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Maria Ortega
Maria Ortega is a Foreign Content Specialist at Express.co.uk. She covers foreign news stories, with a particular interest in European politics, economy, tourism and weather.
Maria speaks Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she has previously worked in the television industry as a translator for subtitling and dubbing companies.
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Nightmare for Emmanuel Macron as Paris Olympics in 'crisis' after new strikes announced
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