Macron’s polling lead over Le Pen widens ahead of France’s Sunday runoff vote
Issued on: 19/04/2022 – 23:53 French President Emmanuel Macron’s lead in voting intention polls widened on Tuesday but his prime minister said a Macron win in...
2022 French Presidential Election
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In France’s unhappy democracy, voting for ‘lesser evil’ is a bitter pill to swallow
For the third time in the past five presidential elections, millions of French citizens are preparing to cast their ballots not in favour of a...
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Leftist party consultation shows majority will abstain, vote blank in Macron-Le Pen run-off
Issued on: 17/04/2022 – 13:19 Most members of leftist candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party will abstain or leave their ballot papers blank in the presidential run-off between...
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Borrowing from the left, Macron signals greener pitch at Marseille rally
Issued on: 16/04/2022 – 16:02 French President Emmanuel Macron rallied supporters in Marseille on Saturday, hoping to sway voters who placed the left’s Jean-Luc Mélenchon in...
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Le Pen tries to ‘take the politics out’ of her image in new campaign poster
Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen heads into her second-round duel with President Emmanuel Macron with a new poster at the heart of her campaign, plastered...
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Macron denies striking deal with ex-president Sarkozy for campaign endorsement
Issued on: 13/04/2022 – 12:52 French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday denied striking any wider political agreement with conservative former president Nicolas Sarkozy in exchange for his endorsement...
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Macron faces angry voters as he campaigns against Le Pen
Issued on: 12/04/2022 – 20:26 Facing a tougher-than expected fight for reelection, French President Emmanuel Macron has hit the campaign trail at last — and...
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How Zemmour’s storm in a teacup hijacked French campaign – and helped Le Pen
After dominating the airwaves in the early stages of the campaign, France’s extreme-right candidate Éric Zemmour saw his presidential run falter in the home stretch....
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Macron softens on controversial pension reform as he heads into tight run-off
Issued on: 12/04/2022 – 14:14 Facing a tight run-off against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen on April 24, French President Emmanuel Macron softened his stance...
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France’s former president Sarkozy endorses Macron, touting ‘experience’
Issued on: 12/04/2022 – 11:56 France’s conservative former president Nicolas Sarkozy threw his support behind Emmanuel Macron in his bid for reelection on Tuesday, touting Macron’s...
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Why Macron will need to work his socks off to beat Le Pen this time
French President Emmanuel Macron improved on his 2017 score in Sunday’s first round of the presidential election. But he goes into the April 24 run-off...
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Mélenchon’s defeat leaves the left in a lurch before second round of French presidential elections
Although far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon took 21,95 % of the ballots in Sunday’s first round of the French presidential election, his third-place finish just behind Marine...