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  "id": 7143902,
  "title": "French must come before foreigners, insists far-right Marine Le Pen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/french-must-come-before-foreigners-insists-far-right-marine-le-pen",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T17:42:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local France",
    "slug": "the-local-france",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.fr/20260913/french-must-come-before-foreigners-insists-far-right-marine-le-pen"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Marine Le Pen, the far-right leader and frontrunner in the French presidency race, has stated that she would favour French citizens over foreigners. According to the South China Morning Post, Le Pen said that under her presidency, French people would \"have priority in their own country\", regardless of their skin colour, religion, or origin. This principle of \"national priority\" would apply to housing, with French citizens receiving preferential access to social housing.\n\nLe Pen made these comments during her first major campaign speech in the northern town of Henin-Beaumont, a stronghold of her far-right National Rally party. The speech was attended by around 2,000 supporters, including Jordan Bardella, head of the National Rally party.\n\nLe Pen's comments reflect her long-held principle of national priority, which she defended during the speech. According to The Local France, this principle is a key part of her campaign. France 24 reported that Le Pen launched her presidential campaign with a rally in Hénin-Beaumont despite wearing an electronic tag following her recent conviction.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "France's far-right Marine Le Pen kicks off 2027 presidential campaign",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/frances-far-right-marine-le-pen-kicks-off-2027-presidential-campaign",
        "published": "2026-09-13T15:41:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "French must come first, far-right leader Le Pen says at election campaign launch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/french-must-come-first-far-right-leader-le-pen-says-at-election",
        "published": "2026-09-13T16:29:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Le Pen pledges to put French citizens first at presidential campaign launch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/le-pen-pledges-to-put-french-citizens-first-at-presidential-campaign",
        "published": "2026-09-13T16:42:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Local France",
        "title": "French must come before foreigners, insists far-right Marine Le Pen",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/french-must-come-before-foreigners-insists-far-right-marine-le-pen-7146331",
        "published": "2026-09-13T17:42:59.000Z"
      }
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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."
}