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Marine Le Pen elected President of France​

Marine Le Pen has been elected by the French public to become the next President after defeating incumbent President Jacques Chirac by a large majority. The win by Marine Le Pen ends the decades-long dominance of the two traditional main left-wing and right-wing parties as she took seventy-four percent of the votes compared to the twenty-six percent of Jacques Chirac. The far-right Marine Le Pen has promised sweeping reforms across the country as France has been swept with a state of emergency by the now former President amidst a financial and energy emergency which has now been stood down and has stated she will prioritise the French people.

It has been widely reported that the now former President Jacques Chirac was not in the country during the time of the election after a late challenge to the Supreme Court of France to postpone the elections. Projections also show that the National Rally party which is chaired by Marine Le Pen is set to cruise to victory in the legislative election which was held on the same day as the presidential election with the newly appointed President set to appoint a new Prime Minister and cabinet who will begin with sweeping domestic and foreign reforms.

 

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Marine Le Pen under investigation, offices of French National Electoral Commission raided​

The Constitutional Council has found irregularities in the French presidential election and French legislative election and has asked the National Police to investigate the President-elect and her cabinet after the opposition claimed that voters were rigged by French National Electoral Commission officials. It is understood that the Director-General Roseline Loupe has been arrested by the National Police and is under investigation. President-elect Marine Le Pen has described the investigations and arrests as politically motivated from her home in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

 

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Marine Le Pen no longer under investigation and cleared of any wrongdoing after election recount ​

The Constitutional Council has declared that Marine Le Pen is no longer under investigation after an election recount in the French presidential election. The far-right leader took to the streets of her hometown of Neuilly-sur-Seine and celebrated with supporters amidst that she could be re-sworn in as the French President. The new President-elect vowed to bring confidence back to a nation that has been “broken” by a spate of terror and a sluggish economy. She listed a range of challenges facing the country, from migration fluxes, to the “excesses” of global capitalism and terrorism.

 

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Marine Le Pen officially sworn in as President of France​

Marine Le Pen is the centre of attention this evening as she has taken her oath and has has been sworn in as France's new president after the recent Constitutional Council ruling and her clearing of any wrongdoing after the recent election recount. The newly appointed President has continued with her promise of sweeping reforms across the country with promises to boost the economy and introduce strict immigration controls to control migration. She launched a scathing attack against her rivals saying that she was the best choice to lead the French people and that the previous President and his government had let the French people down.

The newly elected far-right President is due to meet with members of her National Rally party ahead of the results of the legislative election with polls suggesting that they are on an equal level with the centre-based Renaissance party as results are soon to close.

 

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Jordan Bardella leads National Rally to victory in legislative elections​

The French legislative elections have ended with the National Rally led by Jordan Bardella turning the tide from 16 seats to 294 seats. It was a thumping victory for the party who also capitalised on their victory in the recent French presidential election. The win will hand the new president a relatively free rein to implement any of her sweeping reforms that she has recently announced in regards to the economy, immigration and national security. At 27 years old, he is expected to become the next French Prime Minister after most notably serving as the party founder's parliamentary assistant.

He is expected to name a cabinet in the coming hours after receiving support from a new party in the National Assembly. Éric Zemmour announced his party would align themselves with the National Rally party. The former essayist, writer, political journalist and pundit was also a stand-out winner in the legislative elections after leading his new Reconquête party to 11 seats in the National Assembly. Zemmour is well known for his controversial views regarding immigration and Islam in France. He was previously fined for incitement to racial discrimination and for incitement of hate against Muslims.

 

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New government to push for referendum on return of death penalty​

France's new Minister of Internal Affairs has today confirmed that the government is seeking to hold a referendum in the coming months about the return of capital punishment. Minister Nicolas Dupont-Aignan confirmed the rumours after a leaked memorandum from a cabinet meeting in the last few days and confirmed that they would be for murder, child exploitation, terrorism and other serious crimes as determined by the Court of Cassation (the highest court in the French judiciary) and also confirmed that he was leading talks between various departments surrounding the sensitive subject.

Minister Nicolas Dupont-Aignan also confirmed on a visit to a prison in northern France that the judicial system was to be overhauled with prisons also receiving overhauls due to the lack of upgrades in the past.