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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen registered her highest score in the first round of the 2022 presidential election in the overseas French department of ...

“There is more canvassing work to do on the ground,” he added. On a visit to an Atlantic search-and-rescue maritime centre in Brittany in June 2017, Macron made an off-hand remark about the “kwassa-kwassa”, the fast fishing boats also used for illegal migrant crossings. Illegal immigration is also a cause for concern for the population of Mayotte. Boats from the Comoros arrive every day and exasperate the Mahorais, who see the influx as the source of many ills. “The kwassa-kwassa don’t fish much, they just bring Comorians,” he joked, sparking an avalanche of indignation and criticism. Now on her third presidential campaign, Le Pen is seeing a big boost in Mayotte after a modest start: she garnered just 2.77 percent of the vote during her first bid in 2012. The result is consistent with what is happening. “Mayotte is almost a laboratory of horrors. In 2018 and 2019, crime in every domain – burglaries, theft, and physical and sexual violence – far exceeded the figures for mainland France. Some 18 percent of homes had been burgled at least once in those two years. “The Mahorais feel abandoned. While Le Pen spent three days in Mayotte at the end of 2021, Macron contented himself with a video and a letter to the Mahorais and the Overseas Territories on March 17. The RN’s favourite themes strike a chord with many Mahorais, he explained. Mayotte is also the poorest territory of France. According to the French NGO l’observatoire des inégalités (Inequality Observatory), half of the population in Mayotte lives on less than €260 per month while around 10 percent of the island's population lives on less than €1 a day.

However, these two candidates represent two different programs, with the one from far-right candidate Le Pen being different and not aligning with several EU ...

Sources from the EU also express their concern for the other EU Member States such as Poland and Hungary, saying that Le Pen’s victory could boost national-conservative governments, which could challenge the EU’s authority. Marine Le Pen has rejected an official exit, but her programme is not compatible with continued French membership of the EU,” Jean-Louis Bourlanges, a centrist MP and president of the French parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said, calling the referendum, which intends to apply national primacy law not only in immigration but every other area. Moreover, for EU experts, Le Pen becoming a French president could risk an empty seat at EU gatherings, recalling 1965 when French president Charles de Gaulle refused to attend those for five years in a row due to disagreements for the budget.

French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen, her father and a number of former colleagues have been accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of euros in ...

The EU is coming to the rescue of its little soldier,” RN spokesman Laurent Jacobelli responded on RMC. I am very used to that and I think that the French are absolutely not fooled,” she said while on a campaign trip to Normandy. I think the Macron team is so nervous that they are ready for anything. The European Parliament has already recovered nearly €800,000 from Gollnisch and Jean-Marie Le Pen in connection with the fictional assistants scandal. It’s the same theme from her entourage, too. The report is unequivocal, Mediapart reports.

TORY voters back the far-right candidate in the French presidential election who promised to ban the hijab, a new poll has revealed.

Lab voters: Macron 53% / Le Pen 8% https://t.co/L5Ndymp5cF https://t.co/SL1m4JlNT7 pic.twitter.com/dI0ILrJXVm April 15, 2022 Con voters: Macron 24% / Le Pen 37% All Britons: Macron 37% / Le Pen 19%

French voters have all the information and evidence required to comprehend the evil that Russian President Vladimir Putin represents.

In the rest of Europe, our commitment to the values that should underpin open democracies is on the line. The former policeman John Lee, tapped by the authorities in Beijing to be Hong Kong’s next chief executive, plainly believes that any questioning of government policies is tantamount to sedition. They do not have the excuse of Russians or Chinese, who are denied a free media environment. In China, for example, the authorities describe the repression of Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang as simply limited anti-terrorism measures and peaceful re-education. By contrast, autocracies depend on their ability to exert maximum control over most aspects – political, economic, social, and cultural – of a country’s life. One must hope French voters do so on April 24 by ensuring that the incumbent Emmanuel Macron defeats Marine Le Pen, his right-wing nationalist challenger, in the second round of the country’s presidential election.

Head of French far-right National Rally party and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen explains how she sees future relations between her country and the ...

- "I will remain loyal to the official policy of our Foreign Ministry, namely for France to continue being engaged in favor of the two-state solution. Le Pen noted that the problem of Iran instrumentalizing Hezbollah could only be resolved in talks with Israel, Iran, Russia, the United States, Saudi Arabia and the Vatican. In particular he has carved out his own roles within NATO and the European Union, and taken a special interest in Lebanon and the Middle East more broadly.

