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Marine Le Pen, president of France's right-wing party the National Rally, votes in the first round of local elections, in Hénin-Beaumont. 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
Google launched a verification platform dubbed 'CrossCheck' at the French Development Agency's headquarters in Paris on Tuesday, aimed at combatting fake news. The partnership between First Draft and the Google News Lab will work in collaboration with 17 newsrooms, including Agence France-Presse (AFP), BuzzFeed News, France Televisions and Le Monde, among others. The CrossCheck launch comes as France prepares to hold presidential elections this summer.
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 89 National Rally deputies, including the leader of the group, Marine Le Pen, enter the hemicycle of the National Assembly, three days after the second round of the legislative elections. IMAGES
French leftists celebrate in Paris during the announcement of the results of the second round of the legislative elections, as the left-wing alliance becomes the main opposition force and the Macronist coalition Ensemble! loses its absolute majority in the National Assembly. IMAGES