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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.

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Le Pen tries to ‘take the politics out’ of her image in new campaign poster

Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen heads into her second-round duel against President Emmanuel Macron with a new poster at the heart of her campaign, plastered with the new slogan “For all French people”. This marks the latest step in her communication strategy aimed at “de-demonising” her party.

France 24

Marine Le Pen: can the right-wing ‘wolf’ really pull off a moderate rebrand?

She’s closing in on the French president, with insiders saying this month’s election could be her third time lucky. From her traumatic upbringing to her complicated relationship with her father, Katie Strick charts the rise of the right-wing candidate known as MLP

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France election: calls begin for voters to block far-right Le Pen

As in 2017 and 2002, question is whether leftwing voters should back centrist or not vote at all

The Guardian - UK

How Le Pen tried to soften image to reach French election runoff

Centrist Macron may find it hard to make criticism of far-right opponent’s racist, anti-Muslim platform stick in next round

The Guardian - UK

French election race wide open as far-right Le Pen closes in on Macron after softening her image

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

The Independent UK

'Useful vote': French voters irk presidential contenders with 'tactical' ballots

Presidential campaigns offer an abundance of catch phrases, whether slogans finessed by a candidate's team to deliver maximum impact or coined spontaneously on the trail. The proclamations of presidential hopefuls bring texture to an election race and come to define a campaign – for a news cycle or forever in…

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French Far-Right Leader Le Pen Softens Image for Election

French nationalist leader Marine Le Pen has softened her rhetoric and her image to broaden her appeal in next week’s presidential election — but is under threat from a provocative rival who has broken her monopoly as the watchdog of the country’s identity that they claim is under threat. For…

Asharq Al-Awsat

French far-right leader Le Pen softens image for election

French nationalist Marine Le Pen has softened her rhetoric and her image as she tries to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron in the upcoming election, taking place in two rounds on April 10 and 24

The Independent UK

Factbox-France's Macron faces two far-right candidates, an 'Iron Lady' and a left-wing firebrand

France's April presidential election will determine whether Emmanuel Macron stays on for a second term. Here is a rundown of pollsters' top five challengers.

Reuters

Economic fallout from Ukraine war could give Le Pen’s social-populist strategy an edge

As the economic impact of the war in Ukraine looms over French voters, Marine Le Pen’s social-populist appeal may give her a boost in the battle over second place that is taking place to the right of France’s presidential politics, despite her prominently pro-Russian stance prior to the invasion.

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