Will France elect its first far-right president?
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🗓️ 12 April 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Could Macron lose? That’s the question we put to Paris correspondent Rick Noack, who has been on the campaign trail with the incumbent and the far-right candidate, Marine Le Pen. Today on Post Reports, what to know about the French presidential election.
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French President Emmanuel Macron finished ahead of far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the first round of the French presidential election. But far-right leader Le Pen’s close second-place finish set up a competitive runoff election on April 24.
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| 0:50.8 | It's really interesting because just a few weeks ago when I spoke to people here in |
| 0:54.8 | Friends about this election, they all sort of agreed that it didn't really matter too much. |
| 1:02.4 | That's Rick Noak. He's the Paris correspondent for the post. |
| 1:06.5 | The world really paying attention everyone agreed that it's a very slow campaign. |
| 1:11.6 | Nothing's really happening. |
| 1:12.7 | And then really within a few days, all of this has changed and really now, |
| 1:18.3 | a far-right victory by Marine Le Pen is thinkable at least. |
| 1:22.7 | It's a possibility. |
| 1:23.9 | And now that there's a real possibility of a far-right French president, |
| 1:28.9 | this election has enormous stakes for the future of Europe. |
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