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Who might upset Macron's bid for a second term in office?

French President Emmanuel Macron is the favourite to win re-election in a two-round ballot on April 10 and 24.

Reuters

A possible far-right victory in France: Scare tactic or real danger?

With three days to go until the first round of the presidential election, French voters are uninterested and undecided, leaving paper La Croix concerned about the country's future. Is alarm over a possible far-right victory a campaign strategy of Emmanuel Macron, or is far-right contender Marine Le Pen "more of…

France 24

French presidential hopefuls rally on penultimate day of campaigning

Presidential candidates are stepping up their campaign efforts on the second last day on the hustings, with media appearances, regional trips and final rallies ahead of Sunday's first-round vote that has seen the gap narrowing between the two favourites, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen.

Radio France Internationale

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Éric Zemmour: The far-right insurgent reshaping the race for the French presidency

One in three voters say they will cast their ballot for a far-right candidate in the French presidential election this weekend.

ABC News

French presidential election 2022: Who are the frontrunners and when do polls open?

Incumbent president is facing challenges from both far left and far right

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Marine Le Pen’s surge: alarm bells ring

Editorial: Emmanuel Macron is still the likely winner of this month’s presidential election. But he will need the support of the left

The Guardian - UK

Tax fraud inquiry into consultancy firms launched as French election looms

Prosecutors open inquiry after ‘McKinsey affair’ row over public spending on consultants

The Guardian - UK

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French election: Minority youth voice frustrations ahead of vote

Ahead of first round of presidential elections, French youth express their fears and frustrations about the candidates.

Al Jazeera

Explainer-What's at stake in France's presidential election?

The French vote on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that will determine who runs the European Union's second-largest economy, and its only member with a permanent U.N. Security Council seat, as war rages on the bloc's doorstep.

Reuters

Cohen case: Security and discrimination return to the heart of France's election debate

The death of a young Jewish man who was killed by a tram while running away from a mob has pushed crime to the centre of France's presidential election campaign just days ahead of voting.

Radio France Internationale

In rural France, voter indecision opens door to Macron's foes

Health worker Josiane Comtesse is almost certain she will vote for President Emmanuel Macron in Sunday's presidential election, but then she reflects on his plan to make the French work longer and her perception that he is arrogant and she thinks again.

Reuters

'Useful vote': French voters irk presidential contenders with 'tactical' ballots

Presidential campaigns offer an abundance of catch phrases, whether slogans finessed by a candidate's team to deliver maximum impact or coined spontaneously on the trail. The proclamations of presidential hopefuls bring texture to an election race and come to define a campaign – for a news cycle or forever in…

France 24

The Putin whisperers: Inside the 8 April edition of Guardian Weekly

Inside Putin’s inner circle. Plus: can Macron win again in France?

The Guardian - UK

France's top presidential contenders: Who's proposing what?

Sunday's first round of the French presidential election involves one frontrunner, centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron, seeking a second term, and eleven challengers from the far left to the far right

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Macron leads polls but turnout a big question in French vote

French President Emmanuel Macron is the clear favorite in the country's presidential vote on Sunday

Reuters

French election poll: Macron to beat Le Pen but Le Pen gains ground

French President Emmanuel Macron would beat Marine Le Pen in the country's presidential election later this month, though Le Pen has gained ground in recent weeks, showed an Ipsos Sopra Steria Cevipof poll for Le Monde newspaper.

Reuters

Far-left Melenchon makes last push to reach French presidential run-off

Far-left French candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon talked climate, feminism and cost of living at a rally on Tuesday in a bid to persuade youth and undecided voters ahead of Sunday's ballot.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Macron Seeks to Revive Lackluster Campaign and Fend off Le Pen Comeback

Strolling around a small town in northwestern France, beaming to crowds shouting "Macron President!," Emmanuel Macron sought to revive a lackluster campaign whose increasingly uncertain outcome rattled markets on Tuesday. Macron is still ahead in opinion polls but his far-right, euroskeptic rival Marine Le Pen has been closing the gap,…

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The Independent UK

An election too close to call: Macron wilts under pressure from a resurgent Le Pen

A month ago Emmanuel Macron looked certain to win the French presidency but, as Sunday’s first vote beckons, it could be Marine Le Pen who ends up in the Elysee Palace

Radio France Internationale

Mélenchon holds last campaign meeting and projects himself using 11 holograms

Five days before the French presidential election's first round, far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is holding the last major meeting of his presidential campaign in Lille, broadcast live in eleven other cities thanks to holograms, a technology he already used in 2017.

The Guardian - UK

European Commission launches rule-of-law disciplinary procedure against Hungary

Viktor Orbán’s government faces sanction over rollback of democratic values and allegations of fraud

France 24

France's Mélenchon looks to magic up more leftist votes with hologram campaign rallies

Five days before the French presidential election's first round, far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is multiplying his efforts – and, in a sense, himself – in a spectacular bid to rally hesitant lefists onside with one final high-tech rally before Sunday's crucial vote. Mélenchon will take the stage on Tuesday night…

Reuters

In challenge to Macron, France's biggest voting bloc may be abstainers

Capucine Blond should vote on Sunday in her first presidential election but the disconnect the French teenager feels with the ruling elite is so great that she has decided there is no point.

Al Jazeera

French election: Who are the presidential frontrunners?

Macron has consistently polled in first place, but far-right leader Marine Le Pen closed the gap on him, analysts say.

Reuters

French markets wake up to risk of Le Pen presidency

French stocks and bonds fell on Tuesday as markets started to acknowledge the risk of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen winning this month's presidential elections against incumbent Emmanuel Macron.

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