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Le Pen, Macron to Face off in Crunch TV Election Duel

French leader Emmanuel Macron and the far-right's Marine Le Pen go head-to-head in a crunch TV debate on Wednesday, seeking to sway undecided voters with four days left until the presidential election's decisive second round. Macron holds a solid poll lead, but his political allies have warned against any complacency…

Asharq Al-Awsat

In France’s unhappy democracy, voting for ‘lesser evil’ is a bitter pill to swallow

For the third time in the past five presidential elections, millions of French citizens are preparing to cast their ballots not in favour of a candidate but to keep another one out of power. So far, the anti-Le Pen vote has resulted in crushing defeats for the far right –…

France 24

On This Day in 2002: Doomed Socialist favourite laughs off threat of Le Pen in presidential final

Any presidential campaign has its emblematic moments that change the course of the race, be they breathtaking instant tide-turners or incidents laden with meaning only in hindsight. With French voters set to elect a president on April 24, FRANCE 24 looks back at telling moments from campaigns past. In the…

France 24

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Paris suburb feels little love for either presidential candidate

Boxing coach Kab Thiam has voted in a French election twice: in 2002 to block the far right's Jean-Marie Le Pen from power and again last Sunday for the hard left's presidential candidate.

Reuters

'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

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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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…

France 24

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…

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The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

The Conversation

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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