France's presidential election in April is Emmanuel Macron's to lose. Most opinion polls show the incumbent president reaching the second round and winning re-election.
However, after a first term mired in social unrest - during which he took steps to liberalise France's labour laws, cut taxes on the wealthy and businesses and tried to reconfigure trans-Atlantic relations - the margins are tighter than the drubbing he delivered to the far right's Marine Le Pen in 2017.
