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France's far-right National Front leads in regional elections:

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front party led in the first round of French local elections, TV exit polls showed on Sunday, with Le Pen and her niece Marion Marechal-Le Pen both gaining more than 40 percent in the north and southeast of the country. Ref. Source 4d

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Marine Le Pen takes huge lead over Nicolas Sarkozy in French first round presidential election poll:

The far-right leader had 29 per cent of the vote when pitted against Les Républicains' former president, who was eight points behind, and held a 15-point lead over the Parti de Gauche's Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the poll released by Ipsos. Ref. Source 2k.

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Why the French elections will change the face of Europe

The result of the upcoming French election will either force the EU to take a giant step backwards or rejuvenate it. Ref. Source 3z.

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Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron advance to France’s May 7 presidential runoff with 96% of polls reporting.

The world is watching France’s election as voters there have comprehensively snubbed the country's political establishment, sending far-right populist Le Pen and political novice Macron to the forefront.

It was a stunning victory for Macron, a former investment banker who has never before stood for elected office and now becomes the favorite to become France's next President. "We did it," he told jubilant supporters.

Investors breathed a sigh of relief after Macron emerged as the front-runner going into the election’s second round. The euro’s value jumped against the dollar.

Le Pen, leader of the National Front, has campaigned on a promise to ditch the euro and pull France out of the European Union.

In first-round victory speech Sunday, Le Pen rallied her supporters to her anti-immigration, anti-European Union message.

"The French people must seize this opportunity, because the enormous challenge of this election is the wild globalization that puts our civilization at risk," Le Pen said.

Sunday's first round contest was held under tight security after a terror attack in Paris Thursday night disrupted the final day of campaigning Friday. Ref. CNN.

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This will be interesting to see one the main general election comes on May 7th. I think it will be very interesting if Macron takes it and becomes the next president of France.

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Either one is going to be interesting. They each intend on taking France in different directions and the fact that no mainstream political party is in the top two is huge.

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French result not what it seems

MACRON might have won the battle, but Marine Le Pen could win the war. Here's why the French result is not what it seems. Ref. Source 7u.

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Yes, I read about this from other sources and Condoleezza Rice warned about this too. If he doesn't get a lot of support in the next election he'll be a President without any power, and that could lead to harder times in France… making the country ripe for Le pen when the next elections come about.