Putin and Le Pen versus the EU and Turkey
CIHAN | ISTANBUL - 09.12.2015 13:10:53
Despite all the opinion polls and predictions by political insiders, the victory of the National Front (FN) in the first round of the French regional elections came as a shock to many in France and the rest of Europe. The populist radical right party, led by Marine Le Pen, was the biggest in six of the 13 regions, but also came out on top nationwide with 28 percent of the votes, ahead of its two rivals -- Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative Republicans and the Socialists of French President François Hollande.
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