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Factbox-France's Macron faces two far-right candidates, an 'Iron Lady' and a left-wing firebrand

France's April presidential election will determine whether Emmanuel Macron stays on for a second term. Here is a rundown of pollsters' top five challengers.

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

The French will head to the polls in April for a presidential election that will determine who will run the European Union's second-largest economy, and its only member with a permanent UN security council seat, as war rages on the bloc's doorstep.

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Analysis-Cost of living woes boost "phoenix" Le Pen in race for French presidency

For a far-right challenger whose past presidential campaigns have centred on pugnacious anti-immigration, eurosceptic rhetoric, Marine Le Pen has a new message for voters and it is working: I'll put money back in your pockets.

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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

Spooked by immigration, Islam and ‘woke’ ideas: Who are Éric Zemmour’s supporters?

Far-right polemicist Éric Zemmour has vowed to reverse the immigration he blames for undermining France’s identity and core values if he wins the country’s upcoming presidential election. FRANCE 24 spoke to his supporters who gathered by the thousands in Paris on Sunday.

France 24

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

French campaign: Macron faces critics who call him 'killer'

France’s presidential campaign has officially kicked off – just 13 days before voting begins

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Emmanuel Macron hits back at Eric Zemmour over 'killer' chants

There are just 13 days to go before the first round of the French presidential election. In this edition of the show, we see how the president was called a murderer by some supporters of Eric Zemmour at a rally – and how Macron reacted. We also take a closer…

France 24

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.

The Conversation

French Presidential Elections 2022 - The candidates and the policies - Part 1

As the official campaigns for the 2022 French presidential elections kick off this week, RFI English takes a look at the personalities and platforms of the contenders for the Elysée Palace and the key issues that are dominating the debates on the hustings.

Radio France Internationale

French president responds to 'Killer Macron' chants at rally for far-right rival Zemmour

As France's 2022 presidential campaign season officially kicked off on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron took aim at far-right, anti-immigration candidate Eric Zemmour for allowing his supporters to accuse the incumbent of allowing foreign "criminals" into the country with chants of "Killer Macron".

France 24

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

Macron warns against escalation after Biden says ‘Putin can’t remain remain in power’

White House insists it does not support regime change in Russia

The Independent UK

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen heckled by protesters in Guadeloupe

Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen was jeered by protesters in the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe, who streamed into a hotel where she was recording a television program, BFM TV reported on Sunday.

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The Guardian - UK

French urged to vote in presidential election as outcome ‘not guaranteed’

War in Ukraine and the pandemic make France’s presidential election hard to call, professor warns

Reuters

Lack of 'magic' in Macron's campaign fuels abstention worries

Some members of French President Emmanuel Macron's camp are concerned that his re-election campaign is failing to engage voters, with little new to enthuse them as the war in Ukraine overshadows domestic policy.

France 24

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.

The Guardian - UK

French rightwing candidate focuses on immigration as she slips to fifth in polls

Valérie Pécresse is trying to boost a flagging campaign that could split Les Républicains

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France’s Zemmour Says He Could Seize African Leaders’ Homes If They Don’t Take Back Immigrants

Far-right French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour said on Wednesday that he could seize the homes of African leaders and block remittances to their countries if they failed to take back immigrants, as he seeks to reboot his flagging campaign. Zemmour, 63, a former political commentator, has made immigration and security…

Reuters

France's Zemmour says he could seize African leaders' homes if they don't take back immigrants

Radio France Internationale

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…

Al Jazeera

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.

France 24

On this day in 2012: Terror in Toulouse suspends presidential race

Presidential campaigns all have their share of emblematic moments that change the course of the race, be they breathtaking instant game-changers or incidents that seem decisive only in hindsight. With French voters set to elect a president in April, FRANCE 24 takes a look back at some of the key…

Radio France Internationale

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…

Radio France Internationale

‘Conquest, domination’ at heart of French far-right presidential candidate’s discourse

Semiologist Cécile Alduy has put the writings and speeches of far-right essayist, journalist and now presidential candidate Eric Zemmour through the mill, to show how he twists the French language to advance his political and ideological ambitions.

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