The French Socialist Party is making a push to diversify from right wing talking points. Acting president goden bardela tells us, we're not extremists. We just want to unite people. But open up the party literature and the top three concerns remain the same: uncontrolled imigration, islamism and security under threat.
Russian troops have withdrawn from suburban Kyiv to focus on the eastern Donbas region. With Western weapons for Ukraine flowing in, a grinding war of attrition looms. For our French-election series we meet members of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, which has
found success by shifting the focus away from its extremist image. And why
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