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French President Francois Hollande takes a hit in local elections, while the far right led by Marine Le Pen makes gains. Kirsty Basset reports on how austerity is reshaping France's political landscape.
Google launched a verification platform dubbed 'CrossCheck' at the French Development Agency's headquarters in Paris on Tuesday, aimed at combatting fake news. The partnership between First Draft and the Google News Lab will work in collaboration with 17 newsrooms, including Agence France-Presse (AFP), BuzzFeed News, France Televisions and Le Monde, among others. The CrossCheck launch comes as France prepares to hold presidential elections this summer.
Major disappointment for Marine Le Pen Sunday as her far right National Front did not win any of France's 18 regions. The result, however, is the best in the history of the far right party.
Nicolas Sarkozy leaves the courtroom after the Paris court of appeal lightened a one-year prison sentence for the former French president over illegal campaign financing, saying he needed to spend only half that time behind bars. But while lighter than the original sentence, Wednesday's ruling was still harsher than the one-year suspended sentence that prosecutors called for. IMAGES
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the Paris courthouse to hear the verdict of the appeal trial in the 'Bygmalion' case. Sarkozy was previously sentenced to a year in prison for illegal financing of his 2012 presidential campaign. IMAGES
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