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Topic: French presidential election

Demonstrators kneel and gesture with victory signs as they take part in the demonstration of the yellow vests near the Arc de Triomphe on December 8, 2018 in Paris France. Anti Brexit protesters use illuminated signs as they demonstrate with placards outside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster on December 10, 2018 in London, England. (Getty/Jeff J Mitchell/Christopher Furlong)

Brexit and the Yellow Vests

Andrew O'Hehir
Donald Trump; Emmanuel Macron (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Macron's sudden collapse

Conor Lynch
French finance minister Emmanuel Macron, center, tours the Parrot booth with Parrot CEO and founder Henri Seydoux, right, and Louis Schweitzer, left, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, at the International CES in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) (AP)

Holger Schmieding - The Globalist
French presidential candidate and former French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron, meets the French and Lebanese community during a conference at the Ecole Superieure des Affairs (ESA Business School) in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Joshua Cole - The Conversation
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Emmanuel Macron; Barack Obama (Getty/Lionel Bonaventure/Scott Olson)

Obama, Macron and the future

Conor Lynch
(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Matthew Rozsa
Marine Le Pen; Donald Trump (Afp/getty Images/Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Patrick Kovarik/Olivier Douliery - Pool/Photo Montage by Salon)

How failed wars shape fascism

Steven A. Cook
Emmanuel Macron defeats Le Pon in exciting standoff (AP Photo/John Locher)

Mabel Berezin - The Conversation
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(Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)

Beatrice Mabilon-Bonfils - The Conversation
(Getty/Jean-Sebastien Evrard/Jeff J Mitchell)

French Revolution 2.0?

Andrew O'Hehir
(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Marine Le Trump?

Carrie Sheffield
(AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)

Sebastian Rotella - ProPublica
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon; Marine Le Pen; Emmanuel Macron (AP/Jean-Francois Badias/Kamil Zihnioglu/Christophe Ena)

French drama nears its climax

Conor Lynch
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