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Priyanka Shankar

Will the French political crisis help Marine Le Pen’s far-right RN party?

Rassemblement National leader Marine Le Pen [File: Andrea Savorani Neri/NurPhoto via Getty Images]

“They chose disorder,” said French President Emmanuel Macron, referring to the right- and left-wing politicians who last week jointly voted in favour of a no-confidence vote which toppled the government.

Speaking to the nation in a televised address on Thursday, Macron highlighted that his opponents had chosen “an anti-Republican front” by removing Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government over a social security budget dispute on Wednesday.

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