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Defeated presidential candidate Marine Le Pen claims a "historic, massive result" for her far-right National Front in France's presidential run-off won by centrist Emmanuel Macron. SOUNDBITE
Major disappointment for Marine Le Pen Sunday as her far right National Front did not win any of France's 18 regions. The result, however, is the best in the history of the far right party.
The leader of France's far-right National Front party, Marine Le Pen has announced she wants to offer the country a referendum on the death penalty, which has been abolished in 1981.
French economist Thomas Piketty, the best-selling author of Capital, has turned down the Legion of Honor, since he is of the opinion that it is not the government's role to decide who is honorable.
Newly-elected MPs from Emmanuel Macron's party LREM, renamed Renaissance, arrive at the National Assembly, as the French president looks for a way out of the deadlock after his failure to retain a parliamentary majority. IMAGES
"We're going to talk about the future, we're going to talk about the legislative elections," Marine Le Pen says as she arrives at the Rassemblement National's national office in Paris, the day after her defeat by Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election. IMAGES
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