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Thousands protest against far-right ahead of French presidential vote

Saturday saw demonstrations across France a week before the election second round, as many made clear their determination to bar Marine Le Pen from power.

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Macron vows to overhaul climate policy as he woos left-wing vote

The French president has promised to boost his climate policy by giving his prime minister direct responsibility for environmental planning, if he is re-elected.

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French students protest presidential choice

French students picketed schools on Thursday to protest against the choices in the upcoming presidential election.

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French President Macron avoids accusing Putin of genocide

"I am very careful with some terms [genocide] these days," French President Emmanuel Macron said during an interview with France 2 broadcasted on Wednesday. "I`'m not sure the escalation of words is helping the cause right now."

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Watch: Here's why you should care about France's presidential election

Incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen have widely different views on how to run the EU's second-largest economy.

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Macron stresses 'the difference between living in France and Hungary'

France's Macron stresses 'the difference between living in France and living in Hungary'

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Macron debates angry voters as campaign intensifies ahead of runoff

He debated several angry voters in the north and east of the country.

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Macron-Le Pen face-off: Five reasons why it'll be different this time

Emmanuel Macron will find it much harder to win over an angry, divided France than in 2017, and the prospect of Marine Le Pen becoming president is a real possibility.

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Macron and Le Pen battle for two visions of France's role in Europe

The far-right leader has moderated her Eurosceptic views recently, but her ideas on the EU remain broadly the same.

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France: Anti-fascist activists demonstrate in Rennes

Riot police descend upon Rennes city centre after demonstrations turned violent following the announcement of the results in the first round of France's presidential election.

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Watch: How Macron and Le Pen offer very different visions of the EU

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will go head-to-head in a run-off election to be France's next president. Where do both stand on the European Union?

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

France is electing its next president this month. Experts say the position has an unprecedented amount of power. Why is that?

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

Your guide to some of the leading candidates to be France's next president.

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Six takeaways from the first round of France's presidential election

The first round of France's election was marked by the far-right qualifying for the runoff, a collapse of traditional parties and a high abstention rate.

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Brussels favours Macron in second round of voting, says expert

The French president will face far-right candidate Marine Le Pen on April 24.

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'I want a France that is part of a strong Europe,' says Macron

The current French president is set for another winner-takes-all runoff against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.

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Macron and Le Pen to face off in French presidential election runoff

French President Emmanuel Macron came first in France's presidential election with 27.6% and far-right leader Marine Le Pen came second with 23.4%, according to interior ministry figures.

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French President Macron calls Polish PM 'a far-right anti-Semite'

In an interview with Le Parisien on Thursday, Macron accused Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of being "a far-right anti-Semite, who bans the LGBT", after accusing him of "interfering in the French political campaign".

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Le Pen a real danger to Macron, say analysts as French election looms

Victory "has never been so close", Marine Le Pen told supporters in Perpignan, as polls have her breathing down Emmanuel Macron's neck ahead of Sunday's vote.

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Macron slams Morawiecki for 'scandalous' criticism of Putin dialogue

The Polish prime minister ridiculed the French president’s numerous phone calls with his Russian counterpart, comparing them to trying to negotiate with Hitler.