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Apr 2022
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The French Election - Other Countries Ha...

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For decades France has been one of the few European countries the rest of the world didn’t have to worry about, but with the upcoming April 24th election between current president Emmanuel Macron & far-right contender Marine Le Pen, that could all change.

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