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Far Right Gets Shut out in French Polls CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Tuesday, June 29, 2021 | 11 WORLD Xi salutes Cambodian party on landmark Far right gets By CAO DESHENG with their relations having long China will, as always, support 19 pandemic, which, he said, have [email protected] maintained high-level development. Cambodia in pursuing a develop- vividly demonstrated their On the occasion of the 70th anni- ment path that suits its national unbreakable and everlasting Xi Jinping, general secretary of the versary of the CPP’s founding, he conditions, Xi said. He expressed friendship with concrete actions. Communist Party of China Central would like to extend warm congrat- the confidence that under the lead- Saying the CPC highly values its shut out in Committee, congratulated the Cam- ulations to Hun Sen, the CPP and ership of Hun Sen, the CPP will con- friendly cooperation with the CPP, Xi bodian People’s Party, or CPP, on the Cambodian people on behalf of tinue to make new and greater pointed out that he is willing to work Monday on the 70th anniversary of the CPC, the Chinese people and in contributions to the prosperity of with Hun Sen to strengthen the politi- its founding, and called for advanc- his own name, Xi said. Cambodia and the well-being of the cal guidance for the relations between ing the building of the China-Cambo- He said that for a long time, the Cambodian people, as well as to the two countries and between the dia community with a shared future. CPP has been rallying and leading regional peace and development. two parties, deepen inter-party French polls In a congratulatory message sent the Cambodian people in advancing exchanges and cooperation in various to CPP President Samdech Techo the cause of national construction Mutual support fields and promote the building of the Hun Sen, Xi said China and Cambo- and development, making positive Xi mentioned that the two coun- China-Cambodia community with a Le Pen’s camp denied any seat after dia are “iron-clad friends” and “a contributions to regional stability tries’ mutual support and assist- shared future to benefit both coun- rivals struck arrangement in key region community with a shared future” and prosperity. ance from the onset of the COVID- tries and the two peoples. The clean team By CHEN WEIHUA in Brussels Macron’s centrist La Republique China seen [email protected] en Marche, or LREM, party won the 2017 presidential election. Marine Le Pen’s far-right Xavier Bertrand, regarded as a National Rally, or RN, failed to win strong contender for next year’s as vital any seat in the second round of presidential election, won the French regional elections on Sun- northern battleground region of day after several other parties Hauts-de-France, where Le Pen partner of joined hands to thwart her party’s received 43 percent of the vote six influence in the country. years ago. The RN candidate Thierry Mari- “The far right has been stopped US in Asia ani had a razor-thin lead after the in its tracks and we have pushed it first round of elections on June 20 back sharply,” Bertrand, a former By WANG XU in Tokyo in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur government minister, told report- [email protected] region, raising the far-right party’s ers after the election. “This result hopes for a breakthrough. But he gives me the strength to seek the A growing number of US opin- was defeated by Les Republicains nation’s vote.” ion leaders view China as the candidate Renaud Muselier in the United States’ most important second round thanks to the fact Setback for Macron partner in Asia, a survey by the that left-wing candidates pulled Macron’s young LREM party Japanese Foreign Ministry out of the region’s election to help also suffered badly by failing to showed, adding China “contrib- Muselier’s campaign. win any seat in the regional elec- uted the most to the US econo- Exit polls showed Muselier win- tions, a reflection that years in my” in trade, investment and job ning 56.6 percent of the vote national power have not translat- creation. against Mariani’s 43.4 percent. ed into grassroots support. Some 35 percent of 200 opin- “Tonight we have chosen the LREM candidates won just 11 ion leaders from a range of fields fate of a free region,” Muselier said percent of the vote in the first picked China as “the most in a tweet. round and about 7 percent in the Algerian volunteers do their bit to clear rubbish from the waters off Tamentfoust Beach, near the capital important partner of the United Despite the appeals by many second round, below the 10 per- Algiers, on Saturday. The divers retrieved everything from bottles to truck tires. The annual cleanup States among Asian