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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.

Reuters

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

The Independent UK

Mum fumes at 'humiliating' airport staff after being asked to 'prove she was from UK'

Laurence Sauvage-Lumb, 52, said the airport experience left her feeling "criminalised" when she was trying to make her way back home from France earlier this month.

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Wales vs France live stream: How to watch Women’s Six Nations fixture online and on TV today

All you need to know ahead of the Women’s Six Nations clash

The Independent UK

France issues international arrest warrant for ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn

French prosecutors have issued an international arrest warrant for disgraced auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan in 2019 for Lebanon in a gripping escape.

France 24

London’s French fear Le Pen election victory

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

Evening Standard

How would France's economy fare under Le Pen or Macron?

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen have outlined differing visions for the French economy ahead of Sunday's election. The presidential candidates want to tackle the top issue for French voters: the rising cost of living. Daniela Ordonez, Chief French Economist at Oxford Economics, breaks down the different proposals and what…

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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.

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…

France 24

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

Daily Mirror

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.

Reason

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?

ABC News

Punishment of Deliveroo by French court is a blow to the platform's business model

When the gavel came down, the verdict of the first criminal trial targeting “uberization” in France was unambiguous. The court in Paris recognised the French branch of the London-based company Deliveroo wrongly classified riders who should have been considered employees as independent workers. Found guilty of “systemic concealment” of jobs,…

The Conversation

Marine Le Pen: A political animal vying to win the Élysée Palace

Marine Le Pen has worked for years at polishing the rough edges of the far-right National Rally, the party her rabble-rousing father Jean-Marie founded a half-century ago as the National Front, seeking the breakthrough that would finally secure the French presidency. For all her efforts, after eight attempts – Le…

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The Guardian - UK

Those worrying about France’s far right should look closer to home

Letter: In the UK, the far right is already in power, writes Angèle David-Guillou in response to Owen Jones’s article on the state of French politics

Reuters

Macron hits below the belt on election campaign trail

A day after the gloves came off in a combative debate between Emmanuel Macron and his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen, the president sparred with a new partner on Thursday as France's election campaign neared its close.

Irish Mirror

What would happen if Putin's unstoppable 'Satan-2' missile targeted Ireland as the Russian leader issues further threats

The weapon, equipped with twelve warheads, has the power to completely eradicate regions as big as France, Texas, the UK and Ireland in minutes

Wales Online

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Radio France Internationale

Podcast: Macron vs Le Pen, Mélenchon supporters protest, France's first elected woman

The two presidential candidates faced off in a three-hour debate Wednesday in which they tried to convince undecided voters. Did it work? Leftist Mélenchon voters on what to do in the second round. And the first woman elected to office in France in 1925.

France 24

Covid's long shadow: Lingering symptoms may be keeping millions from working

Millions of people are thought to be suffering the effects of so-called long Covid. How is this affecting America's already-tight labour market? FRANCE 24's Solange Mougin tells us more. Also in the programme, we're joined by Elliot Coad, the CEO of Ecologi, to discuss how small and medium-sized businesses are…

Financial Times

‘A demand for dignity’: How French Muslims lost faith in Macron after security shift

Community disappointed by president for neglecting poorer suburbs and passing divisive anti-terror laws

France 24

'Spreading the word': Going door-to-door with Macron campaigners in Paris

Just days ahead of the second and final round of the presidential election on Sunday, supporters of Emmanuel Macron are multiplying their efforts to encourage voters to cast their ballots for the incumbent president. But even in a Parisian neighbourhood that voted 42.35 percent in favour of Macron in the…

The Guardian - UK

Election debate marks normalisation of far-right politics in France

Analysis: 20 years on from Jean-Marie Le Pen’s advance to second round, his daughter’s ‘detoxification’ bears fruit

Daily Mirror

Man banned from teaching kids under six because they find him 'terrifying'

Sylvain Helaine has taught children in the UK and France despite having black eyeballs and head-to-tie tattoos. He thinks his extreme look teaches the kids tolerance of others

The Independent UK

European leaders back Macron as French campaign nears end

Just days before France's crucial presidential runoff vote, the center-left leaders of Germany, Spain and Portugal are urging French voters to choose centrist President Emmanuel Macron over far-right nationalist rival Marine Le Pen

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