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The giant blue flag was raised in place of the French tricolour on New Year's Eve to mark France's turn at the rotating presidency of the EU Council, which it will hold for the next six months.

Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-Right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday emerged as the winners of a nail-biting first round presidential ... "To see the flags of #France and the EU greet the result ...