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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll, Carmen Aguilar García and Pamela Duncan

Political donations in France swerve to the right as Le Pen’s niece raises more than Macron

Marion Maréchal and Marine Le Pen
Marion Maréchal’s Reconquête received €5.5m from private donors in 2022, while Marine Le Pen’s National Rally secured €604,000. Composite: Guardian Design/Getty Images/AFP/Corbis

Political funding in France has swerved to the right, with private donations to the small nationalist group backed by Marine Le Pen’s niece overtaking those raised by President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling party.

Reconquête received €5.5m (£4.7m) from private donors in 2022, the year Macron secured a second term after a final round showdown against Le Pen, analysis by the Guardian of the annual reports of the 15 main French parties shows.

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