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            <title><![CDATA[Why Protests Are Escalating in France: Election Looms as Anger Grows]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[France’s social protest movement continues to grow. Unions, students and the Yellow Vests are putting increasing pressure on the government, and the anger shows no sign of abating. The upcoming election is what has made the protests grow to this scale, says political scientist Marie Demker.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 05:15:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Verdict Against Le Pen Casts Doubt on Presidential Ambitions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A hot political climate in France can become even hotter after the verdict against Marine Le Pen. And personally, the blow is hard against her dreams of becoming president.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Forecast: AFD becomes the largest party in German state election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Far-Right Party AFD appears to be becoming the largest party in the German state of Thüringen after Sunday's state election, according to exit polls. A historic success, says the party's co-chair Alice Weidel in a statement.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2024 15:06:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Defeat for National Rally in French Election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The French election result appears to go against expectations. Instead of the far-right party National Rally becoming the largest, the left seems to be doing best. It is a defeat for National Rally, which had spoken about getting its own majority, says political scientist Marie Demker about the result, which paves the way for a difficult parliamentary situation.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Therefore the Nordic countries went against the stream in the EU election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Conservative and far-right parties are doing well in Europe. The social democratic group, the green group and the left-wing group are all losing ground in the EU Parliament. But in the Nordic countries, the red-green parties are reaping successes. A fairly massive majority is positive towards EU membership in these countries, says political scientist Marie Demker.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:06:50 GMT</pubDate>
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