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Two Awful Things That Happen When You Do Austerity
The winner of France's first election round, Francois Hollande is out saying that austerity is the reason so many voters turned to nationalist candidate Marine Le Pen in the election.
This might sound controversial, but it has a historical...Show More Summary
Élysée 2012: le score de Marine Le Pen vu de Londres
Par Franck Guillory – 23/04/2012 Un point de vue de Londres, celui de l’éditorialiste britannique Nick Cohen. Les Français ont voté. Le 22 Avril ne remplacera pas le 21 Avril dans l’imaginaire politique national et ce sont bien les deux favoris, Nicolas Sarkozy et François Hollande, qui s’affronteront en « finale », le dimanche 6 [...]
France’s Fate: Socialist François Hollande Leads Presidential Election
But Marine Le Pen looks to be the real winner, and Nicolas Sarkozy is not done yet.
France’s Woman in the Wings
Marine Le Pen is well-positioned to emerge even stronger in the 2017 elections.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Marine Le Pen Must Not Be Allowed to Benefit From Her Victory
Everything must be done -- and it is possible -- to prevent Marine Le Pen from becoming the arbiter of the second round.
Far Right Does Amazingly Well in French Election
Marine Le Pen may not have made it into the runoff round of France's presidential election, but she was arguably the biggest winner of the night, bringing in between 18% and 20% of the vote. It was the best-ever showing for the far-right National Front, even surpassing her father's 17%...
Sarkozy’s humiliation: what the French papers are saying
Hollande will be the next president – but Marine Le Pen is now a force to be reckoned with
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Kate Thomas
LAST UPDATED AT 13:25 ON Mon 23 Apr 2012
NICOLAS SARKOZY is the first incumbent to lose the first round of a presidential election since the creation of the Fifth Republic in 1958. Show More Summary
To Keep His Job, France's Sarkozy Must Reach To The Right
Far-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen could determine who wins the May 6 runoff. She finished a surprisingly strong third on Sunday. If Sarkozy can't appeal to enough of her supporters, he could lose to Socialist Francois Hollande.
Re: Why Did So Many French Vote for ‘Far-Right’ Marine Le Pen
The fascination surrounding Marine Le Pen’s first-round presidential-election showing, perceptively described by Mario, is dominating the French press today. She’s on nearly every editorial page in the country, as this round-up in l’Express reports. Show More Summary
French far-right soars in presidential vote
Demonstration by Le Pen's Front National The anti-immigrant far right emerged as a potentially major force in French politics with a record showing by its candidate Marine Le Pen in the first round of presidential elections.
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French far right holds balance after Francois Hollande edges Nicolas Sarkozy
Reuters reports — Far-rightist Marine Le Pen threw France's presidential race wide open on Sunday by scoring nearly 20 percent in the first round -- votes that might determine the runoff between Socialist favorite Francois Hollande and conservative President Nicolas S …
Marine Le Pen: neither Left nor Right, just a chain-smoking, race baiting opportunist
Expect the newspapers to be full of the end of La France. Against her better judgment, that hysterical madame has voted in the presidential elections for a socialist first and an ineffectual conservative second. She also gave twenty percent and third place to the nationalist candidate, Marine Le Pen. The Left will say that it's [...]
Why Did So Many French Vote for 'Far-Right' Marine Le Pen and Her National Front?
The real winner of the first round of France’s crucially important presidential election was Marine Le Pen and her “far right” National Front Party. Of course, she came in third, which means that she’s eliminated from the runoff in two weeks. Show More Summary
Hollande Wins Round One But Euroskeptic Le Pen Steals the Show; Can Sarkozy Win Round Two? Strange Bedfellows
As expected Francois Hollande and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy will square off on May 6 in round two of the French presidential elections. However, there was a huge surprise in spot number 3 as extreme right wing candidate Marine Le Pen...Show More Summary
One in three French choose far Left or far Right
Euro-democracy. France’s parties of the centre once again prove they have failed, driving voters to dangerous extremes: Marine Le Pen secured
France: Socialist Victory Overshadowed by ‘Big Healthy Blonde Girl’
Until his daughter, Marine, captured 19 percent of the vote in France’s first round of elections Sunday, Jean Marie Le Pen was the country’s most politically successful right-wing crazy. In a way he saw this coming, promoting his daughter, as the Guardian recalls, as a “big healthy blonde girl... Show More Summary
NEWS: Sarkozy Down But Not Quite Out; A New, Tougher iPhone; What Killed Andrew Breitbart, Pastoral Guitar (VIDEO)
Sarkozy loses to Hollande, and both edge out right-winger Marine Le Pen. France preps for run-off election: Exit polls also showed Green candidate Eva Joly with 2%, the right-wing eurosceptic Nicolas Dupont-Aignan at 1.8%, far-left candidates Phillippe Poutou and Nathalie...
Hollande, Sarkozy set to advance to runoff
Anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim Marine Le Pen currently in third place. 23 Apr 2012 7:45 AM
Hollande Tops Sarkozy in France’s Presidential Race
By: Rachel Pulaski Reuters reported via Democratic Underground: Far-rightist Marine Le Pen threw France’s presidential race wide open on Sunday by scoring nearly 20 percent in the first round – votes that may determine the runoff between Socialist favorite Francois … Continue reading ?
Sarkozy's Party Is Already Sucking Up To Le Pen Supporters
Rachida Dati, the glamorous yet controversial UMP politician and key Sarkozy ally, is now trending worldwide on Twitter after apparently sucking up to Marine Le Pen's FN supporters.
Speaking to France2, Dati said that Le Pen's far right...Show More Summary