Keyword: Frédéric Barbier

French socialists cling on to parliament seat ahead of far-right

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Ruling party wins first by-election since Charlie Hebdo attack, just squeezing ahead of Marine Le Pen's Front National. 

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Far right tops by-election in test of French opinion after terror attacks

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In blow to former President Sarkozy, his UMP candidate was knocked out in first round, leaving a run-off between the socialists and the far right.