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Le Pen conceded defeat minutes after the estimated results were released, [84] but still called the outcome a victory for her political movement and for the upcoming parliamentary elections. [ 87 ] [ 1 ] It was the best result for the far right in France since the founding of the Fifth French Republic in 1958 .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 January 2025. French politician (born 1968) Marine Le Pen Le Pen in 2024 President of the National Rally group in the National Assembly Incumbent Assumed office 28 June 2022 Preceded by Office established Member of the National Assembly for Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency Incumbent Assumed office 18 ...
When Le Pen, a lawyer by occupation, stood in the 2012 presidential election, she came in third with 17.90% of first-round votes. She rose within the ranks of the National Front (FN), founded and previously led by her father Jean-Marie Le Pen , culminating in a bitter leadership struggle which she won in 2011.
France's far-right National Rally to join new EU alliance. 10:50, Tom Watling. Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) will join a new alliance in the European Parliament led by Hungarian ...
Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party led the first round of France’s parliamentary elections on Sunday, taking it closer to the gates of power than ever before.. After an ...
[15] Marine Le Pen, president of the RN group in the National Assembly, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of La France Insoumise, celebrated the election results and welcomed the announcement of snap elections. [14] Former president Nicolas Sarkozy condemned Macron, seeing his decision to dissolve parliament as a "serious risk for the country."
AMSTERDAM/LONDON (Reuters) -Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) party won the first round of France's parliamentary elections on Sunday, exit polls showed, but the final result will ...
Presidential elections were held in France on 21 April 2002, with a runoff election between the top two candidates, incumbent Jacques Chirac of the Rally for the Republic and Jean-Marie Le Pen of the National Front, on 5 May. This presidential contest attracted a greater than usual amount of international attention because of candidate Le Pen's ...