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Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for French 2017 presidential election, attends a political rally in Pageas, France April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

France Demands Lifting Le Pen’s Immunity over Financial Scandal

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 14, 2017 | World

French prosecutors have asked the European parliament to lift the immunity of far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen over an expenses scandal,legal sources said Friday.If lifted Le Pen will need to answer and cooperate with a thorough financial probe. The move...

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French President Francois Hollande speaks during the annual television interview at the Elysee Palace following the Bastille Day military parade in Paris, France, July 14, 2015. REUTERS/Alain Jocard/Pool

Hollande: Le Pen’s Euro Exit Plans Jeopardize French Purchasing Power

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 25, 2017 | World

Ditching the euro to return to the franc would harm the purchasing power of the French, President Francois Hollande and central bank governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Saturday, in tacit warnings against the National Front. According to Reuters, opinion...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for the French 2017 presidential election, during their meeting in Moscow, Russia March 24, 2017. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS

Far Right Leader Le Pen Meets Russia’s Putin, Criticizes Upholding Sanctions

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 24, 2017 | World

Russian President Vladimir Putin granted an audience to French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen in the Kremlin on Friday, bestowing a level of international recognition that has so far eluded her in the countdown to France’s presidential election. Opinion...

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Marine Le Pen, France’s National Front political party head, attends a joint news conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, June 16, 2015. REUTERS/Yves Herman

French Far-Right Leader Le Pen: Brexit Will Trigger a ‘Domino Effect’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 21, 2017 | World

At a right-wing meeting aiming to oust established parties in elections this year, France’s Far-right leader Marine Le Pen urged European voters to follow the example of Americans and the British and “wake up” in 2017. Speaking to several hundred...

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Francois Fillon, former French prime minister and member of Les Republicains political party, attends a rally as he campaigns in the second round for the French center-right presidential primary election in Lyon, France, November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Robert Pratta

Poll’s Show France’s Fillon Will Easily Beat Far-Right’s Le Pen

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 29, 2016 | World

French conservative Francois Fillon will beat the far-right’s Marine Le Pen by a wide margin in next spring’s election for president, a poll by Kantar Sofres Onepoint showed on Tuesday. Fillon, a former prime minister with radical free-market policies, won...