Marine Le Pen is promising to repeal unpopular changes to research institutions. But the wider impact of her presidency would be catastrophic.

Researchers should consider that any short-term gains in terms of funding would be completely outweighed by the disaster of a Le Pen win. Universities and research funders must also confront the possibility that a Le Pen government would seek to restrict academic freedom. Le Pen has said she will roll back these changes, and will use some of the money saved from the tax breaks to boost public spending on science. The reforms meant that universities would be able to amend researchers’ contracts and many scientists did not welcome these changes, partly because of the risk that they could make employment more precarious, or change job terms and conditions. Both presidents sought to align France’s universities, research and funding systems more closely with those of the United States and the United Kingdom by giving universities more autonomy; improving links between academics and businesses; and increasing financial support for research-intensive corporations. Last time this happened, in 2017, Macron won comfortably, by a margin of 66% to Le Pen’s 34%. But this time, opinion polls are predicting a much tighter race.

Incumbent Emmanuel Macron's lead over his far-right opponent Marine Le Pen widened in voting intention polls on Tuesday (April 19). Three polls in the ...

Three polls in the French presidential election placed him at the highest level since before the first round. Three polls in the French presidential election placed Macron at the highest level since before the first round In response, Le Pen said, "For me, failure is sometimes a kick in the backside."

She could bolster Russian President Vladimir Putin, diminish NATO, break the E.U. and propel other far-right groups.

“If she wins, France will be more sidelined in the European Union and NATO,” he said. The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. “I just can’t believe they would vote for Putin’s stooge,” said one European diplomat who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely. “By attacking Macron at this moment, they are [effectively endorsing] Le Pen, contrary to Polish interests,” said Jacek Kucharczyk, head of the Warsaw-based Institute of Public Affairs. “Her election would be a disaster for Poland because it would weaken Western unity. Since the war in Ukraine began, Le Pen has sought to inject nuance into her previous relations with Putin, suggesting she has “changed her opinion” of the Russian leader. “It’s him or the fall of a united Europe. Sounds dramatic. In a campaign speech last week, Le Pen showed no love for the relationship. “And European integration will lose, as it will stop and backpedal. Le Pen has stopped short of arguing for full withdrawal from NATO, saying she would keep France as part of the alliance and adhere to Article 5, which compels member nations to defend others that come under attack. Her proposals — including reinstituting border controls, offering preference to French nationals for certain benefits, placing French law above European law and slashing financial contributions to Brussels — fly in the face of the bloc’s principles and rules, and they could corrode the E.U. from within. “I don’t think the E.U. could survive that.” She could also give momentum to far-right forces in Italy and Spain, which have begun to gain steam after periods of stagnation.

A pivotal moment in the race for the Élysée Palace, Wednesday's televised debate between President Emmanuel Macron and his far-right challenger Marine Le ...

Alone of all candidates, the incumbent refused to take part in France 2’s flagship campaign shows, but appeared twice on TF1. In order to comply with campaign rules giving all candidates equal media time, the channel was forced to broadcast segments of Macron’s one and only campaign rally – a special treatment many journalists felt added insult to injury. “It took a while for journalists to find the right tone, treating the National Rally like other parties but without playing their game.” The animosity towards Lapix goes back to Le Pen’s first presidential run in 2012, when the news anchor pulled out a calculator to show her economic platform did not add up. She is expected to play by the same rulebook during Wednesday’s debate, ditching the mercurial belligerence of five years ago in favour of a more “presidential” pitch. The two finalists will once again spar in a televised debate on Wednesday, with Le Pen hoping to erase memories of the embarrassing flop that ended her hopes of pulling off an upset in 2017. Le Pen, who blamed her 2017 fiasco on fatigue, has cleared her schedule this week to prepare for the make-or-break debate.

Almost a third of Marine Le Pen's voters believe that the French presidential election has been rigged, according to an opinion poll. The survey by the Ifop ...

Another 31 per cent said they did not know and just 55 per cent were confident that there would be no fraud. Almost a third of Marine Le Pen’s voters believe that the French presidential election has been rigged, according to an opinion poll. Nearly third of Le Pen backers say French presidential election is rigged