French Presidential Elections 2017 - Page 4

Marine Le Pen Pledges to Abolish Same-Sex Marriage

As part of her 144 pledges to the French people, anti-mass migration Front National presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has said she will abandon gay marriages in favour of civil partnerships. Earlier this month after holding her campaign launch in Lyon,

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French Police Raid Offices of Marine Le Pen

French police have raided the headquarters of Front National presidential candidate Marine Le Pen over “fake job” claims while she is currently on a trip to Lebanon. The raid took place Monday afternoon at the Front National (FN) headquarters in Nanterre,

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Fillon Fights to Keep French Presidential Candidacy Alive

PARIS (AP) — Conservative leaders in France are rallying around Francois Fillon, the beleaguered presidential candidate, amid promised new revelations about the alleged illegitimacy of his wife’s taxpayer-paid job. Broadcaster France Televisions said it would screen video extracts later Thursday

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New Report Says Fillon’s Family Made $1 Million as Aides

French presidential candidate Francois Fillon not only paid his wife for an allegedly fake job as a parliamentary aide, but also employed two of the couple’s children for the same positions, a weekly newspaper is reporting. Altogether, the aide work brought Fillon’s family nearly $1 million.

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Valls vs Hamon in French Socialists’ Presidential Primary

PARIS — French voters are voting for the Socialist candidate who will face a tough battle to beat rivals from the far-left, the far-right and the political center in France’s presidential election this spring. Sunday’s choice in the Socialist primary

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