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French President Emmanuel Macron sits at his desk after addressing the French nation at the Elysée Palace in Paris, 2019.

Why is France's president Europe's most powerful and is it a problem?

Top (l-r): Marine Le Pen, Fabien Roussel, Anne Hidalgo & Emmanuel Macron; Bottom: Eric Zemmour, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Valérie Pécresse & Yannick Jadot

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France election: Who's who in the race to unseat Macron?

Green Party candidate for the 2022 presidential campaign Yannick Jadot visits a wind farm near Saint-Pere-en-Retz, Brittany, Friday, Oct.22, 2021.

Voters worry over climate change. So why are the Greens polling badly?

Fans wave French flags as Valerie Pecresse, candidate for the French presidential election 2022, delivers a speech during a meeting in Paris, France on 11 December 2021.

Five charts to explain the issues shaping France's presidential race

Clichy-sous-Bois residents Yamina Gourari (left), Mohamd Kourdi (centre), and Charef Abderrahmane (right).

In France's poor suburbs, locals want to be heard without contempt

National Rally candidate Marine Le Pen (left); Reconquer candidate Eric Zemmour (right).

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Defections and division: Is France's far-right tearing itself apart?

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Emmanuel Macron signs the protocol at the Elysée presidential palace, during his investiture ceremony as French President.

Emmanuel Macron inaugurated for second term as French president

Emmanuel Macron inaugurated for second term as French president. Reinstated, Macron promises "a stronger France" and "a more liveable planet".

07/05/2022

President of the Constitutional Council, Laurent Fabius, announced the official results of the presidential election, in front of 450 guests, under the golds of the Elysée vil

Emmanuel Macron inaugurated for second term in office

The President of the Constitutional Council formally announced the results of the presidential election in front of 450 guests at the Elysée Palace.

07/05/2022

French leftist party head Jean-Luc Melenchon delivers a speech, during the annual May Day (Labour Day), in Paris on 1 May, 2022.

French greens and left unite to face Macron before June elections

France's greens and the left wing party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon have joined forces in a "historic moment" to face Macron before June's parliamentary elections.

02/05/2022

Euronews hosted the post-election debate inside the European Parliament in Brussels.

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Euronews Debates: What does Macron's second term mean for Europe?

Five Members of the European Parliament shared their views and expectations about the newly re-elected French president.

28/04/2022

Supporters of French President Emmanuel Macron celebrate in front of the Eiffel Tower.

False claims of election fraud spread in France after 'computer error'

Social media users have falsely claimed that the second-round vote was marred by "fraud".

26/04/2022

Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron's second term priorities for Europe

Support for the European Union has been Emmanuel Macron’s trademark policy ever since he first came to power in 2017. The French president believes in the EU. Freshly re-elected, he now has five more years to pursue his goal of close cooperation between member states.

26/04/2022

France's Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2022 and Robert Golob on March 19, 2022.

'Significant win' for Brussels as France, Slovenia back pro-EU leaders

There were congratulatory messages across the EU27 as French voters backed Macron over Le Pen, and people in Slovenia preferred liberal newcomer Robert Golob to populist PM Janez Janša.

25/04/2022

French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with supporters in front of the Eiffel Tower Paris, France, Sunday, April 24, 2022.

Reaction to Macron's win — and what lies ahead for France's president

French President Emmanuel Macron won re-election on Sunday, beating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. However, Macron faces many challenges ahead, as he seeks to govern a deeply divided country.

25/04/2022

A voter prepares to vote in Paris, France, Sunday, April 24, 2022.

Election map: In which parts of France did Macron win?

A regional breakdown of France's election results.

25/04/2022

Supporters of French President Emmanuel Macron celebrate reports of his victory Sunday, April 24, 2022 in Paris.

French election: Five takeaways as Macron re-elected president

There was relief among EU leaders but concern about the rise of support for the far-right. Here are five takeaways from France's election night.

25/04/2022

French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with supporters in Paris.

Emmanuel Macron pledges to be 'the president of all' in France

The French President delivered his victory speech from the Champ de Mars in Paris.

24/04/2022

Emmanuel Macron

What are the urgent challenges facing Macron in his second term?

Emmanuel Macron is toasting being re-elected as France's president. But when reality bites, the challenges are already piling up.

24/04/2022

French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech after being re-elected

Macron wins second term as president: How did election night unfold?

French President Emmanuel Macron has been re-elected, defeating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.

24/04/2022

A voter casts their ballot at a polling station in Strasbourg on Sunday, 24 April 2022.

Midday turnout lowest in 15 years as France decides on its president

The country's 48.8 million voters will choose between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen in a repeat of the 2017 runoff.

24/04/2022

Advertisements featuring both candidates in the French presidential runoff, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen.

Polling stations abroad open in French presidential election runoff

French citizens abroad have begun voting in the second round of the presidential election, one day before those in France vote on Sunday.

23/04/2022

Emmanuel Macron is facing off against Marine Le Pen in France's April 24 presidential runoff.

The online misinformation spreading ahead of France's election runoff

False rumours about Russian sanctions, the 'Yellow Vest' protests and climate change policies have gone viral.

22/04/2022

Campaign posters for French presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen in Eguisheim, eastern France, on April 21, 2022

Macron and Le Pen trade blows on final day of election campaign

Opinion polls suggest the president has been pulling ahead of his far-right rival before Sunday's run-off vote, but many people remain undecided.

22/04/2022

Marine Le Pen

Le Pen in final push for support as Russia questions linger

Marine Le Pen faces Emmanuel Macron in a run-off vote on Sunday to be France's next president.

22/04/2022

A recent poll suggests that around a third of Jean-Luc Mélenchon's supporters intend to vote for the Emmanuel Macron on April 24.

Mélenchon's supporters could be kingmakers in France's election

"I can't stand either [Marine Le Pen or Emmanuel Macron], but I'm still going to vote,” one man told Euronews.

22/04/2022

A demonstrator hols a board reading: 'neither Macron nor Le Pen', during a protest against far-right in Paris, Saturday, April 16, 2022.

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'Like a prison sentence': France's left hesitates over whether to vote

Kingmakers on France's left face a difficult choice on Sunday: voting for Macron -- widely disliked on this wing of French politics -- or abstaining and letting Marine Le Pen into power.

22/04/2022