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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen arrive as leaders of European far-right and nationalist parties meet in Warsaw with the aim of creating a powerful new alliance that would become the second-biggest grouping in the European Parliament. The talks will include around 14 parties and are being hosted by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Poland's ruling right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) party. IMAGES
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, elected in the first round of the French general election in her fiefdom of Pas-de-Calais, leaves the RN headquarters in Paris at the end of a meeting of her party's executive committee. (COMPLETES VIDI36273P6_EN) IMAGES
After the CFDT and FO trade unions and the federation of French businesses (Medef), it was the turn of CGT Secretary General Philippe Martinez to be welcomed to Matignon for talks with new Prime Minister Jean Castex. IMAGES
The new French Prime Minister heads to the presidential palace for a working meeting with President Emmanuel Macron, after receiving former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal for the Macronist group and conservative leaders, Laurent Wauquiez, Bruno Retailleau and the President of the Senate, Gerard Larcher. IMAGES
The United States says it's concerned by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing to discuss Ukraine. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says the trip "certainly doesn't seem to be productive in terms of trying to get things done in Ukraine," adding: "It's concerning." SOUNDBITE
Marine Le Pen and Sebastien Chenu, elected as MPs for the far-right National Rally (RN) in the first round of the French general election, arrive at their party's headquarters in Paris for an executive committee meeting the day after the vote, in which the RN won by an unprecedented margin. IMAGES