Why Marine Le Pen will be eyeing the presidency
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Political uncertainty hangs over France after snap elections produced a hung parliament. Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party came in third place, but the far right may not have peaked just yet.
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