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French election: Macron in pole position, Le Pen racing hard

French President Emmanuel Macron is in pole position to win reelection Sunday in France's presidential runoff

The Independent UK

The left in France must vote against Le Pen – but Macron isn’t making it easy

The president should be attacking his far-right opponent’s policies. Instead, he is normalising them, says professor of French politics Philippe Marlière

The Guardian - UK

Military Aid and Arms for Ukraine

Several Western countries have provided Ukraine with military aid and weapons, since Russia invaded its neighbor on February 24. Announced deliveries have mainly involved defensive weapons, but the situation is evolving fast, AFP said. Among the offensive weapons which are playing an important role are US-made Javelin missile launchers capable…

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France Braces for Le Pen-Macron Showdown

France on Saturday prepared to choose between centrist President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen to rule the country for the next five years after a bitterly contested and polarizing election campaign. Macron is the favorite to win re-election in the run-off ballot on Sunday, and there are…

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Patrick Vieira urges France to back Emmanuel Macron over Marine Le Pen in presidential election

The Crystal Palace boss and World Cup winner with France has given his support to the incumbent French president ahead of Sunday's second round of voting

Football London

French polls may show support for local control

The problems with these dismal elections are many -- low turnout, moribund public debate, the popularity of politicians running as Putinist populists, and an uninspiring incumbent president, Emmanuel Macron. But at the heart of the French democratic recession is a void where local democracy should be.

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Macron Tells Voters: Now Choose the France You Want

French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen made final appeals on Friday to undecided voters weighing fears of what a Le Pen presidency could bring against their anger at Macron's record. According to the latest surveys for Sunday's run-off, fear may win the day over loathing: Macron…

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France's Macron warns of post-Trump election-like 'hangover' ahead of presidential vote

French President Emmanuel Macron compared France's choice in Sunday's presidential runoff to that of U.S. voters before they elected Donald Trump into the White House, whilst warning that his current polling lead was not a guarantee of victory.

Reuters

Timeline: The five-decade rise of France's far right

Marine Le Pen's run on Sunday for France's presidency is the culmination of a five-decade rise of the far-right from a fringe movement to one of the country's strongest political forces.

Reuters

French election’s outcome hinges on how left of centre will vote, says Sophy Ridge

Letter from Paris, by Sophy Ridge, Sky News presenter

Evening Standard

French presidential candidates enter final day of campaign

France’s presidential contenders raced on the last day of campaigning Friday to drive home why their particular political brand is the right choice for voters

The Independent UK

‘Abstaining is the same as voting Le Pen’: young Parisians weigh up their options

Anissa Rami, writer for Bondy Blog, reports from suburbs north of Paris ahead of France’s second-round presidential vote

The Guardian - UK

When is the French presidential election and what are the polls saying?

Incumbent Emmanuel Macron facing tight race against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in second round of vote

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Macron Lost the French Left, but Now Needs it for Victory

Despite being a former minister in a Socialist government, French President Emmanuel Macron long ago burned through the goodwill he once had among left-wing voters. "Last time, we had serious doubts about him, but we said to ourselves that at least he came from the left -- albeit the free-market…

The Independent UK

Asian shares decline after Fed chief's comments on inflation

Asian shares have mostly retreated, tracking losses on Wall Street after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated increases in interest rates must be faster to fight inflation

Reuters

Macron tells voters: Now choose the France you want

The Independent UK

Love thy enemy: Critics key for Macron in France's election

Disgruntled left-wing voters whose candidates were knocked out in the first round of France's election are the wild cards in the winner-takes-all runoff on Sunday

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Evening Standard

London’s French fear Le Pen election victory

She would loosen ties with Europe, say capital’s voters rooting for Macron

France 24

Le Pen calls on voters to choose 'between Macron and France' at final campaign rally

Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen urged voters to choose "between Macron and France" as she held her final campaign rally in the northern town of Arras on Thursday, hoping to sway undecided voters ahead of Sunday’s final presidential vote.

The Independent UK

French election results - live: Macron vows to be ‘president for all’ in victory speech

President set to remain in office as exit polls forecast second term and Le Pen’s defeat

France 24

What would Le Pen, Macron do for France's cost of living crisis?

The cost of living crisis is the top issue for most French voters, ahead of the second round of the presidential election on Sunday. With Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen preparing to spar in a televised debate, what measures are the candidates proposing? Also in the show: Netflix loses…

Daily Mirror

Marine Le Pen seen as Putin's puppet with French voters branding election 'depressing'

Elderly voters like Denis Benoest and Grognier Huguette want to oust Emmanuel Macron from the Elysee Palace in Paris and put in his place Marine Le Pen as they welcome her controversial policies

Reason

France's Authoritarian Establishment Faces Off Against the Even Uglier Authoritarianism of the Far Right

French President Emmanuel Macron is authoritarian-light. Candidate Marine Le Pen is worse.

ABC News

Emmanuel Macron may be the de facto leader of Europe, but could he lose the French presidency to rival Marine Le Pen?

Emmanuel Macron's status as Europe's de facto leader, which has been cemented by the current crisis in Ukraine, certainly aligns with his ambitions. But could it cost him the French presidency?

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