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French lenders have been reluctant to finance far-right candidate’s campaigns
Marion Maréchal’s shift to support Eric Zemmour intensifies debate over direction of rightwing politics in France
Two women frontrunners seek to unseat Macron as feminist issues move up the agenda
Eric Zemmour scoops up party defectors as France shifts towards conservative themes
Courts have ruled political events are exempt from controls, creating two-speed campaign
Emergence of far-right talk-show star as contender plays havoc with rivals’ electoral calculations
CNews gave a platform to the broadcaster, who is surging in the polls, while critics say it has tilted the election agenda to the right
Anti-immigration polemicist Eric Zemmour has thrown presidential calculations into confusion
Eric Zemmour shifts focus of debate around Islam and law and order ahead of presidential election in April
Far-right leader and Socialist Anne Hidalgo set stage for bitter 2022 election campaign
Macron and Le Pen see their centrist and far-right groups suffer in regional polls
The far-right suffered a setback but cannot be discounted next year
France’s leader now has reason to worry about a centre-right rival
Centre-right Les Republicains perform strongly in first round while extreme right falters
Win in regional ballot could lift far right leader’s chances in 2022 presidential poll
While growing numbers of 25 to 34-year-olds are turning to far right, youngest voters favour president
Despite Covid, the European Union is in better shape politically than the US or UK
We cannot dismiss the far-right threat as over
Hungary’s nationalist leader hosts Poland’s Morawiecki and Italy’s Salvini for talks on political bloc
Far-right leader challenges Macron in struggle between ‘nationalists’ and ‘globalists’
French president faces tighter fight as his far-right opponent adopts more mainstream positions
Marion Maréchal has criticised her aunt for failing to seek allies and build electoral coalition
Environmental party triumphs in big cities in French local election
His imperious manner and lack of emotional intelligence make him vulnerable
Polls indicate far-right leader is Elysée contender in realignment of French politics
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