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Who is Emmanuel Macron? The French president and his family in profile

France’s leader is seeking to see off far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s election

The Independent UK

France’s two presidential contenders: Who’s proposing what

It’s crunch time for voters in France as centrist incumbent President Emmanuel Macron is meeting far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen of the National Rally at the ballot box for Sunday’s final presidential vote

The Independent UK

French elections: Macron cites Brexit and Trump in last-ditch bid

‘The next day they woke up with a hangover,’ Macron says of British and US voters

The Independent UK

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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.

Radio France Internationale

French election: Macron in pole position, Le Pen racing hard

French President Emmanuel Macron is in pole position to win reelection Sunday in France's presidential runoff

The Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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 to rule the country for the next five years after a bitterly contested and polarizing election campaign. Macron is the favorite to win re-election in the run-off ballot on Sunday, and there are…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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More people are struggling with loneliness than diabetes, US surgeon general says

Tribune News Service

Patrick Vieira urges France to back Emmanuel Macron over Marine Le Pen in presidential election

The Crystal Palace boss and World Cup winner with France has given his support to the incumbent French president ahead of Sunday's second round of voting

Football London

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. According to the latest surveys for Sunday's run-off, fear may win the day over loathing: Macron…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Timeline: The five-decade rise of France's far right

Marine Le Pen's run on Sunday for France's presidency is the culmination of a five-decade rise of the far-right from a fringe movement to one of the country's strongest political forces.

Reuters

‘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

The Guardian - UK

When is the French presidential election and what are the polls saying?

Incumbent Emmanuel Macron facing tight race against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in second round of vote

The Independent UK

Macron Lost the French Left, but Now Needs it for Victory

Despite being a former minister in a Socialist government, French President Emmanuel Macron long ago burned through the goodwill he once had among left-wing voters. "Last time, we had serious doubts about him, but we said to ourselves that at least he came from the left -- albeit the free-market…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Macron tells voters: Now choose the France you want

Evening Standard

London’s French fear Le Pen election victory

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

France 24

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…

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.

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The Independent UK

French election results - live: Macron vows to be ‘president for all’ in victory speech

President set to remain in office as exit polls forecast second term and Le Pen’s defeat

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…

Daily Mirror

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

Reason

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.

ABC News

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?

The Conversation

Marine Le Pen, the Rassemblement National and Russia: history of a strategic alliance

Days before the second round of the French presidential elections, far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (Rassemblement National, RN) spelled out some of her foreign policy priorities: limit military support to Ukraine and steer clear from voting new sanctions against Russia; leave NATO’s integrated command; and relaunch a “strategic rapprochement…

France 24

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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