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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.

Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

Reuters

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What economic policies are France’s presidential candidates proposing?

Economic policy has taken something of a back seat in a French presidential campaign initially focused on cultural and identity issues, then overshadowed by the war in Ukraine. But as the country prepares for the April 10 first round, the various candidates are offering different visions of France’s economic future.

France 24

France's Le Pen strives to build on ratings boost to further detoxify her image

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who is narrowing the gap with Emmanuel Macron in polls ahead of Sunday's presidential election, went out of her way on Tuesday to stress how "reasonable" she is, focusing on further detoxifying her image.

Reuters

French election: Five reasons why you should care about the vote

Purchasing power is top on many French voters’ minds in an election that includes far-left and far-right candidates.

Al Jazeera

Macron's far-right rival, Le Pen, reaches all-time high in presidential second-round vote poll

French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, whose presidential campaign has gained momentum in recent days, on Monday captured 48.5% of voter intentions in an opinion poll of a likely runoff against Emmanuel Macron, the highest score she has ever notched.

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Victory of Putin ally Orbán in Hungary may trigger freeze on EU funding

MEPs say billions in payments could be withheld from far-right leader due to democratic backsliding

The Guardian - UK

Paris Perspective #27: Fear and loathing on the campaign trail 2022 - Gérald Olivier

With only a few days to go before approximately 48 million registered voters are invited to cast their ballot in France’s first round of presidential elections, Paris Perspective looks at the polemics that have shaped the campaign trails to date and the probabilities of the outcome of round one on…

Radio France Internationale

Factbox-Far-right Le Pen cloaks nationalist policies with social veneer

Opinion polls point to the far-right's Marine Le Pen as the main challenger to President Emmanuel Macron's re-election, in a repeat of the 2017 match.

Reuters

Factbox-Macron wants the French to work longer, shake up welfare state

President Emmanuel Macron, a former investment banker who won a first mandate in 2017 on a promise to be neither of the left nor the right, is projected in voter surveys to win a second term in against a resurgent Marine Le Pen, but the margin is tight.

Reuters

France heads for tight Macron-Le Pen election duel on April 24 -polls

France faces a repeat of the 2017 election showdown between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen with Macron still favoured but in a much tighter race, opinion polls show ahead of the first round of voting on Sunday.

Reuters

Macron and Le Pen battle over pensions as French election race tightens

With France's presidential race tightening ahead of Sunday's first round vote, favourites President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen battled over pension reform in broadcast interviews on Monday.

Reuters

Monday briefing: Zelenskiy condemns ‘butchers’ of Bucha

Horror at killings of civilians in Kyiv’s surrounds … fines over Downing Street party on eve of Prince Philip’s funeral … and the return of Marine Le Pen

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The rise and rise of France’s far-right Marine Le Pen

National Rally leader is closing gap on Emmanuel Macron in polls for this month’s presidential election

France 24

Macron seeks to fire up voters, coax leftists onside amid far-right challenge

Just weeks ago, Emmanuel Macron's chances of not running away with the French presidential election looked about as likely as April snow in Paris. And yet wintry winds blew anew on Saturday as Macron finally hosted his first – and only – re-election campaign rally. With eight days to go…

Asharq Al-Awsat

French Far-Right Leader Le Pen Softens Image for Election

French nationalist leader Marine Le Pen has softened her rhetoric and her image to broaden her appeal in next week’s presidential election — but is under threat from a provocative rival who has broken her monopoly as the watchdog of the country’s identity that they claim is under threat. For…

The Independent UK

French far-right leader Le Pen softens image for election

French nationalist Marine Le Pen has softened her rhetoric and her image as she tries to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron in the upcoming election, taking place in two rounds on April 10 and 24

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The Observer view on the French election and rightwing populism

Emmanuel Macron is expected to win but voter support for Marine Le Pen shows the threat of the far right must be tackled

Radio France Internationale

Macron warns against Brexit-like upset at giant campaign rally in Paris

Emmanuel Macron promised more "progress" and "solidarity" over the next five years at his first, and only, big meeting on Saturday in his race for reelection. He also waved the spectre of a Brexit-like debacle to rally dispirited voters.

France 24

Macron warns of dangers of extremism at election rally as French polls tighten

French President Emmanuel Macron called on tens of thousands of cheering but increasingly nervous supporters to help him win the "battle between progress and turning back" at his first campaign rally just a week before the first round of the 2022 presidential election.

Tribune News Service

Macron hits back on consultant controversy at campaign rally

French President Emmanuel Macron used a campaign rally to try to get past a controversy over the use of private consultants by his government, as far-right rival Marine Le Pen gains in polls a week before voting.

The Guardian - UK

Emmanuel Macron’s novices rally to hear how their elusive leader plans to win a second term

The French president’s supporters welcomed his late arrival on the campaign trail at an event on Saturday in Paris’s business district

Reuters

Macron warns against Brexit-like election upset at mass campaign rally

French President Emmanuel Macron warned of the risk of a Brexit-style election upset in his only campaign rally before the first round of the presidential election, in a bid to convince dispirited voters and re-energise a lacklustre campaign.

Radio France Internationale

French presidential hopefuls rethink rhetoric as Russian realpolitik takes hold

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the internationally condemned act of aggression turned the political platforms of France's presidential candidates on their respective heads. The invasion that triggered Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II saw parochial issues usurped by a conflict that has torn open France's Cold War…

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