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Head of far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) Marine Le Pen addresses a press conference at the party headquarters in Nanterre, near Paris, on Friday.—AFP PARIS: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Friday proposed a ban on Muslim headscarves in all public places, seeking to build on a record recent poll putting her almost neck-and-neck with President Emmanuel Macron. The hijab policy, which would be contested in court and would almost certainly be ruled unconstitutional, saw the 52...

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen proposed a ban on Muslim headscarves in all public places on Friday, seeking to build on a record recent poll putting her almost neck-and-neck with President Emmanuel Macron. The hijab policy, which would be contested in court and almost certainly be ruled unconstitutional, saw the 53-year-old return to a familiar campaign theme 15 months from the country's 2022 presidential election. "I consider that the...

Frances Le Pen, At Record High In Polls, Proposes Hijab Ban By Adam PLOWRIGHT and Anne RENAUD 01/29/21 AT 1:00 PM French far-right leader Marine Le Pen proposed a ban on Muslim headscarves in all public places on Friday, seeking to build on a record recent poll putting her almost neck-and-neck with President Emmanuel Macron. The hijab policy, which would be contested in court and almost certainly be ruled unconstitutional, saw the 53-year-old return to a familiar campaign theme 15 months fr...

Share Since taking over from her father, Le Pen has run twice for the French presidency, losing badly in 2017 to political newcomer Macron in a defeat that she took months to recover from. She faced controversy at the time after she cancelled a meeting with Lebanons most senior Muslim cleric in Beirut because she objected to covering her hair.     Her ‘political gesture’ against the Grand Mufti was aimed at asserting French secular values in Lebanon, where the main religions are Islam a...

A far-right French presidential candidate proposed a controversial ban on Muslim headscarves in all public places. Marine Le Pen, who is polling almost neck-and-neck with President Emmanuel Macron, made the proposal during a news conference on Friday.  "I consider that the headscarf is an Islamist item of clothing," Le Pen told reporters, adding that her proposed legislation would ban "Islamist ideologies," which she called "totalitarian and murderous". Le Pens proposal would meet immediate le...

Share: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen Friday proposed a ban on Muslim headscarves in all public places on Friday, seeking to build on a record recent poll putting her almost neck-and-neck with President Emmanuel Macron. The hijab policy, which would be contested in court and would almost certainly be ruled unconstitutional, saw the 53-year-old return to a familiar campaign theme 15 months from the country’s 2022 presidential election. “I consider that the headscarf is an Islamist ite...

Africa Variant in U.S.; Biden Reopens Obamacare: Virus Update Bloomberg 1/28/2021 Bloomberg News © Bloomberg Vials of Covishield, the local name for the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc. and the University of Oxford, move along a conveyor on the production line at the Serum Institute of India Ltd. Hadaspar plant in Pune, Maharashtra, India, on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Serum, which is the worlds largest vaccine maker by volume, has an agreement with AstraZeneca to...

Africa Variant in U.S.; Biden Reopens Obamacare: Virus Update Bloomberg 1/28/2021 Bloomberg News © Bloomberg Vials of Covishield, the local name for the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc. and the University of Oxford, move along a conveyor on the production line at the Serum Institute of India Ltd. Hadaspar plant in Pune, Maharashtra, India, on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Serum, which is the worlds largest vaccine maker by volume, has an agreement with AstraZeneca to...

The first round of the presidential election is due to take place in April 2022. The second round is held two weeks later between the two candidates who receive the most votes. Ms Le Pen, who came third to François Hollande in 2012, has announced she will stand next year. The survey by Harris Interactive comes as a devastating blow to Mr Macron ahead of next years vote (Image: GETTY) National Rally leader Ms Le Pen lost to centrist Mr Macron in the 2017 election (Image: GETTY) Pro-European Mr ...

France Prepares For The 2022 Polls: Macron, Le Pen Almost Neck-in-Neck Published January 28th, 2021 - 10:54 GMT In this file photo taken on January 08, 2021 President of French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN), Marine Le Pen (L) and the leader of Portuguese far-right party Chega, Andre Ventura hold a joint press conference at the Monument to the Fallen in the Great War in Lisbon. The first round of the presidential election will be held on January 24, 2021. The head of the anti...