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Le Pen calls on voters to choose ‘between Macron and France’ at final campaign rally

April 22, 2022admin

Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen urged voters to choose “between Macron and France” as she held her final campaign rally in the northern town of Arras on Thursday, hoping to sway undecided voters ahead of Sunday’s final presidential vote. The leader of the Rassemblement National (National Rally) party ripped into President Emmanuel Macron in a fiery […]

Will older voters be enough to carry Macron to victory over Le Pen?

April 16, 2022admin

While Anglophone countries have seen right-wing populists achieve strong electoral performances thanks to older voters, a different dynamic is playing out in France: President Emmanuel Macron goes into the April 24 second-round runoff against nationalist Marine Le Pen after relying on over 60s to outpoll her in the first round. Macron can thank older voters […]

French voters in Covid-hit Shanghai barred from casting presidential ballots

April 9, 2022admin

/ Asia / Pacific French Presidential Election Issued on: 09/04/2022 – 11:38 01:27 A worker in protective gear stands in the middle of empty streets in the Jingan district of western Shanghai on April 4, 2022. © Chen Si, AP French citizens under lockdown in Covid-hit Shanghai will be unable to vote at a city polling station […]