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Incumbent president is facing challenges from both far left and far right

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Thursday she had never been "so close" to power at a jubilant final rally before this weekend's election, which polls suggest is an increasingly tight battle between her and President Emmanuel Macron. In front of around 4,000 upbeat supporters chanting "President Marine!"…

They're creating streets that put people before cars and re-designing neighbourhoods around community needs

Presidential candidates are stepping up their campaign efforts on the second last day on the hustings, with media appearances, regional trips and final rallies ahead of Sunday's first-round vote that has seen the gap narrowing between the two favourites, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen.

Incumbent president is facing challenges from both far left and far right

Presidential campaigns offer an abundance of catch phrases, whether slogans finessed by a candidate's team to deliver maximum impact or coined spontaneously on the trail. The proclamations of presidential hopefuls bring texture to an election race and come to define a campaign – for a news cycle or forever in…

Economic policy has taken something of a back seat in a French presidential campaign initially focused on cultural and identity issues, then overshadowed by the war in Ukraine. But as the country prepares for the April 10 first round, the various candidates are offering different visions of France’s economic future.

With a week to go before the first round of France's presidential election, Anne Hidalgo is languishing at under 2 percent in the polls. If those voter surveys bear out at the ballot box on April 10, the performance would mark a historic low for the embattled Socialist Party. And…

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the internationally condemned act of aggression turned the political platforms of France's presidential candidates on their respective heads. The invasion that triggered Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II saw parochial issues usurped by a conflict that has torn open France's Cold War…

In Joigny, where fatalism is feeding the far right, voters need a new vision from the mainstream left for improving their lives

As the official campaigns for the 2022 French presidential elections kick off this week, RFI English takes a look at the personalities and platforms of the contenders for the Elysée Palace and the key issues that are dominating the debates on the hustings.