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How do the French presidential candidates' programmes measure up?

Former investment banker and political novice-Emmanuel Macron will go head-to-head with far-right, _Front National_ leader-Marine Le Pen for the keys to the Élysée Palace. But how do their policy prop

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Macron and Le Pen to go head-to-head for the French Presidency

For the first time since 1958, neither the Socialist nor Republican parties have a candidate in the second round of voting.

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French election: Macron to face off against Le Pen. What we know

Voters rejected France's traditional political parties Sunday, opting for two populist candidates who will contest the election runoff on May 7.

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Young 'Macronistas' hope for new era in politics

A victory they’d hoped for so badly: The youthful supporters of Emmanuel Macron were thrilled to see their centrist and pro-European candidate leading the pack for France’s top…

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Macron, Le Pen win first round of French presidential election

The result is a stinging defeat for the centre-right and Socialist parties that had dominated French politics for 60 years.

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Rally against 'nationalists' - Macron's call after French election success

In one year, we have changed the face of politics.

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Macron and Le Pen through to French election run-off

Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen will go head-to-head in the second round of the French elections.

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Macron on the march to centre of French politics

Macron the independent at the centre of French politics

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French presidential campaign shaken by Paris shooting

The gun attack on the Champs-Elysee came during a TV appearance by the eleven candidates in Sunday’s presidential ballot.

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Euroviews. The EU must prepare itself for President Le Pen in France

After the UK's unexpected vote to leave the EU and Donald Trump’s unexpected triumph in the US presidential election last year, you might imagine that EU leaders have developed detailed contingency plans for a victory by the far-right National Front’s Marine Le Pen in France’s presidential election.

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France's unpredictable presidential race enters its final days

Latest polls make the outcome incalculable. While centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right contender Marine Le Pen retain the top spots, there is barely a percentage point between them.

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Far-right, fake jobs and all you need to know about France's pivotal election

If the main course is anything like the entrée, then France is set for even more controversy at the ballot box.

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Second French presidential debate turns into a feisty affair

For the first time 11 candidates in the French presidential election have gone head-to head in a televised debate.

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Euroviews. View: Is Emmanuel Macron the new Napoleon Bonaparte of France?

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France's former PM Valls backs Macron for president

After weeks of speculation, former Socialist Prime Minister Manual Valls has said he will vote for Emmanuel Macron in France’s forthcoming presidential election.

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French Socialist and former PM Valls defects to Macron's centrist camp

Former Socialist prime minister Manuel Valls is the latest to turn his back on his own party and lend his support to centrist Emmanuel Macron, the favourite presidential candidate.

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France election: Valls back Macron

France’s former Prime Minister Manuel Valls will vote for Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election

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The most unpredictable election in French history?

A month before the first round of France's presidential election, polls suggest 43 percent of voters have still not made up their minds about who to vote for.

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Euroviews. Le Pen and Macron: same words but different meanings

With Le Pen, we have a vision that based on a specific idea of the past in need of restoration and which is based on the denunciation of negatively perceived changes in need of removal.

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French presidential debate: Who said what, to whom, and who performed the best?

France's first of three televised presidential debates. Who said what, to whom and which of the five candidates performed the best