/ 22 April 2022

Macron v Le Pen: The presidential run-off

Image source: Getty/Canva
Image source: Getty/Canva

French voters go back to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to give President Emmanuel Macron a second 5-year term or give his right-wing opponent Marine Le Pen a chance to reshape the country. Macron and Le Pen clashed over the spiralling energy costs in their first and only debate yesterday – she says that 70% of the nation believes that their standard of living has fallen since he came to power. Le Pen is a 3rd-time presidential candidate – she has ties to Russian President Putin and is a Euro/NATO sceptic – and is running on a hardline immigration policy and assistance to help with cost of living pressures. Macron is a hairy-chested centrist who is pro-business – he says the election is “a referendum on Europe, on secularism and a moment of clear choice.” The polls say he’s set to win Sunday’s vote, which would make him the first president in 20 years to be re-elected.

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