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France’s Le Pen pledges to keep fighting Macron

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Published: Apr 24, 2022, 18:38 UTC

PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Sunday that she would keep up the political fight against President Emmanuel Macron in the run-up to June parliamentary elections, as she conceded defeat to the incumbent in France's presidential election.

Second round of France's 2022 presidential election

PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Sunday that she would keep up the political fight against President Emmanuel Macron in the run-up to June parliamentary elections, as she conceded defeat to the incumbent in France’s presidential election.

“The French showed this evening a desire for a strong counterweight against Emmanuel Macron, for an opposition that will continue to defend and protect them,” she told supporters after early projections indicated she had lost the election.

(Reporting by Tassilo Hummel and Leigh Thomas; Editing by Ingrid Melander)

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