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After the first round of the French presidential election yesterday, Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Front and centrist Emmanuel Macron have made it through to the run-off on May 7. Le Pen wants France out of the European Union while Macron advocates for stronger ties.
No wonder then that Europe is paying close attention to the results, says Richard Maher, the stakes could hardly be higher.
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Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron have advanced to the second round in the 2017 French presidential.
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Richard Maher, European University Institute
Le Pen and Macron offer two totally different visions for France’s future and its relationship to Europe.
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Politics + Society
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Luis Gómez Romero, University of Wollongong
A controversial law to officially engage Mexico's armed forces in fighting crime has human rights groups dismayed.
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Mark Smith, Grenoble École de Management (GEM); Genevieve Shanahan, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Altaf Khan, University of Peshawar
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Health + Medicine
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Ivan Lin, University of Western Australia; Juli Coffin, University of Notre Dame Australia
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