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Macron Seeks to Revive Lackluster Campaign and Fend off Le Pen Comeback

Strolling around a small town in northwestern France, beaming to crowds shouting "Macron President!," Emmanuel Macron sought to revive a lackluster campaign whose increasingly uncertain outcome rattled markets on Tuesday. Macron is still ahead in opinion polls but his far-right, euroskeptic rival Marine Le Pen has been closing the gap,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

An election too close to call: Macron wilts under pressure from a resurgent Le Pen

A month ago Emmanuel Macron looked certain to win the French presidency but, as Sunday’s first vote beckons, it could be Marine Le Pen who ends up in the Elysee Palace

The Independent UK

Mélenchon holds last campaign meeting and projects himself using 11 holograms

Five days before the French presidential election's first round, far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is holding the last major meeting of his presidential campaign in Lille, broadcast live in eleven other cities thanks to holograms, a technology he already used in 2017.

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French presidential rivals seize on death of Jewish man as ‘antisemitic attack’

Politicians suggest coverup over death of Jérémy Cohen, who was hit by tram as he ran from group of men

The Guardian - UK

France's Mélenchon looks to magic up more leftist votes with hologram campaign rallies

Five days before the French presidential election's first round, far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is multiplying his efforts – and, in a sense, himself – in a spectacular bid to rally hesitant lefists onside with one final high-tech rally before Sunday's crucial vote. Mélenchon will take the stage on Tuesday night…

France 24

In challenge to Macron, France's biggest voting bloc may be abstainers

Capucine Blond should vote on Sunday in her first presidential election but the disconnect the French teenager feels with the ruling elite is so great that she has decided there is no point.

Reuters

French election: Who are the presidential frontrunners?

Macron has consistently polled in first place, but far-right leader Marine Le Pen closed the gap on him, analysts say.

Al Jazeera

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French markets wake up to risk of Le Pen presidency

French stocks and bonds fell on Tuesday as markets started to acknowledge the risk of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen winning this month's presidential elections against incumbent Emmanuel Macron.

Reuters

What economic policies are France’s presidential candidates proposing?

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.

France 24

Poland hits out at Macron after massacre in Bucha: ‘Nobody negotiated with Hitler’

‘Nobody negotiated with Hitler. You would negotiate with Hitler, with Stalin, with Pol Pot afterwards?’

The Independent UK

France's Le Pen strives to build on ratings boost to further detoxify her image

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who is narrowing the gap with Emmanuel Macron in polls ahead of Sunday's presidential election, went out of her way on Tuesday to stress how "reasonable" she is, focusing on further detoxifying her image.

Reuters

French election: Five reasons why you should care about the vote

Purchasing power is top on many French voters’ minds in an election that includes far-left and far-right candidates.

Al Jazeera

France closes mosques with powers that some critics say use ‘secretive evidence’

For three years, Karim Daoud ran the mosque in this small town in northwest France. He also coached kids’ soccer teams and for more than two decades has worked for the local council's youth services.

Reuters

Biden calls for war crimes trial of Putin after mass graves found around Ukraine capital

LVIV, Ukraine — Russian leader Vladimir Putin faced mounting global condemnation Monday, with President Joe Biden and a growing number of world leaders calling for a war crimes trial, following the discovery in Ukraine of mass graves and streets littered with the bodies of civilians around the suburbs of Kyiv.

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The Guardian - US

Biden calls for Putin to face war crimes trial over civilian killings in Ukraine

Western leaders prepare fresh round of sanctions against Moscow amid outrage over reports of killings in town of Bucha, near Kyiv

Reuters

Macron's far-right rival, Le Pen, reaches all-time high in presidential second-round vote poll

French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, whose presidential campaign has gained momentum in recent days, on Monday captured 48.5% of voter intentions in an opinion poll of a likely runoff against Emmanuel Macron, the highest score she has ever notched.

France 24

Suspected Russian war crimes in Ukraine's Bucha spark global outrage

Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, some of whom had seemingly been killed deliberately at close range.

Reuters

'Nobody negotiated with Hitler,' Polish PM says, berating France's Macron over Putin talks

Poland on Monday berated French President Emmanuel Macron for negotiating with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, saying "nobody negotiated with Hitler", amid an international outcry over killings of civilians during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Biden calls for war-crimes trial of Putin after mass graves found around Kyiv

LVIV, Ukraine — President Joe Biden called for a war-crimes trial of Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday following the discovery of mass graves and streets littered with the bodies of dead civilians after the Russian retreat from suburbs around Kyiv.

France 24

'Macron looks right through you!': Socialist Hidalgo calls on progressives to return to the fold

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…

Radio France Internationale

Paris Perspective #27: Fear and loathing on the campaign trail 2022 - Gérald Olivier

With only a few days to go before approximately 48 million registered voters are invited to cast their ballot in France’s first round of presidential elections, Paris Perspective looks at the polemics that have shaped the campaign trails to date and the probabilities of the outcome of round one on…

Reuters

Factbox-Far-right Le Pen cloaks nationalist policies with social veneer

Opinion polls point to the far-right's Marine Le Pen as the main challenger to President Emmanuel Macron's re-election, in a repeat of the 2017 match.

Reuters

Factbox-Macron wants the French to work longer, shake up welfare state

President Emmanuel Macron, a former investment banker who won a first mandate in 2017 on a promise to be neither of the left nor the right, is projected in voter surveys to win a second term in against a resurgent Marine Le Pen, but the margin is tight.

Reuters

Factbox-French conservative Pecresse would streamline the public sector, cut debt

Valerie Pecresse, candidate for the conservative Les Republicains party, was seen as a a strong challenger for the French presidency, but she has struggled to find enough votes between incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and the far right.

The Guardian - UK

EU leaders denounce ‘possible genocide’ in Ukraine as Russia issues denials

Bloc urgently working on new round of sanctions against Moscow after claims of mass civilian killings

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