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France's Le Pen still hopes to unsettle Macron in legislative elections

FILE PHOTO: Marine Le Pen, French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, accompanied by RN party acting president Jordan Bardella and RN party member David Rachline, arrives at their party headquarters after her defeat in the second round of the election, in Paris, France, April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman

French far-right politician Marine Le Pen returned to the electoral fray on Sunday, announcing herself as a candidate in the parliamentary elections in June after weeks of silence since she lost the presidential vote to Emmanuel Macron last month.

"I hope that we will have a strong presence in parliament to lead, once again, the fight against the social policies that Emmanuel Macron wants to put in place," she said, adding she would run for re-election in her northern constituency of Pas-de-Calais.

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