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Clock ticking as French left mulls coalition deal to humble Macron

The fractured French left – buoyed by strong polling by veteran progressive Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the presidentials – was this week clambering to agree a coalition deal that would unite the Greens, Socialists and Communists under a common banner with the far-left France Unbowed party (LFI) in time for legislative…

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Le Pen, Mélenchon want ‘third round’ win – but Macron favoured to win parliamentary majority

The French presidential election results on April 26 gave Emmanuel Macron a comfortable victory – setting the stage for the “third round”, as many in France call the parliamentary polls taking place on June 12 and 19. Macron’s populist adversaries are keen to seize control of parliament and scupper his…

France 24

France's Macron faces a divided nation after election win

French President Emmanuel Macron faced the daunting challenge of uniting a deeply divided nation Tuesday after winning re-election in a battle against Marine Le Pen that saw the far right come its closest yet to taking power.

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The Guardian view on Macron’s victory: a fragile mandate

Editorial: The re-elected president will face multiple challenges in his second term

The Guardian - UK

Protests and a nation divided — so, what now for the future of France?

Macron’s won the election — but has woken up to riots and a splintered country. As more elections loom in June, will this next era bring Gilets Jaunes or relative tranquilité? Agnes Poirier reports from Paris

Evening Standard

‘Victory’ in defeat? Le Pen raises the far right’s glass ceiling, fails to crack it

Marine Le Pen was soundly beaten in Sunday’s presidential election as weary voters rallied once more to keep her Rassemblement National (National Rally) party from power. But the surge in support for far-right candidates begs the question of how long a creaking “republican front” of anti-Le Pen voters will hold…

France 24

Le Pen, Mélenchon already looking to 'third round' of parliamentary elections

Fresh from winning a second term as French president, Emmanuel Macron soon faces another fight that will determine whether he can pursue his agenda - parliamentary elections, described as the "third round" of presidential voting, in which his rivals far-right Marine Le Pen and hard-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon are looking to…

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French election: why did Le Pen do so well in overseas territories?

Analysis: Far-right candidate finished far ahead of Emmanuel Macron in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion

The Guardian - UK

Le Pen, leftist Mélenchon eye June legislative polls to counter Macron

Within hours of polls closing in the second round of the French presidential election, the runners-up set their sights on the “third round”: legislative elections in June, which will decide how much of President Emmanuel Macron’s agenda he is able to pass. Far-right Marine Le Pen and veteran leftist Jean-Luc…

France 24

Macron’s appeal to unity succeeds but far right makes strong showing

After belatedly realising rationality wasn’t enough to win, the president needs to heal a ‘fractured’ society’s sense of injustice

The Guardian - UK

Macron re-elected as French voters hold off Le Pen’s far right once more

French President Emmanuel Macron has seen off his far-right rival Marine Le Pen to secure five years more years at the helm of Europe’s second economy. But the narrowing margin of victory and an increasingly polarised nation herald another rocky term for the incumbent, whose success was tarnished by the…

France 24

French president Emmanuel Macron wins re-election: a victory with deep challenges

Emmanuel Macron’s decisive victory over Marine Le Pen in the second round of France’s presidential election on 24 April 2022 is no surprise. For more than a year, opinion polls had been predicting it. As early as April 2021, the leading polling institutes (Elabe, Harris interactive, Ifop, Ipsos) estimated the…

The Conversation

Victorious Macron vows to unite France after fending off Le Pen threat

President acknowledges divisions after historic 13 million votes for Le Pen’s anti-immigration party

The Guardian - UK

French election 2022: full second round results

Emmanuel Macron has beaten Marine Le Pen in the presidential runoff and will serve another term as president of France. Reliable projections put Macron on course for 57% to Le Pen’s 43%. Find out how the race is unfolding live department by department.

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French in London feel they have little choice but to choose Macron

Blocking Marine Le Pen because of her stance on race issues was more of a priority to voters than any policies of the favourite

The Guardian - UK

France election: polls open as Macron and Le Pen battle for presidency

Emmanuel Macron goes into the election with a reasonable lead in polls over Marine Le Pen, after a fractious campaign

France 24

Not just exit polls: Why French election projections are almost always correct

While most countries rely on exit polls to declare elections winners, at the risk of jumping the gun, pollsters in France base their estimates on actual ballots counted – a system made possible by the staggered closure of polling stations across the country.

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Forget the presidency, I can lead France as its PM, insists Mélenchon

Veteran leftist is courting allies to help make him prime minister in June, handing him power to disrupt the winner of Sunday’s presidential vote

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Radio France Internationale

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. The winner of Sunday's runoff will rule the country for the next five years after a bitterly contested and divisive election campaign.

The Guardian - 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

Evening Standard

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

Letter from Paris, by Sophy Ridge, Sky News presenter

The Guardian - 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

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.

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.

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

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