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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 05:11 UTC

Tag: Marion Marechal-Le Pen

  • Monday, December 14th 2015 - 07:07 UTC

    Sarkozy conservatives take the day beating Le Pen's National Front

    Le Pen had been riding high after extremist attacks and an unprecedented wave of migration, and the party came out on top in the first round a week ago.

    Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front failed to take a single region during the runoff of regional elections after dominating the first round of voting, pollsters projected. The conservatives of former president Nicolas Sarkozy surged against the governing Socialists, changing the political map of France.

  • Monday, December 7th 2015 - 08:19 UTC

    France's far right National Front with record gains in regional elections

    Marine Le Pen and her 25-year-old niece Marion Marechal-Le Pen broke the symbolic 40% mark in their respective regions, shattering previous records

    France's far-right National Front (FN) saw record gains in the first round of regional polls on Sunday, held under a state of emergency just three weeks after Islamic extremists killed 130 people in Paris. Despite the strong result, it faces an uphill battle to clinch a run-off vote next week after Socialists withdrew candidates to block it from power.