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Apr 25, 2022 · She won more than 13 million votes on Sunday, on a platform of tax cuts to tackle the high cost of living, a ban on wearing the Muslim headscarf in public and a referendum on immigration...
Apr 24, 2022 · 24 April 2022. Summary. Emmanuel Macron has beaten far-right candidate Marine Le Pen to win the French presidency. The centrist has taken 58% of the vote to her 42% in a narrower victory than...
Apr 10, 2022 · Macron has come in first place with 28.4% of the vote while far-right leader Le Pen received 23.4%, according to national broadcaster France Télévisions. Left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon...
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Macron, a pro-European liberal, marketed himself as a stabilizing force during a time of crisis, pointing to his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This clearly resonated with voters, despite many people seeing him as being out of touch and elitist. Ahead of the vote, Macron watered down plans to reform the co...
Le Pen, a far-right populist from the National Rally (RN) party, had threatened a major upset in French and European politics if she had been elected. RN has historically been accused of espousing racist, anti-Semitic and anti-Islam policies. But in the months leading up to Sunday's runoff, she sought to soften her party's hardline image over immig...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has spoken with Macron several times since Russia's invasion on February 24, congratulated his French counterpart and said he was a "true friend of Ukraine" on Twitter. "I wish him further success for the sake of the (French) people. I appreciate his support and I am convinced that we are moving together...
US President Joe Biden congratulated Macron and said he looked forward to continued close cooperation. He wrote on Twitter that France was the US's "oldest ally and a key partner in addressing global challenges." "I look forward to our continued close cooperation — including on supporting Ukraine, defending democracy, and countering climate change,...
Jun 30, 2024 · Marine Le Pen’s National Rally made big gains in the first round of a snap election that could upend political orthodoxy across Europe and beyond, with implications for markets and global security that will be hard to predict.
Apr 24, 2022 · Le Pen took just 5% of the first-round vote in the French capital; Macron did just as poorly in some rural areas. Between them, the two finalists won less than half the youth vote.
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Apr 24, 2022 · President Emmanuel Macron has beaten far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in the French presidential runoff, pollsters project. Macron is set to take 58.8% of the vote to Le Pen’s 41.2%,...
