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Macron kickstarts re-election campaign as Le Pen gains ground

Voters trust French president over his handling of war in Ukraine but accuse him of ducking political debate at home

The Guardian - UK

France votes: Macron’s frontrunner status conceals deep rifts in society

While the war in Ukraine has given the incumbent a boost, his rivals on the far right and far left remain popular

Financial Times

Economic fallout from Ukraine war could give Le Pen’s social-populist strategy an edge

As the economic impact of the war in Ukraine looms over French voters, Marine Le Pen’s social-populist appeal may give her a boost in the battle over second place that is taking place to the right of France’s presidential politics, despite her prominently pro-Russian stance prior to the invasion.

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French presidential campaign hots up two weeks from first round polls

Campaigning in the French presidential race officially opens on Monday, in the wake of a weekend of rallies involving several of the major contenders. Opinion polls suggest incumbent Emmanuel Macron remains the clear favourite to win, despite his refusal to engage in a campaign because of the Ukraine crisis.

Radio France Internationale

Turnout concerns loom large for French presidential election frontrunners

With just over two weeks to go until the April 10 first round of France's presidential election, candidates and experts alike are flagging the threat of historically low voter turnout after a race eclipsed by the war in Ukraine.

France 24

French election highlights the weakness of the left

The French left has been divided over how to approach key issues.

Axios

France's presidential candidates: how are they polling?

French president Emmanuel Macron appears to have lost ground slightly in the latest opinion poll released by Elabe on Tuesday. With two and a half weeks to go until the election, he remains out in front ahead of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The other…

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France’s presidential elections: All you need to know

About 48 million French voters will choose their leader among 12 candidates in April in the most volatile context.

Al Jazeera

Leftist Mélenchon hopes to reach election run-off as the anti-Macron candidate

As we enter the three final weeks of the presidential race, FRANCE 24 reports from Jean-Luc Mélenchon's campaign event in Paris. The charismatic far-left leader hopes to replicate his 2017 performance, coming very close to a second round face-off with Emmanuel Macron. We also take a closer look at the…

France 24

A new Republic: Leftist Mélenchon promises to topple France’s ‘presidential monarchy’

Rising in the polls, the French election’s dark horse Jean-Luc Mélenchon has promised a reboot of the French Republic, vowing to overhaul a presidential regime that he blames for mounting abstention, disillusion and increasingly violent protests.

France 24

Hard-left candidate Mélenchon rallies around promise to tame capitalism

With just three weeks to go before France’s presidential election, hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon rallied tens of thousands of supporters on Sunday onto the streets of Paris, framing himself as the antidote to Emmanuel Macron by promising to raise the minimum wage, freeze food and fuel prices, and lower the…

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