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French election: voters decide between Macron and Le Pen

France is choosing whether to elect its first female leader or youngest ever president .

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French election: voters choose between Macron and Le Pen

France is choosing who will be its next president.

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Macron extends lead on final day of campaign

According to a poll, Macron is expected to win 62% of the votes, compared to 38% for his far-right rival Marine Le Pen.

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Euroviews. The EU balancing act facing Macron

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The Brief from Brussels: a look ahead to the French election

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of all the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

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Portuguese immigrants show France what successful assimilation looks like

Here in France, the largest foreign community is the Portuguese.

$Final fractious TV debate alienates French voters$

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Final fractious TV debate alienates French voters

French voters unimpressed by fractious TV debate as election looms

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Arguments and insults in fiery French presidential debate

It was pure political combat as France’s presidential finalists went head to head in a televised debate on Wednesday, watched by millions.

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Macron and Le Pen gear up for final TV face-off ahead of presidential vote

With polls suggesting the abstention rate could be the highest ever, around 19 to 22 per cent, the debate could prove crucial for Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to win over voters.

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Many Mélenchon and Fillon voters intend to abstain

An internal poll of Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left supporters revealed a significant majority will choose to either abstain or cast a blank ballot in France’s upcoming presidential vote, a move that co

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Macron causes Polish outrage after claiming a Kaczynski and Le Pen alliance

Emmanuel Macron has further angered Poland after suggesting the leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party is allied with Marine Le Pen.

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A 'nod-and-a-wink' to Fillon: Le Pen camp brushes off plagiarism claims

Far-right candidate for the French presidency, Marine Le Pen, has been accused of plagiarism.

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Emmanuel Macron: why the French find him so hard to vote for

Despite the centrist's poll lead before the French presidential run-off, Macron is threatened by potentially widespread abstention as well as support for Marine Le Pen.

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French election countdown: Macron 'ahead' but Le Pen fights on

Criticisms fly between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen as the French presidential race enters its final week.

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French election: Emmanuel Macron raises Frexit fears

French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron has raised the alarm about the risks of Frexit.

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Macron's symbolic Holocaust memorial visit

French presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron visits Paris Holocaust memorial announcing "never again"

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Le Pen softens stance on euro

With a week to go until polling day, Marine Le Pen has altered her rhetoric on the common European currency

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France's Le Pen picks would-be prime minister

The far-right leader and her former nationalist rival join forces to try to beat centrist Emmanuel Macron to the French presidency.

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Marine Le Pen fends off Nazi gas chamber row to savage Macron

Jean-Francois Jalkh, the French far-right presidential contender's replacement as Front National leader, disputes having cast doubt on the Holocaust.

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Zidane calls on voters to avoid Le Pen

French football legend and 1998 World Cup winner Zinedine Zidane warns against voting for Marine Le Pen and the National Front in upcoming French presidential election second…