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Emmanuel Macron - depicted as EU 'globalist' with 'contempt' for average people by Marine Le Pen (Photo: Consilium)

Macron and Le Pen compete for 'yellow vest' votes

French president Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen have both reached out to the 'yellow vest' movement ahead of EU elections.

Macron did it via a long (2,330 word) letter published in French newspapers on Monday (14 January), while Le Pen did it in a rabble-rousing speech on Saturday.

Macron's letter called for a "national debate" on reform over the next two months, leading to a new "contract for the nation" that he would draft by mid-April.

"This is how I...

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