
France held the first round of an early parliamentary election on Sunday that could bring the country's first far-right government since Nazi occupation during World War II.
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World
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International
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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World
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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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World
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International
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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World
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International
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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World
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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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World
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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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World
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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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World
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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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World
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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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World
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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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World
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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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World
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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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World
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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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World
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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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