Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande took the top spots as expected in the French elections held this weekend. This removed Marine Le Pen and her anti-immigrant platform despite a respectfully strong third-place showing garnering 19.2 percent of the vote. The front runners divided up the lion’s share of the votes with Hollande grabbing 27.9 percent [...]

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