Description
Added on the 05/05/2017 19:49:28 - Copyright : France 24 EN
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.
This week a mass shooting in an Orlando gay nightclub left 50 dead, the worst in US history. Here in France a policeman was stabbed at him home, along with his wife who also worked for the police. Jo Cox, a British member of parliament from West Yorkshire was stabbed and shot while holding a weekly meeting with her constituents. And hooliganism at the Euro 2016 football competition stir tensions between France and Russia.
The violence seen at the first campaign rally for France's far-right candidate Eric Zemmour plays into his hands, and could actually help his fight for the presidency. That's the view of Paul Smith, Associate Professor in French History and Politics at the University of Nottingham. But Smith says it's too early to know if Zemmour will have an overall impact on the campaign. The same can be said of Valérie Pécresse of the conservative The Republicans party, who was chosen as its candidate at the weekend. We discuss where the presidential election campaign stands, almost four months ahead of the vote.
As Americans head to the polls in what might be a historical 2020 Election Day, Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden are still campaigning and trying to convince undecided voters to cast a ballot.
Handshake contests with Donald Trump might seem easy for Emmanuel Macron when compared with his first foray as president into the symbiotic world of France's ties with its former North African dependencies. Macron making what's billed as a two-day private visit to Morocco's King with the solemn vow that he'll go soon see leaders of neighboring rivals Algeria. How will Macron manage France's overlapping interests between those bitter rivals?
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
