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Macron's new party wins majority in parliamentary elections

It's a slightly smaller than expected landslide for en Marche as voter turnout plummets.

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Explainer: France’s parliamentary elections

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Marine Le Pen regrets 'aggressive' debate performance against Macron

Marine Le Pen has acknowledged that her controversial debate performance against French presidental rival Emmanuel Macron earlier this month was peppered with “too much…

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Macron - the hard work starts now

France's 39-year-old president was unknown to the wider public three years ago and remains outside any of the traditional political groupings.

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Liberty, equality, subversion: French ballot box humour

The second round of the French presidential election was a convincing victory for Emmanuel Macron who won 66 percent of the vote compared to Marine Le Pen’s 34…

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The Brief from Brussels: France 'sidesteps' Europe's populist wave

2017 was a year of three important elections.

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"Calais mon amour": how a National Front supporter fell in love with a migrant

The improbable story of how a French National Front supporter fell in love with an immigrant

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Merkel delighted with pro-EU Macron in the Elysée

Merkel praises Macron win as victory for Europe

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FN stronghold warns new French president on pro-EU stance

Henin-Beaumont, in the north of France close to the border with Belgium, is a National Front stronghold.

$Macron's challenge to mend France's fractured political landscape$

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Macron's challenge to mend France's fractured political landscape

For many in France, Emmanuel Macron’s decisive victory over Marine Le Pen sparked a wave of enthusiasm and optimism.

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National Front ready for name change and power

National Front ready for name change and respectability

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Macron victory heralds new political era in France

France’s incoming and outgoing presidents attended a solemn ceremony in Paris on Monday, commemorating the end of World War Two in Europe.

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Five things to learn from France's presidential election

France remains deeply divided Macron won with a two-thirds share of the vote (66.

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Party time in Paris as Macron supporters celebrate win

Emmanuel Macron’s emphatic victory went down well with his supporters.

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Le Pen supporters take heart despite defeat

She may have lost but Marine Le Pen’s supporters quickly rallied, determined to take something positive from the election.

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What's next for Macron? A looming parliamentary challenge

As the eighth president of France's Fifth Republic, Macron has weeks before taking the reins of government and engineering a parliamentary majority.

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World leaders react to Macron's election victory

The victory of Emmanuel Macron has generated a mix of jubilation among pro-EU groups and future far-right opposition.

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Macron will heal 'divisions' after landslide French election win

With the vast majority of the votes counted, the centrist has 65% of the share compared to Le Pen's 35% in Sunday's run-off.

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Le Pen supporters boo results

Supporters of the far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen gathered at her campaign's electoral venue in Paris as partial results of the run-off vote began to come in.

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Marine Le Pen isn't France's first female president after all

France’s Front National (FN) was founded by Jean Marie Le Pen in the 1970s.