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Marine Le Pen advances in poll as riots heighten security fears
PARIS â French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is gaining ground over her rivals for the French presidency, according to a poll Monday that underscored growing security concerns amid riots over a...
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Breitbart’s European offensive: all talk, no action
PARIS â So much for the American alt-right’s shock and awe media campaign. In the wake of Donald Trump’s surprising election victory, a top editor at Breitbart put Europe on notice: The provocative...
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France’s Bayrou won’t stand in election, endorses Macron
PARIS â French centrist François Bayrou on Wednesday offered to form a political alliance with presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, opting not to run for president himself because of what he...
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Marine Le Pen refuses to testify in assistants probe
PARIS â French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Friday refused to speak to investigators probing her alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay party staffers, creating a standoff with...
View ArticleFrançois Fillon placed under judicial investigation
PARIS â François Fillon was placed under judicial investigation Friday as part of a payments scandal involving his wife, a move that marks a damaging escalation in legal proceedings against the...
View ArticleBreitbart’s European offensive: all talk, no action
Nicholas Vinocur and Andrew Hanna report on Breitbart’s stillborn European expansion. Read the full piece here.
View ArticleFrench In the loop February 27: des affaires de Marine Le Pen
Nicholas Vinocur et Pierre Briançon parlent du programme d’Emmanuel Macron et des affaires de Marine Le Pen.
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François Fillon’s supporters head for the lifeboats
PARIS â At this rate, François Fillon will soon be running a one-man campaign to become French president. More heavyweight supporters abandoned him Thursday after he announced that he would stay in...
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French farmers flock to Le Pen — and hope for the best
MALIGNY, France â If the European Union had to choose a poster child for its agricultural policy in France, vintner Daniel Seguinot would make a solid candidate. For the last 30 years, the producer...
View ArticleFrench In the loop March 16: le vote au Pays-Bas
Cette semaine, Nicholas Vinocur et Pierre Briançon analysent le vote au Pays-Bas et les tractations entre le parti socialiste français et la campagne d’Emmanuel Macron.
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Man shot dead at Paris Orly, all flights suspended
PARIS â Two terminals of Paris Orly Airport were shut down and evacuated Saturday morning after a military patrol shot a man who had taken one of their weapons, prompting authorities to warn...
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France investigates terror link to Orly attack
PARIS â French anti-terrorism authorities are leading the investigation into the Saturday incident at Paris Orly Airport that left an alleged attacker dead and shut down two terminals. The...
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Le Pen’s Dutch bummer
PARIS â At a rally with European allies in January, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen predicted the Continent would ârise upâ in 2017 as the Anglo-Saxon world had done last year by voting...
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French presidential debate: What to watch for
PARIS â France’s presidential election campaign goes primetime on Monday at 9 p.m. The five top contenders for the presidency will face off for the first time in a TV debate that could send the...
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5 takeaways from the French presidential debate
PARIS â The top five contenders for the French presidency faced off Monday night in a live TV debate that was lengthy, heavy on policy and devoid of any knockout blows. The spotlight was trained...
View ArticleMarine Le Pen, no longer enemy of the euro
PARIS â For years, far-right leader Marine Le Pen blasted the euro as an enemy of the French people â an overvalued currency that she accused of impoverishing millions via price increases that...
View ArticleFrench In the Loop March 21: le débat présidentiel
Cette semaine, Nicholas Vinocur et Pierre Briançon analysent le débat présidentiel et la performance d’Emmanuel Macron, de François Fillon et de Marine Le Pen.
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Marine Le Pen’s campaign hired banned Hitler admirer: report
PARIS â Marine Le Pen’s presidential campaign hired a Hitler-admiring far-right activist on a temporary job contract despite a judicial order banning him from having commercial ties with her...
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It wasn’t me! François Fillon adopts Trump tactic
PARIS â “The leaks are real, the news is fake.” The phrase belongs to U.S. President Donald Trump, but it could easily have come from François Fillon, the conservative candidate for the French...
View ArticleWestminster attacker acted alone, say British police
British police investigating an attack on Parliament that killed four people and injured 50 believe that the attacker acted alone and for motives that may never be known. Khalid Masood, who was shot...
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