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24 April 2022, France, Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron's supporters gathered in front of the Eiffel Tower to celebrate winning his second term. Macron won with 58.5% of the vote against far-right Marine le Pen. Photo: Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Macron wins a second term as president of France

The Nomad Today 4/25/22

Macron acknowledged France is "deep in doubt and division" and he promised that "no one will be left by the wayside" as he addressed cheering supporters in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower in…

10/03/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (L) with the French President Emmanuel Macron at the informal summit of the Heads of State and Government of the EU held in Versailles, France. Photo: La Moncloa.

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Sanchez urges the French to vote for Macron in EU leaders joint letter

The Nomad Today 4/22/22

The French are making a choice between an incumbent who values the "democracy, sovereignty, freedom and the rule of law" and a nationalist who sides with autocratic leaders like Putin, they…

ILLUSTRATION - 08 April 2022, Bavaria, Nuremberg: Election documents of French presidential candidates such as Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Photo: Daniel Karmann/dpa.

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Macron and Le Pen face off in heated TV debate with mutual attacks

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/21/22

Macron announced increases in pensions and the minimum wage, as well as a cap on gas and electricity prices, while Le Pen proposed reducing the VAT on energy and eliminating taxes on 100…

10 April 2022, France, Paris: French leftist party La France Insoumise (LFI) presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon speaks to his party supporters at the Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione. Photo: Julien Mattia/Le Pictorium Agency via ZUMA/dpa.

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Students occupy Paris universities in protest against election choice

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/14/22

Young people in particular appear to have been disappointed by the election results

World

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Macron and Le Pen look set for French presidential election run-off

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/11/22

There were 12 candidates on the ballot as the main question essentially boiled down to whether the French want continuity with Macron or a lurch to the right with Le Pen

FILED - 21 January 2017, Rhineland-Palatinate, Koblenz: Chairwoman of the French National Rally Marie Le Pen speaks during the congress of the right-wing populist ENF group in the European Parliament. Photo: picture alliance / Thomas Frey/dpa.

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Gap between Macron and Le Pen continues to shrink in French election

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/7/22

While Macron dropped slightly to 26.5% in an Ipsos-Sopra Steria poll on Thursday, the far-right candidate Le Pen gained to 23%

02 March 2022, France, Paris: Marine Le Pen, Presidential candidate of the far-right National Rally party, visits the 2022 Salon de l'Agriculture. Photo: Julien Mattia/Le Pictorium Agency via ZUMA/dpa.

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Macron warns against complacency as support for far-right grows

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/31/22

Le Pen has been gaining ground in the final weeks of the campaign and is steadily narrowing the gap between her and Macron, who has seen a slight drop off in support