With less than two weeks to go before France goes to the polls, incumbent Emmanuel Macron is finally cranking up his campaign, with walkabouts in the provinces and a huge rally scheduled in Paris on Saturday. But the most recent polls show the gap is narrowing between him and his nearest rival Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally.
Macron has long been favourite for the two-round election on 10 and 24 April and his handling of the diplomatic crisis caused by the war in Ukraine is seen as giving him a boost.
