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Centre-right Les Republicains perform strongly in first round while extreme right falters
Cash-strapped party could raise more than €30m from selling property in chic Left Bank
Heavyweight wants to run under Macron’s new party in National Assembly elections
Mainstream left is under severe pressure from extremes on both flanks
The old remedies for inequality are increasingly inadequate
Socialist party challengers press president to withdraw from next year’s elections
Notebook: Populists are pulling in votes from the young, writes Anne-Sylvaine Chassany
Rebranding alone is unlikely to reverse voter disenchantment, writes Adam Thomson
French voters see the world differently to their political leaders
As France’s depressive element rises, so does the appeal of the simplistic, bombastic National Front, writes Jonathan Fenby
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