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It was a spectacle unseen in previous French presidential races. Lively exchanges but no knockout punches in a five-way candidates’ debate. The over three hour long event served up five different visions of France, but did it set the tone for the homestretch of this campaign. What are the issues that will decide an election that the whole world is watching?
This week the France 24 Debate heads to Bonnelle, a village 45km from Paris that sits astride the two sides for France which seem to be going head to head in the 2017 Presidential Election. On one side, the France of the cities and urban areas who are fully integrated in the globalized economy. On the other the rural France that feels left behind and isolated. Sunday’s election between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron will determine which of these Frances makes their voice heard.
The one and only second round debate in France’s election features independent centrist frontrunner Emmanuel Macron and the far-right's Marine Le Pen. What are the issues that can convince undecided voters? What are the pitfalls the candidates have to avoid? With a campaign that's been dominated by scandals instead of issues, many see it as their only opportunity to take a good hard listen to what two very, very different rivals have to offer.
Today in The World This Week, our panel of international journalists look at the French presidential race between far right candidate Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump’s 100 day milestone, and the Papal visit to Egypt.
It was clear from the outset that this campaign would upend French politics. Then with a little more than 24 hours of campaigning left a 39-year old convict targeted police on Paris' Champs-Elysées, killing an officer, injuring three, dying in a hail of bullets and stealing everyone's attention. How will this impact the election? With the top four candidates still neck-and-and neck, our panel of international journalists try to make sense of an election unlike any France has seen before.
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