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French leader Emmanuel Macron and challenger Marine Le Pen qualified on Sunday for what promises to be a very tightly fought presidential election runoff on April 24, pitting a pro-European economic liberal against a far-right nationalist.

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is surging ahead of tomorrow's election.

Soaring energy and food prices caused by war in Ukraine could hand the EU’s ‘illiberal’ leaders a major boost

France’s 12th presidential election is ‘foretold story’ or repeat of 2017 Macron versus Le Pen showdown, analysts say.

From the market stall outside Paris that she's run for 40 years, Yvette Robert can see first-hand how soaring prices are weighing on France's presidential election and turning the first round of voting on Sunday into a nail-biter for incumbent President Emmanuel Macron. Shoppers, increasingly worried about how to make…

For months, President Emmanuel Macron looked certain to become France’s first leader in 20 years to win a second term

France heads to the polls on Sunday, with Emmanuel Macron facing a far tougher test than first envisaged

80% of those polled felt the campaign was ‘poor quality’, with many complaining of a lack of ideas or vision

Candidates polish their images and rightwinger Zemmour is shown the red card by Zinedine Zidane’s brother

Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic and political crisis since the civil war. In previous weeks we've covered the recent downturn. But at the centre of it all is one family. Their history is the key to understanding the present crisis.

In the southern French city of Perpignan, the far-right mayor Louis Aliot says he has succeeded in de-demonising his party's image and even won new supporters as he bolsters police numbers, hosts literacy classes and cleans up the streets.