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Marine Le Pen signals the end of the EU and has a real chance of becoming France’s president: what would be the consequences of her election. Signalling the end of the Franco-German axis. She has launched her second-round campaign and she wants to get rid of the “sectarian” image the name Le Pen still conjures amongst large parts of the French electorate, Ballet pointed out. The image Le Pen is trying to rebrand for Le Pen’s bid for political respectability, even if the “substance of her discourse remains xenophobic, however, softened it might seem”. French elections: Le Pen and Macron…
France24 says French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Wednesday backed closer ties between NATO and Russia, adding that if she won the presidency Paris would once again leave the military command of the US-led alliance.
President Macron avoids accusing Putin of genocide, unlike US president Biden. French President Emmanuel Macron avoided accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of committing genocide in Ukraine during an interview with France 2 broadcasted on Wednesday. “So far, it has been established that war crimes were committed by the Russian army and that it is now necessary to find those responsible and bring them to justice,” Macron said. “I am very careful with some terms [genocide] these days,” he added. “I’m not sure the escalation of words is helping the cause right now.” French President Macron avoids accusing Putin of genocide…
French elections: Le Pen and Macron face off in French elections as far right Le Pen gains ground, election set to be a tight race.
France24 says Why Macron will need to work his socks off to beat Le Pen this time
Aljazeera says election runoff an image of a polarised France, analysts say. It was an outcome predicted by many, and a repeat of the same vote five years ago
French elections: Far-right insurgent reshaping the race for presidency in France says ABC news.
The Guardian says France faces a brutal two-week campaign over the country’s future, as the centrist incumbent, Emmanuel Macron, faces the far-right Marine Le Pen for the presidency.
France24 says France is poised for a rematch of the 2017 presidential election run-off with centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.
French President Macron is marginally ahead against the Far-right Le Pen in the first round of the French elections France is poised for a rematch of the 2017 presidential election run-off with centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen once again advancing to the final after first-round voting on Sunday. But the 2022 race has so far been anything but a replay of the contest Macron won five years ago. And the final result when all votes are counted on April 24 is all the more uncertain for it. Macron is marginally ahead Macron topped the first-round contest, winning 27.6…