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France's far-right National Front political party leader Marine Le Pen speaks to journalists as she leaves after a meeting at the Elyseé palace in Paris on January 9, 2015.

How France’s far-right National Front party is seizing the political moment

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In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack, Marine Le Pen and France’s radical-right are tapping into anti-Muslim sentiment. And the French public is listening. Have we reached “Le Pen’s Moment?”

France's far-right National Front political party leader Marine Le Pen, center, prepares to cast her ballot at a polling station during the first round of the French mayoral elections in Henin Beaumont, Northern France, March 23, 2014.

French voters toss out the status quo in local elections

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Speech writer Arthur Vlaminck (Raphaël Personnaz) tries to high-five French Foreign Minister Alexandre Taillard de Worms (Thierry Lhermitte) in Bertrand Tavernier’s new film, THE FRENCH MINISTER, a comedy based on the graphic novel "Weapons of Mass Diplom

Here’s how the life of a French official became the satirical film, ‘The French Minister’

Arts, Culture & Media
Speech writer Arthur Vlaminck (Raphaël Personnaz) tries to high-five French Foreign Minister Alexandre Taillard de Worms (Thierry Lhermitte) in Bertrand Tavernier’s new film, THE FRENCH MINISTER, a comedy based on the graphic novel "Weapons of Mass Diplom

Here’s how the life of a French official became the satirical film, ‘The French Minister’

Arts, Culture & Media
French President François Hollande

A friend of François Hollande says he wanted a ‘Chinese Wall’ between his public and private life

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Why all the fuss about French President François Hollande’s alleged affair?

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French tabloid “Closer” exposed an alleged affair between French President François Hollande and a French actress. Hollande isn’t the first French president to stray, though he isn’t married, so why is this alleged affair causing such a stir?

VIDEO: Foreign markets shift as world reacts to Francois Hollande’s victory in French election

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Francois Hollande will be the next president of France, the winner of a run-off election on Sunday between himself and Nicholas Sarkozy. Hollande, a Socialist, has promised to rollback, or at least modify, the austerity measures championed by his predecessor.

Sarkozy first French incumbent president to lose in first round of elections

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Nicholas Sarkosy has a tough battle in front of him if he wants to remain in office when the second, runoff round of the presidential elections happens on May 6. His challenger, Francois Hollande, has promised to reverse some of the austerity measures championed by Sarkozy.

Economy dominating as French voters prepare to head to polls

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President Nicolas Sarkozy is hitting the streets this week as the start of formal campaigning has kicked off. His challengers, including Francois Hollande, Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Melonchon are hoping to make the economy issue number one, while Sarkozy is hoping it’s anything but.

Far-right conservatives gain ground in France

Global Politics

While the Tea Party has energized conservatives in the United States, France is experiencing an upheaval in its own domestic politics.