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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 24, 2018
Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon sets up populist group to paralyze EU
Former Donald Trump political strategist Steve Bannon and a top associate have created a Brussels-based political organization intended to undermine, and ultimately paralyze, the European Union, Bannon and the associate told Reuters.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 9, 2018
French judges halt €2 million in subsidies for Marine Le Pen's party amid EU funds misuse probe
French judges investigating an alleged misuse of EU funds by Marine Le Pen's far-right party have decided to block €2 million of state subsidies due to be handed out to the party, Le Pen and a judicial source said on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
May 15, 2017
No taboos at Elysee as Mrs. Macron signals change
As Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, settle in to the Elysee Palace, their unconventional partnership stands as a symbol of the changes the new president is aiming to bring about in France.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 8, 2017
France's new president banks on de Gaulle's 'majority amplifier' to govern
Unknown just three years ago, and with a party only 12 months old, Emmanuel Macron has seized the French presidency against all the odds. His challenge now is to govern.
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2017
French go to polls in second round of election; opinion polls see Macron winning
After a tumultuous election campaign filled with scandal and surprises, the French public began to vote Sunday on whether a pro-European Union centrist or an anti-EU, anti-immigration far-rightist will lead them for the next five years.
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2017
Le Pen's party says some voters received torn ballot papers
The National Front party of French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen complained to election authorities that voters in several regions received torn facsimile ballot papers bearing her name in a pre-election information package.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 3, 2017
Views from Tokyo: Which candidate would you vote for in the French election and why?
As France prepares to go to the polls again, French nationals in Kagurazaka and Asakusa were asked who they were rooting for.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2017
Has France really rejected populism?
It is too early for those celebrating the triumph of liberal democracy in France to declare victory.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2017
Will France elect a Gallic Obama?
Emmanual Macron is a virtuoso of vagueness who calls to mind a certain freshman senator in 2008.
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2017
Meet the real Marine Le Pen
Thinner, better dressed and more soft-spoken then when she started out, Marine Le Pen has developed a charisma that enables her to appeal to a wider variety of supporters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2017
French voters are skeptical that Macron, Le Pen have answers about key issues
A week before the decisive second round in France's presidential election, many voters are skeptical that either of the two candidates can solve chronic unemployment or tackle security concerns, a poll published Sunday found.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Apr 30, 2017
Political risk scares away Japanese investors in French bonds
Japanese investors, traditionally among France's most loyal lenders, are not yet convinced that French political risks have faded and are staying away from buying the country's bonds.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2017
Moscow mad after Macron camp bars Russian media outlets over alleged fake news
Russia accused French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign team of discriminating against its media on Thursday, saying it had trampled on the freedom of the press by banning Russian news outlets from its events.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 26, 2017
Macron says Le Pen is promoting hate, would wreck France's economy
French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron accused his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen, on Tuesday of promoting hatred and isolation with policies that he said would wreck the economy.
EDITORIALS
Apr 25, 2017
A political earthquake rocks France
The May 7 presidential ballot will mark the first time in the modern French republic that no major party is represented in a presidential election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2017
Le Pen runoff campaign targets far left and right, will bill Macron as establishment, globalist
Warnings against the dangers of globalization and terrorism and efforts to portray rival Emmanuel Macron as the establishment candidate will be at the heart of Marine Le Pen's campaign for the May 7 French election runoff.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 24, 2017
Macron's advance in French runoff stalls populist wave in Europe
The populist tsunami that slammed into Britain last year, before sweeping across the Atlantic to the United States, may have faded on the shores of France on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 10, 2017
Le Pen fears prompt Japanese to dump record amount of French bonds ahead of election
Japanese investors dumped a record amount of French bonds in February, rattled by the rising popularity of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the upcoming presidential election, data from the Ministry of Finance showed Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 28, 2017
Poll shows Macron win in French election in shadow of "Penelopegate"
Centrist Emmanuel Macron would trounce far-right leader Marine Le Pen in France's presidential election if, as seems increasingly likely, the two face off in the second and final round of the contest on May 7, a poll showed on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2017
Le Pen foes relish Dutch vote, but French election may be different
Adversaries of Marine Le Pen expressed relief on Thursday after her ally Geert Wilders won fewer seats than expected in a Dutch election, but analysts warned against reading too much into the result ahead of France's tight presidential race.

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