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Le Pen hails 'victory' as French far right secures record 14 seats in Senate

Le Pen hails 'victory' as French far right secures record 14 seats in Senate
France 24 Monday 28 September 2026, 11:22 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Le Pen hails 'victory' as French far right secures record 14 seats in Senate Issued on: Share France's far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies emerged from polls with a record 14 seats in the right-wing dominated Senate on Sunday, effectively quadrupling its number in the 348-seat chamber just months before a presidential election. [Image text:] FILE FOOTAGE
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