Eight out of the 12 French presidential candidates participated a television programme called La France face à la guerre - France in the Face of War - on TF1 Monday evening. Rather than a debate, each politician had 15 minutes to present their position on the Ukraine crisis, which has submerged the election campaign, especially with regards to how it will affect the cost of living for French citizens.
The three-hour programme hosted by TF1 was the first of three televised match-ups before the first round of the election on 10 April, when the pack of 12 presidential hopefuls will be pared down to just two.
