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Macron and Le Pen step up French media war ahead of great debate

Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right hopeful Marine Le Pen have spent this week duelling at a distance, ramping up their travels and media interviews in a bid to win over voters ahead of the 24 April election runoff. They're also setting the scene for their first and only…

Radio France Internationale

Right-wing French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen welcomes Boris Johnson’s Rwanda migrant plan

Ms Le Pen, known for her radical anti-immigrant agenda, said there would be cheaper methods of processing migrants

Evening Standard

Ex-president Hollande calls for Macron vote to keep Le Pen out of power

French ex-president Francois Hollande on Thursday called on voters to back President Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the country's presidential election, stressing that support for the incumbent is the best way "to ensure [Marine] Le Pen does not win".

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Three years after fire, a race against time to restore Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral

French President Emmanuel Macron has set a deadline of 2024 to reopen Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral to worshippers and visitors. FRANCE 24's Revisited show is following the progress of this ambitious project and brings you a fresh update, three years after the devastating fire that badly damaged the world-famous cathedral. Our…

France 24

In France's election, a meaty issue unites Jews and Muslims

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is alarming both Muslims and Jews in France with a pledge to regulate the ritual slaughter of animals if she is elected

The Independent UK

Russian troops risk repeating blunders if they try for May 9 win

French President Emmanuel Macron has become the latest leader to warn a major Russian assault in eastern Ukraine is imminent. If that’s the plan, its troops risk repeating at least some of the mistakes made in trying to take the capital, Kyiv.

The Times of India

The French election, round two

French President Emmanuel Macron won the first round of the presidential election last Sunday, but he's still in trouble. He knew he would be. Here's what he said last Saturday.

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Ex-French President Hollande backs Macron in presidential race

Former French Socialist President Francois Hollande on Thursday called on voters to back Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the country's presidential election on April 24.

Reuters

French students block schools to protest choice between Macron and Le Pen

Hundreds of French university students on Thursday occupied or blocked buildings at the Sorbonne in Paris and other schools to express their anger over France’s presidential election.

France 24

A new cocktail: On French Presidential elections

France is facing one of its most crucial elections in decades

The Hindu

'Neither Macron nor Le Pen', the rallying cry of disillusioned French students

French students protested outside the Sorbonne in Paris and other universities on Thursday, expressing their disillusionment with the choice on offer at the presidential election, shouting "Neither Macron nor Le Pen".

Reuters

French students block schools to protest presidential choice

Hundreds of French students have occupied or blocked buildings at the Sorbonne in Paris and other universities to express their anger over France’s presidential election

The Independent UK

French election: Protester removed from Le Pen news conference amid scrutiny over Russia ties

The election race between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron is hotting up ahead of vote on 24 April

The Independent UK

Students occupying Paris Sorbonne deplore 'fake choice' in French election runoff

Several hundred students are blocking university buildings in Paris in a bid to bring ecological and social issues to the fore in the lead up to the French presidential runoff on 24 April. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen was able to trample the left-wing vote last Sunday and claim a…

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France's Macron and Le Pen lay out rival plans to boost workers' earnings

Amid surging inflation, the two remaining French presidential candidates are promising to help voters make a better living. Incumbent Emmanuel Macron is promising to triple the amount of a special tax-free bonus that employers can give workers. Meanwhile, far-right hopeful Marine Le Pen wants to give tax incentives to companies…

The Independent UK

Macron, Le Pen or abstain: In Paris suburbs, voters face devil’s choice as French election looms

Borzou Daragahi reports from Seine-Saint-Denis, where many people feel betrayed by Macron’s presidency and may take revenge by voting for far-right Le Pen, or not casting a ballot at all amid rising frustration

Radio France Internationale

French presidential hopeful Le Pen outlines major shift in foreign policy

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she will back closer ties between NATO and Russia and pull Paris out of the alliance's military command if she wins the presidential race against incumbent Emmanuel Macron.

The Independent UK

How France's presidential election could impact Ukraine war

France may be thousands of kilometers away from the battlefields of eastern Ukraine, but what happens in French voting stations this month could have repercussions there

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Old fakes, third place and very strange particles – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

Tribune News Service

Editorial: French election has global stakes

At his victory celebration in 2017, newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron strode to a podium at the Louvre to the sounds of "Ode to Joy." He had every reason to be joyful, having trounced his opponent, Marine Le Pen, in a 66% to 34% landslide.

Radio France Internationale

Macron declines to join Biden in calling Ukraine atrocities 'genocide'

French President Emmanuel Macron has declined to endorse accusations by his US counterpart Joe Biden, that Russia is committing "genocide" in Ukraine – warning that verbal escalations would not help end the war. Ukraine's Volodymr Zelensky decribed France's reaction as "painful".

Al Jazeera

France: Police killing weighs in the banlieues before runoff vote

Residents of the deprived suburbs around Paris say they are frustrated by police and have little faith in politics.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Macron and Le Pen have very different visions for Europe

President Emmanuel Macron was run close by his nationalist rival Marine Le Pen in the first round of the French election on Sunday. The runoff vote on April 24 will reprise their 2017 contest, with serious consequences for Europe.

Radio France Internationale

French actor Michel Bouquet, star of stage and screen, dies aged 96

The award-winning French actor Michel Bouquet, who appeared in more than 100 films during his 70-year career, died in a Paris hospital on Wednesday aged 96.

Reuters

Le Pen's renewables ban plan is an 'aberration', Macron says

Marine Le Pen's plan to ban wind turbines is an "aberration", Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday as France's presidential election campaign moved away from the two candidates accusing each other of being authoritarian to focus on concrete policies.

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