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Paris Perspective #23: Taking the temperature of the French electorate - Bruno Jeanbart

France will hold presidential elections in April, with incumbent Emmanuel Macron polling well ahead of his nearest rivals, despite having yet to officially declare his candidacy. With immigration and security being prioritised by France's right wing parties, centrist Macron will have to carfully navigate the electorate while appealing to voters from both sides of the political spectrum. © Getty Images

With just two months to go before presidential elections in France, the media swingometer continually points to a concrete shift to the right. On this end of the political spectrum, candidates are rallying the electorate with identical battle cries: more security on the streets and playing hard on immigration. Paris Perspective looks into the issues that matter most to the French electorate.

France is entering into uncharted waters in the run up to April polls, as the intractable power of social networks and the tacit political manoeuvering of media outlets finally catch up with French politics.

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