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#ThewRap: Things you need to know, June 19, 2017
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Macron won 66.1%, Le Pen 33.9% in French vote – final results
Macron received a total of 20 753 797 votes compared with 10 644 118 for Marine Le Pen the ministry announces the day after the landmark election
Balikatan, impeachment complaint, Macron | Midday wRap
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France's Macron files complaint after Le Pen's 'offshore account' claim
Judicial sources say prosecutors in Paris opened a probe following the complaint from Macron which comes 3 days before Sunday s presidential run off against Le Pen
French candidate Le Pen announces euroskeptic PM pick, if elected
Le Pen says she wants to build up France s borders take it out of the eurozone and hold a referendum on the nation s EU membership
France's Le Pen struggles with fear of far-right
Marine Le Pen has a tricky balancing act ahead of the runoff: keeping her core far right supporters happy while appealing to a wider electorate who need to be reassured
Lock-up cell, Duterte, Le Pen | Midday wRap
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Russian hackers 'targeted Macron campaign'
UPDATED Pawn Storm also known as APT28 is also believed to be behind the attacks on the US Democratic National Committee thought to be aimed at undermining Hillary Clinton s presidential bid
Polar opposites: The issues that divide Le Pen and Macron
Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and far right leader Marine Le Pen are set to go head to head in the second round of France s presidential election on May 7
Duterte, Abu Sayyaf, French elections | Midday wRap
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France's presidential election: How the world is reacting
Here are some of the reactions to the projected results of the first round of the French elections
Macron, Le Pen set for French election run-off
3rd UPDATE Macron tops Sunday s first round with 23 9 of votes slightly ahead of National Front FN leader Le Pen with 21 4 according to near final results from the interior ministry
Frontrunners Le Pen, Macron hold rival Paris rallies
The unpredictable race narrows dramatically with surveys suggesting 4 candidates are in contention to win one of the top two spots in the April 23 vote and progress to the run off election a fortnight later
Magistrates to probe France's Fillon over 'fake jobs'
Conservative candidate Francois Fillon dismisses the claims as politically motivated
#ThewRap: Things you need to know, January 16, 2017
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French presidential favorites head for debate showdown
The brash Nicolas Sarkozy 61 is waging an uphill fight for a return to the office he held from 2007 to 2012 lagging far behind his mild mannered 71 year old rival Alain Juppe in voter surveys
Political earthquake in France as far right triumphs in EU vote
The National Front led by Marine Le Pen secures 26 of the vote guaranteeing the party around a third of France s 74 seats in the European Parliament
Can Hollande save Europe?
As austerity fatigue sets in across Europe Francois Hollande s call for a switch of focus has found wide support
Euro falls after polls in France, Greece
UPDATED Left wingers hold Bastille mega party for France s new Socialist leader In Greece ruling parties struck by earthquake vote
Sarkozy closes on Hollande as France elects president
France goes to the polls Sunday May 6 with frontrunner Francois Hollande hoping voters will reject Nicolas Sarkozy s record in office and make him the country s first Socialist president since 1995
Libya funded Sarkozy 2007 campaign: ex-Libya PM's lawyers
Lawyers for former Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi al Mahmudi said the Khadafi regime helped bankroll the 2007 campaign of French president Nicolas Sarkozy
French vote debate fierce but no knock-out blow
French President Nicolas Sarkozy launches fierce assaults on his Socialist rival Francois Hollande in their pre poll debate
Meet Francois Hollande, the anti-Sarkozy
Socialist Francois Hollande is the exact opposite of Nicolas Sarkozy but recent weeks have also exposed his weaknesses
Socialist favored as France heads for presidential vote
Nicolas Sarkozy faces serious threat from Socialist candidate Francois Hollande in France s first round of presidential election
French keen on abstaining in polls
A record number of French voters are frustrated with a lackluster presidential campaign
