French elections
France's Macron under fire after aide caught beating protester
Opposition parties condemned the presidency's handling of the matter, arguing the punishment was too lenient and that the incident should have been referred...
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France's Macron acts on pledge to clean up politics
Macron pledged during the campaign to put forward a draft law on ethics in public life before the mid-June parliamentary elections.
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France’s Macron open to talks with willing conservatives
Emmanuel Macron’s centre-right ally Francois Bayrou signalled he was not happy with the list of candidates.
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[OPINION] Macron victory – now it’s time to unite a divided France
Emmanuel Macron must unite the country after one of the most divisive and polarising elections in recent French history.
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Profile of French president-elect Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron was elected French president with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union.
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Macron wins French presidency, to sighs of relief in Europe
With virtually all votes counted, Macron had topped 66% against just under 34% for Le Pen - a gap wider than the 20 or so percentage points.
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Macron seen winning French presidential runoff with 62%
The French Independent centrist is seen getting 62% of the votes in the second round compared to 38% for Le Pen, an increase of three points for the centrist candidate.
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Macron accuses Le Pen of spreading lies about him
Emmanuel Macron’s party has previously complained that his campaign had been the target of ‘fake news’ put out by Russian media.
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Macron, Le Pen clash on euro, terrorism, in French pre-election TV showdown
In a final put-down, when Le Pen attempted to interrupt his summing-up, Macron told Le Pen: “You stay on TV. I want to be president of the country.”
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Macron and Le Pen to square off in French pre-election TV debate
Opinion polls still show Macron, 39, holding a strong lead of 20 points over the National Front’s Le Pen with just four days to go to the final vote.
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Macron, Le Pen exchange May Day blows on day of rallies and protests
Two opinion polls showed Macron winning what is widely seen as France’s most important election in decades with between 59 & 61% of the vote.
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Police injured in clashes with Paris May Day protesters
This year’s May Day came less than a week ahead of the final round of a presidential election.
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French voters sceptical Macron, Le Pen have answers on key issues
Polls predict that Macron, a former economy minister, will win the 7 May run-off with about 59-60%.
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French voters skeptical Macron, Le Pen have answers on unemployment, security
According to the Ifop poll, 45% of voters believe the two finalists would not put an end to unemployment and 36% say neither candidate is able to protect France from attacks.
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Syria enters French election debate
A top aide of far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen raised doubts about a French intelligence report accusing Syria’s leadership of a toxic gas attack.
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French presidential foes take spin battle to tumble-drier factory
Macron said that if elected president, the firm’s redundancy plan would not be accepted if it was not good enough.
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Macron, Le Pen trade accusations in French election race
Macron and Le Pen, leader of the National Front (FN), go head-to-head on 7 May after taking the top two places in Sunday’s first round.
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Hollande urges French to reject Le Pen in presidential run-off vote
Macron and Le Pen, leader of the National Front (FN), go head-to-head on 7 May after taking the top two places in Sunday’s first round.
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Gloves off in French election as Le Pen aide calls Macron ‘arrogant’
Sunday’s outcome is a huge defeat for the two centre-right and centre-left groupings that have dominated French politics for 60 years.
