French President Emmanuel Macron is the favourite to win re-election in a two-round ballot on April 10 and 24.
But 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 much tighter than the drubbing he delivered to the far right's Marine Le Pen in 2017.
