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France’s recovery from presidential election starts with shades of uncertainty

Beltway Confidential

France’s recovery from presidential election starts with shades of uncertainty

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May 8, 2017 3:29 pm

Voters were obviously very open to extreme parties and bored of the old and endless bipartisan fight. (Thomas Samson/ pool photo via AP)

Beltway Confidential

French voters are locked between the rejection of old parties and extremes

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April 24, 2017 3:37 pm

France has been fairly politically stable for 60 years, but judging from polls for the May 8 French presidential election, it may very well be diving back into the troubled waters of an institutional crisis. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Beltway Confidential

French election has country teetering on the brink of an institutional crisis

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April 21, 2017 6:00 pm