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- ↑ Taburet, Marceau (21 June 2022). "Marin, factrice, ouvrière agricole, femmes de ménage: Ces nouveaux métiers qui entrent à l'Assemblée nationale". Libération (in French). Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ↑ "Bourbourg : Le maire retire ses délégations à un conseiller ayant rejoint le Rassemblement national". La Voix du Nord (in French). 13 April 2021. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ↑ "Législatives : Comment le Rassemblement national a conquis la Flandre". La Voix du Nord . 19 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
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