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Macron steps up warnings over French far right before first-round vote

President criticises ‘very clear xenophobia and ultraconservative aims’ as Marine Le Pen gains ground

The Guardian - UK

France summons Russian envoy over "indecent" Bucha Twitter post

Russia's ambassador to France was summoned on Thursday to the Foreign Ministry in Paris after his embassy tweeted a picture claiming to be a film-set in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, where the killing of civilians has triggered a global outcry.

Reuters

Le Pen shrugs off market 'doom-mongering' as French election race tightens

French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen shrugged off investor jitters triggered by her rise in the polls ahead of Sunday's first round of the presidential election, saying her economic platform was meant to work for voters, not the markets.

France 24

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Who might upset Macron's bid for a second term in office?

French President Emmanuel Macron is the favourite to win re-election in a two-round ballot on April 10 and 24.

Reuters

A possible far-right victory in France: Scare tactic or real danger?

With three days to go until the first round of the presidential election, French voters are uninterested and undecided, leaving paper La Croix concerned about the country's future. Is alarm over a possible far-right victory a campaign strategy of Emmanuel Macron, or is far-right contender Marine Le Pen "more of…

France 24

French prosecutors to probe McKinsey consultancy over alleged tax fraud

French financial prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into suspected tax fraud by the American management consulting firm McKinsey.

Radio France Internationale

French presidential hopefuls rally on penultimate day of campaigning

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.

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Éric Zemmour: The far-right insurgent reshaping the race for the French presidency

One in three voters say they will cast their ballot for a far-right candidate in the French presidential election this weekend.

ABC News

French presidential election 2022: Who are the frontrunners and when do polls open?

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

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Marine Le Pen’s surge: alarm bells ring

Editorial: Emmanuel Macron is still the likely winner of this month’s presidential election. But he will need the support of the left

The Guardian - UK

France to help ICC with investigations into massacres blamed on Russian forces in Ukraine

After a meeting between President Emmanuel Macron and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, the Elysée Palace has announced that France will offer financial and human resources to support investigations into the alleged massacre of civilians by Russian troops in Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

Tax fraud inquiry into consultancy firms launched as French election looms

Prosecutors open inquiry after ‘McKinsey affair’ row over public spending on consultants

The Guardian - UK

French election: Minority youth voice frustrations ahead of vote

Ahead of first round of presidential elections, French youth express their fears and frustrations about the candidates.

Al Jazeera

Explainer-What's at stake in France's presidential election?

The French vote on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that will determine who runs the European Union's second-largest economy, and its only member with a permanent U.N. Security Council seat, as war rages on the bloc's doorstep.

Reuters

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Radio France Internationale

Cohen case: Security and discrimination return to the heart of France's election debate

The death of a young Jewish man who was killed by a tram while running away from a mob has pushed crime to the centre of France's presidential election campaign just days ahead of voting.

France 24

'McKinsey Affair': Prosecutors probe French state's use of private consultancy firms

France's financial prosecutor said on Wednesday it had opened a preliminary investigation into the role of private consultancy firms used by the state and into possible tax fraud, just days ahead of the first round of France's presidential election.

Reuters

In rural France, voter indecision opens door to Macron's foes

Health worker Josiane Comtesse is almost certain she will vote for President Emmanuel Macron in Sunday's presidential election, but then she reflects on his plan to make the French work longer and her perception that he is arrogant and she thinks again.

France 24

'Useful vote': French voters irk presidential contenders with 'tactical' ballots

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…

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The Independent UK

France's top presidential contenders: Who's proposing what?

Sunday's first round of the French presidential election involves one frontrunner, centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron, seeking a second term, and eleven challengers from the far left to the far right

The Independent UK

Macron leads polls but turnout a big question in French vote

French President Emmanuel Macron is the clear favorite in the country's presidential vote on Sunday

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

Russian forces overnight struck a fuel depot and a factory in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, and the number of casualties remains unclear, the region’s governor Valentyn Reznichenko said Wednesday on the Telegram messaging app

Reuters

French election poll: Macron to beat Le Pen but Le Pen gains ground

French President Emmanuel Macron would beat Marine Le Pen in the country's presidential election later this month, though Le Pen has gained ground in recent weeks, showed an Ipsos Sopra Steria Cevipof poll for Le Monde newspaper.

Reuters

Far-left Melenchon makes last push to reach French presidential run-off

Far-left French candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon talked climate, feminism and cost of living at a rally on Tuesday in a bid to persuade youth and undecided voters ahead of Sunday's ballot.

France 24

‘Wrong about Putin’: Did Germany and France turn a blind eye to the threat from Russia?

The escalating civilian toll of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has fuelled calls for a reappraisal of more than a decade of French and German efforts to engage with a leader whose forces stand accused of committing horrific war crimes in Ukraine.

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