The first round of france's presidential election is three days away, and one pole after another suggests the same thing. The fact that miss lepen is faring so well is down in part to a long of the party distanced somewhat from its founder,. her father, jean mari the nasitie. In 19 72, he cofounded what was then called the national front, a party that was staunchly, viciously, unapologetically far right.
Russian troops have withdrawn from suburban Kyiv to focus on the eastern Donbas region.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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