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French Conservatives Oust Leader over Election Pact with Far-Right

French conservatives said, on Wednesday, they had removed their leader Eric Ciotti for trying to strike an electoral alliance with the far-right National Rally (RN), although he insisted he was still in the post. The Republicans' political committee had voted unanimously to oust Ciotti, MP Annie Genevard said, adding that the party "will present ...

France's Election Campaign Starts, Macron Encounters Obstacles

France began a frantically short election campaign Monday, with President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance facing an uphill struggle to avoid a new defeat at the hands of the far right. Macron called the snap parliamentary elections three years early in a dramatic gamble to shake up politics in France, after the far right trounced his ...

French Far-Right Ahead but Far from Majority

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's party held onto its lead in opinion polls published Friday ahead of legislative elections, but its chance of wielding an absolute majority was receding. The anti-immigrant, eurosceptic National Rally (RN) remains on course to be the biggest party in parliament after Sunday's second-round vote but is not ...