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HTML

<ul id="utility-menu" class="menu menu--primary">

        <li><a class="" href="https://www.example.com/newsstand" target="_blank">Magazines</a></li>

        <li><a class="" href="https://secure.bla.com/example/promo/GiveAGift/" target="_blank">Gifts</a></li>

        <li>

          <a href="/email_check?lang=fr">Français</a>
        </li>

            <li><a class="" href="/signin">Sign In</a></li>

        <li>
          <div class="i-am-canadian">
            <img alt="Canadian flag" height="23px;" src="https://secure.example.com/assets/images/icons/ui/i-canadian-c8a132ad64588dcc0b2e61cc589dfef3.png" width="40px;">
          </div>
        </li>
      </ul>

JavaScript

var test = document.querySelector("ul > li > a[href='/email_check?lang=fr']");

console.log(test.innerText);