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  "id": 2925262,
  "title": "The favorite promise of French presidential candidates: Referendums",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/the-favorite-promise-of-french-presidential-candidates-referendums",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T02:37:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2026/08/24/the-favorite-promise-of-french-presidential-candidates-referendums_6756786_5.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Following the lead of Marine Le Pen, who has long promised to organize referendums, several candidates seem to see direct democracy as a fix for the presidential legitimacy crisis and the political system's deadlock.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "French centre-left candidate launches presidential bid amid divided left",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/french-centre-left-candidate-launches-presidential-bid-amid-divided",
        "published": "2026-08-23T19:38:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RFI English",
        "title": "Centre-left Glucksmann enters French presidential race as left tries to unite",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/centre-left-glucksmann-enters-french-presidential-race-as-left-tries",
        "published": "2026-08-24T06:18:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}