Vladimir Putin receives Marine Le Pen at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 24, 2017.
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A victory of the far-right presidential candidate would be good news for Moscow, which has a long-standing history with Le Pen and her party.
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Charles de Gaulle created a system where a surprise candidate can upend the presidential elections in France. Will it happen in 2022?
Demonstrators march down Paris’ Champs-Elysees Dec. 8.
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A populist movement that threatened to topple a French government more than 60 years ago has important lessons for today’s protests and why they represent a reckoning.
In a polling station in western France on June 11, 2017.
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Many French voters seems willing to give the new president and his party, La République en Marche, a broad mandate, even if they didn’t initially support him.
Emmanuel Macron was the winner of the first round of the French presidental election.
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The first round of the presidential election has left French citizens and politicians divided – and the top candidates’ four-way split doesn’t favour governance of the country.
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After a historic battle, we now know that one of two people will be the next president of France.
The Champs-Élysées was shut after a terrorist attack on April 20.
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The killing of a policeman in a terror attack has heightened tensions as France chooses its next president.
Giant figures of (from left) Macron, Fillon and Le Pen.
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Should French children be taught about the ‘positive aspects’ of colonialism? What the presidential candidates say.
French voters go to the polls for the first round of election on April 23.
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Their policies on Syria, Russia, terrorism and the European Union.
Popular candidates for the 2017 presidential election (from left): Fillon, Macron, Melenchon, Le Pen and Hamon get ready to debate on March 20, 2017.
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Get up to speed before the first round of voting on April 23.
It is still difficult to predict who will be the next French president.
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Behind the judicial turmoils of some of the candidates, it is becoming increasingly clear that the French presidential campaign is about two significantly opposed visions of the future.
And for my next trick…
EPA/Yoan Valat
When the presidential candidate pulled out of an important photo opportunity, everyone thought he was quitting the race.
Things could get very interesting if Martin Schulz wins the German election and Emmanuel Macron triumphs in France.
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The only thing needed for Europe to leap towards further political integration is for French and German heads of state to support it.
The four main candidates.
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Just a month after moving into the Élysée Palace, the new president will face the country’s parliamentary elections.
Roll out the candidates.
EPA/Sebastien Nogier
After a big weekend of campaign launches, most candidates are now in place for the 2017 presidential race.
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The former PM stands accused of employing his wife for years without bothering to mention it to voters.
Europe rang in the new year in an atmosphere of great tension.
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The future of Europe hangs in the balance. Will its leaders step up?
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There’s a large field of hopefuls for the first round, but they all need to be able to take on Marine Le Pen.
EPA/Ian Langsdon
He’s only Mr Nobody to people who haven’t being paying attention.
Fillon good.
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He’s the surprise winner of the republican nomination, but Fillon is in a strong position to attack the weaknesses of the far right.