French election

Throughout the campaign Macrons lead over Le Pen in second-round voting intention polls has been narrower than at any point in the 2017 race. 1 day agoThe top issue for French voters is so-called purchasing power the rise in cost of everyday goods gas and energy.

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Welcome to The Economists coverage of the French presidential election.

. President Emmanuel Macron is challenging for a second term in office. Five years ago Emmanuel Macron was elected on. April 24 2022 1100 am.

French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen are facing off Sunday in the French presidential elections second round vote. In the first phase voters whittle down a long list of prospective candidates into two. Voters who decide to stay home.

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19 hours agoFrench voters head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president in a rematch of the 2017 duel pitting Emmanuel Macron against Marine Le Pen. Macron a former investment banker became Frances youngest leader since Napoleon when he won the 2017 vote in his first. 3 hours agoThe French began voting on Sunday in an election that will decide whether pro-European Union centrist Macron keeps his job or is unseated by far-right eurosceptic Marine Le Pen in what would amount to a political earthquake.

If not as was the case in 2022 the second round of. 1 day agoPARIS -- President Emmanuel Macron is in the pole position to win reelection Sunday in Frances presidential runoff yet his lead over far-right rival Marine Le Pen depends on one major uncertainty. LREM who won in 2017 French presidential election and whose first term lasts until 13 May 2022 announced on 3 March 2022 that he would run.

The first round of Frances 2022 presidential election was held on 10 AprilEmmanuel Macron was re-elected as President of France in a runoff on 24 April in which he defeated Marine Le Pen. 22 hours agoFrench citizens are heading to the polls Sunday in a presidential election set against the backdrop of war in Ukraine and a cost of living crisis. Macron and Le Pen square off in French presidential election as voters head to polls April 24 2022 834 AM AP Paris France voted in a presidential runoff election Sunday with repercussions.

And while the French largely hold Russia responsible for launching a war in. 11 hours agoWorld Apr 24 2022 1016 AM EDT PARIS AP France voters turned out Sunday for a presidential runoff election that has wide repercussions for Europes future with President Emmanuel Macron. Dmitry KostyukovThe New York Times PARIS At last Emmanuel Macron.

17 hours agoBy POLITICO. The president garnered nearly 279. In several European newspapers on Thursday the center-left leaders of Germany Spain and Portugal urged French voters to choose him over his nationalist rival.

If a candidate wins over 50 per cent of the votes in the first round heshe is elected as the president of the country. 16 hours agoFrench President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen qualified for Sundays run-off after finishing ahead in the first round of voting April 10. 1 day agoThe French presidential election is a direct voting process conducted in two phases.

9 hours agoAbout Frances presidential election The election on Sunday 24 April is a runoff to decide between the first two candidates from the first round of voting on 10 April. 2 days agoFrench president Emmanuel Macron has pointed to Brexit and the election of Donald Trump in an eleventh-hour bid for support as pollsters warn of a record-breaking number of people choosing not to. Emmanuel Macron has a large poll lead over Marine Le Pen before todays runoff election.

Opinion polls in recent days gave Macron a solid and slightly growing lead as analysts said Le Pen - despite her efforts. Centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron is the front-runner but hes fighting a tough challenge from far-right rival Marine Le Pen. Projections and preliminary results wont be.

12 hours agoPARIS France began voting in a presidential runoff election Sunday with repercussions for Europes future. A victory in Sundays runoff vote would make Macron the first French president in 20 years to win a second term. They raised a warning about populists and the extreme right who hold Putin as an ideological and.

Macron from La République En Marche. French presidential runoff election live. 20 hours agoEverything you need to know about Sundays French election 0248 Paris CNN French voters will choose between two very different visions for their country during Sundays presidential runoff.

Adrian is an. Thu 14 Apr 2022 0453 EDT First published on Fri 1 Apr 2022 0941 EDT Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen finished top in the first round of the French presidential election and now face each other. 1 day agoFrench election Marine Le Pen Turnout by midday 11am UK time was 2641 - lower than at the same time in 2017 when it was 2823.

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le. 1 day agoThe French presidential election is also being closely watched abroad. Guest post by Adrian Beaumont who joins us from time to time to provide commentary on elections internationally.

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