and nearby politicians across the parties, the cent threshold. The poor perform- draws on thousands of volunteers to cover Algeria’s 1,600-kilometer coastline. AMMI LOUIZA / NEWSCOM countries”, the survey said. A voter turnout in the second round ance made Macron unable to vote total of 33 percent chose Japan, was extremely low, at about 34 per- for his own party on Sunday when down from 42 percent last year. cent, only slightly better than in he cast his ballot in the northern Nine percent of respondents the first round. resort of Le Touquet. picked Australia and 7 percent After the Sunday election, Le “What is going wrong that so South Korea. Pen took aim at the rival parties for much reporting focused on Le Pen. Congratulatory messages from abroad Conducted between Decem- their “unnatural alliances” to “pre- To the extent that outside France ber 2020 and January 2021, the vent us from showing that we can we hardly know anything about annual “US Image of Japan” sur- run a region”. the Republicans,” Holger Hester- highlight CPC’s great achievements vey showed the percentage of She said that the local democra- meyer, a professor of international respondents selecting China was cy was suffering a “profound cri- and EU law at King’s College Lon- Political parties, political leaders nese people and continue to contrib- up significantly compared to the sis”, adding that the high don, said in a tweet on Sunday and friendly individuals in other ute to the great future of mankind. 18 percent last year. abstention rate showed a “discon- night, clearly referring to the fact countries are extending warm con- Asadollah Badamchian, secre- Among those who viewed Chi- tentment” among electors that that several polls before the elec- gratulations on the upcoming 100th tary-general of Iran’s Islamic Coali- na as the most important part- was a “major signal for all the tions predicted Le Pen’s party anniversary of the founding of the tion Party, said the 100 years of the ner, 56 percent cited “trade and political class and society”. would win in several regions. Communist Party of China. CPC is a century during which pro- economic relations with the US” It is the first election since the In the regions that the LREM In their messages, they spoke of found changes have been made in as a reason, 23 percent pointed country’s electoral map was contested in the second round, its the great achievements the CPC has China. to China’s economic strength, 9 redrawn in 2016 when its 22 candidates finished in third or made during the past century, and Former Moldovan president Igor The Belt and Road Initiative and percent referred to “the nation’s regions were reduced to 13. fourth position, “a snub for the expressed firm confidence that Dodon, also president of the Party of the vision of a community with a strength and power” and 7 per- The main winners on Sunday presidential movement which still under the leadership of General Socialists of the Republic of Moldo- shared future for mankind, pro- cent thought it is because of the are the traditional mainstream left does not manage to establish itself Secretary Xi Jinping, the CPC will va, said the CPC has led the Chinese posed by Xi, have made significant “good relationship” between the Socialist Party and its left-wing locally” 10 months ahead of the embark on a new splendid journey people to achieve brilliant achieve- contributions to promoting the two countries. allies and the center-right Les presidential election, commented in the next century. ments in the past 100 years and world’s common development and Republicains. They have been French daily Le Monde. The following is an edited sum- turned China into a strong and lead- upholding fairness and justice, Contributing to economy largely absent from the French mary of some of these messages. ing player in global governance. Badamchian said. The survey showed that glo- national political landscape since Agencies and Xinhua contributed Deputy Speaker of the National The full approval of China’s ideas Gyula Thurmer, leader of the bally, China topped in all areas French President Emmanuel to this story. Assembly of Pakistan Qasim Suri, also by other countries proves that its Hungarian Workers’ Party, said Chi- contributing to the US econo- leader of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek- principles and policies are success- na’s development serves the com- my, with 42 percent picking e-Insaf party, said his party extends ful and beneficial to the people of mon interests of mankind and the China as the “country contrib- warm congratulations on the 100th the world, said Dodon. 100th anniversary of the founding uting the most to US trade”, fol- anniversary of the CPC’s founding.
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