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Hollande shows his muscle where no one expected — on the battlefield in Africa

Response to Friday’s events suggests that confronting Daesh will now be the top priority

Hollande surprises everyone with his foreign policy activism

It is too simplistic to blame racism. Economic and cultural factors lie behind the far-right party's success — and help from Sarkozy

Le Pen has long anticipated the discomfiture of the two main parties