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The Frenchman played down the Holocaust and went after AIDS victims, LGBTQ people, Muslims, Jews, and immigrants.
Leftist leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon called the results an “immense relief for a majority of people in our country,” while French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said he would resign.
After the first round of voting, Le Pen’s far right National Rally party seemed to be on course for securing an outright majority—prompting left-leaning parties to band together.
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Violence is in the air as Marine Le Pen’s National Rally threatens to win national elections, which the president says could spark “civil war.”
The Russian president was believed to have favored a Le Pen victory.
But voters stayed home in droves as Macron faced a surge in inflation concerns and anti-immigrant sentiments.
The 44-year-old President of France was photographed lounging on a Vico Magistretti couch, buttons of his crisp white shirt undone, and a thicket of chest hair front and center.
The combined votes from two far-right candidates exceeded votes for Macron—but the French president is still projected to come out on top of Sunday’s first-round vote.
Beware the Putin apologists who weasel their way to the top.
Leader of newly minted “Reconquest” party is also on trial for inciting racial hatred.
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