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Far-right leader Marine Le Pen wins seat in French parliament

Far-rightleaderMarineLePenonSundaywonaseatintheFrenchparliament,butheranti-EUNationalFront(FN)partyfaceddisappointment,winningonlyfourtoeightseats,pollsandparty

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Leader of British minority party Lib Dem quits

TimFarron,leaderoftheLiberalDemocratsinBritain,announcedWednesdayhewasquitting.Hisdecisioncomeslessthanaweekafterseeinghispartymakegainsinthegeneralelection.Far

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Theresa May brings back rival in cabinet reshuffle aimed at uniting part

BritishPrimeMinisterTheresaMayonSundayreshuffledhercabinetandbroughtapartyrival,MichaelGove,intogovernment,inabidtouniteherConservativesPartyafterlosingtheparli

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Britain's general election: a gamble too far for Prime Minister May

AsBritishPrimeMinisterTheresaMaygambledherpoliticalfutureoncallingasnapgeneralelectionsevenweeksago,resultsfromThursday'selectionshowthatherpartycannotformamajo

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Cambodian ruling party wins majority in local elections: PM

The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won the majority in the fourth commune elections on Sunday, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Monday.

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British PM, rival face angry voters as election nears

AngryvotersroundedonBritishPrimeMinisterTheresaMayinalivetelevisiongrillingonFriday,justsixdaysbeforethegeneralelectionandattheendofatoughweekforhercampaign.The

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New poll puts Macron's party on top in French parliament vote

FrenchPresidentEmmanuelMacron'spartyisexpectedtowinthemostvotesinthefirstroundofJune'sparliamentaryelection,apollshowedonTuesdaywhichreinforcedthesimilarpattern

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Macron's party seen on top in French parliament election: poll

FrenchPresidentEmmanuelMacron'spartyisexpectedtoemergewiththemostseatsinJune'sparliamentaryelection,apollshowedonMonday,withMacronalsoscoringwellintermsofgenera

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Canada's Conservatives elect Andrew Scheer as new party leader

Canada'sConservativeshavechosenayouthfulnewleadertotakethemintothenextfederalelection.FormerHouseofCommonsspeakerAndrewScheer,38,beat12othercontestantsinarazor-

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Turkey's Erdogan returns as ruling party boss after referendum

Turkey'srulingpartyonSundayreappointedPresidentRecepTayyipErdoganasitschiefafteranearlythreeyearbreak,swiftlyexploitingakeychangeagreedinacontroversialreferendu

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News Analysis: Traditional parties in France face inevitable shake-up

Following the French presidential election victory for Emmanuel Macron -- the candidate for a political party positioning itself neither on the left nor the right -- internal quarrels related to political orientation have been accentuated within the traditional parties, a sign of political upheaval and restructuring.

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News Analysis: Traditional parties in France face inevitable shake-up

FollowingtheFrenchpresidentialelectionvictoryforEmmanuelMacron--thecandidateforapoliticalpartypositioningitselfneitherontheleftnortheright--internalquarrelsrela

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Austria's FM elected as chief of Austrian people's party

Austria'sForeignMinisterSebastianKurzwaselectedonSundayasthechiefofAustrianpeople'sparty(OVP).Austria'sForeignMinisterSebastianKurzleavesafterameetingofAustrian

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France's Macron announces gender equal list of political outsiders

The party of French President-elect Emmanuel Macron has selected a diverse list of 428 candidates for parliamentary elections next month.

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APD Review: The road of new French president is still full of obstacles

ByAPDwriterFanZhengjieOnMay8,theFrenchMinistryoftheInteriorannouncedtheresultsoftheelection,the39-year-oldex-economyministerEmmanuelMacronwonwith66.1%votes.Thef

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Ex-French President Sarkozy seeks meeting with Fillon and Juppe

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Monday for a meeting with Francois Fillon and another senior conservative figure, Alain Juppe, in a bid to hammer out a solution to the crisis facing Fillon's presidential election campaign.

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Irish PM says will deal with issue of his leadership next month - party

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny told unsettled members of his ruling Fine Gael party that he would conclusively deal with the issue of his leadership after meeting the U.S. president next month, the party's chairman said on Wednesday.