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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Francois Fillon

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) meets people as he leaves his home in Le Touquet, northern France, on June 11, 2017, during the first round of France's legislative elections. (Philippe Huguen/AFP)
June 11, 2017, 10:23 pm
Macron headed for huge parliamentary majority
En Marche party along with MoDem ally projected to win 32% of vote, against Republicans with 21% as National Front struggles at 14%
By Guy JACKSON and Clare BYRNE
A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Vertou, western France, during the first round of legislative elections on June 11, 2017. (AFP/Loic Venance)
June 11, 2017, 11:21 am
Macron seeks majority as France votes for new parliament
The president’s untested En Marche party needs a clear majority for him to push through his promised reforms
By Guy JACKSON and Sylvie Groult
French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen (C), flanked by former French presidential election candidate for the right-wing Debout la France (DLF) party Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (L), gestures at the end of her meeting at the Parc des Expositions in Villepinte, on May 1, 2017. (AFP/Alain Jocard)
May 2, 2017, 9:11 am
French far-right candidate Le Pen copies Fillon speech
National Front head repeats ex-candidate’s comments in ‘a nod to a short passage… that shows she is not sectarian’
By AFP
French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen delivers a speech in Henin-Beaumont, April 23, 2017. (AFP/joel SAGET)
April 25, 2017, 3:41 am
France’s steely Le Pen courts right in presidential runoff
Daughter of anti-Semitic provocateur, candidate has widened her party’s appeal to voters once too timid for the extreme right
By Elaine Ganley
National Front leader Marine Le Pen addressing activists at the Espace Francois Mitterrand in Henin Beaumont, France, April 23, 2017. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images/JTA)
April 25, 2017, 3:28 am
Why Marine Le Pen is confident she will be France’s next president
Macron’s victory in 1st round of elections has many assuming he will handily win the next stage, but things may not be so simple
By Cnaan Liphshiz
French presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron rat the Parc des Expositions in Paris, on April 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Eric Feferberg)
April 24, 2017, 5:38 pm
France’s mainstream unites for Macron as Le Pen reaches for outsiders
Establishment candidates rejected by voters rally around centrist; far-right party plans to woo those who backed far-leftist
By Sylvie Corbet and Elaine Ganley
A French national residing in Israel prepares to cast his vote for the first round of the French presidential election on April 23, 2017, at the French consulate in the coastal city of Netanya. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
April 24, 2017, 4:50 pm
French Israelis vote 60% for Fillon, 4% for Le Pen
Despite his disappointing show at home, voters in the Jewish state favor secularist candidate who vowed to fight anti-Semitism
By Raphael Ahren
French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Parc des Expositions in Paris, on April 23, 2017, after the first round of the Presidential election. (AFP PHOTO / Patrick KOVARIK)
April 23, 2017, 11:27 pm
French leaders urge support for Macron ahead of presidential runoff against Le Pen
Bernard Cazeneuve rallies support for centrist in May 7 vote; protesters clash with police as poll results reveal 1st round winners
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Far-right leader and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, Marine Le Pen, cheers supporters on stage after exit poll results of the first round of the presidential election were announced, at her election day headquarters in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, Sunday, April 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
April 23, 2017, 10:23 pm
Le Pen, Macron through to 2nd round in French elections
Exit polls show far-right leader and centrist will contest presidency on May 7; others concede; Le Pen hails ‘historic result’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
French nationals Israel walk past posters showing French presidential election candidates at a polling station at the French consulate in Jerusalem on April 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 23, 2017, 4:38 pm
Turnout slightly up as France votes in high-stakes race
Long lines reported in Jerusalem and Netanya for expats wishing to cast ballots in presidential election
By Guy JACKSON
A person cast his ballot at a polling station in Strasbourg during the first round of the Presidential elections, April 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Federick Florin)
April 23, 2017, 9:50 am
French voters begin casting ballots in presidential nailbiter
Over 60,000 polling stations open for some 47 million eligible voters, who will choose between 11 candidates
By AFP and ToI Staff
Former French presidential election candidate for the far-left coalition La France insoumise Jean-Luc Melenchon on the campaign trail in eastern France, April 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Sebastien Bozon)
April 23, 2017, 7:50 am
Melenchon, France’s ‘unbowed’ hard-left candidate
The fiery Communist-backed eurosceptic vows to return ‘power to the people’ if he shocks the establishment to become president
By Gina DOGGETT
French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen at a press conference at her campaign headquarters in Paris, April 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure)
April 23, 2017, 7:41 am
Le Pen: Far-right heir hopes to become France’s first female president
Propelled by anti-establishment fury that drove Brexit and Trump victories, ‘party of patriots’ leader is banking on rebranded ultranationalist rhetoric
By Clare BYRNE
Winner of the right-wing primaries ahead of France's 2017 presidential elections, Francois Fillon visits the Chauvet pig farm in Chantenay-Villedieu, western France, December 1, 2016. (AFP/JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER)
April 23, 2017, 6:35 am
France’s Fillon hopes experience will trump scandal
Trailing in third place ahead of Sunday’s first round of presidential voting, the conservative Catholic former PM’s chances depend on voters overlooking recent graft charges
By Guy JACKSON
A French riot police officer carries flowers given to him by a demonstrator, in Paris, Saturday, April 22, 2017, a day before the country begins its two-round presidential election. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
April 23, 2017, 5:47 am
Security tight as France goes to the polls in presidential vote
50,000 police, 7,000 soldiers safeguarding Sunday’s election, with terrorism and a lackluster economy topping voters’ concerns
By Thomas Adamson
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