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A false start and a Russian loan: Macron-Le Pen debate takeaways

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A picture shows screens displaying a French presidential election debate between French President Emmanuel Macron, candidate for his re-election, and French far-right Rassemblement National party presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, France April 20, 2022. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS

French President Emmanuel Macron and his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen locked horns in front of a live television audience on Wednesday for their only debate ahead of Sunday's presidential election.

Televised debates have long featured in French elections and have yielded exchanges, one-liners and put-downs remembered by the public for years. Le Pen's poor showing in a 2017 TV debate with Macron was seen as a factor in her poll defeat back then.

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