Emmanuel Macron arrives at the French presidential elections wrapped in his role as mediator in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict
The first round elections to elect the new president of France began this Saturday, April 9, in the overseas territories of the French nation located in America and the South Pacific.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, to the east of Canada, French Guiana, Martinique and French Polynesia, are the French territories outside Europe that have already begun to vote to elect the next president among 12 candidates where the current president, Emmanuel Macron, and the far-right leader Marine Le Pen, are leading the polls.
Macron, according to the latest voting intention polls before the election day begins in French territory on Sunday, April 10, attribute between 26% and 27% to him, while Le Pen would be for 24%.
The only one who could perhaps take the position from Le Pen in the second round is the leftist leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon (La France Insumisa), to whom the polls attribute between 17 and 18% of the intention to vote.
This candidate seeks to give a last-minute surprise with his call for a useful vote among the supporters of the leftist and environmentalist candidates, who add up to between 10.5 and 11% of the voting intentions.
Emmanuel Macron, who aspires to a second term, arrives at the presidential elections in France in the context that Paris assumed the pro tempore presidency of the European Union and its role as mediator in the crisis between Ukraine and Russia, efforts that seem to have permeated positively in the population.
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For her part, Marine Le Pen – who is competing again with the current French president at the polls – has managed to rise in the polls and position herself close to Macron, who, according to the perception of a sector of the population, has moved away from the needs french
In addition, the extreme right has been denouncing the increase in the cost of living in France, especially for the less favored classes.
70% of citizens consider that the campaign has been “disappointing”, since it has been marked and limited by the events of the war in Ukraine, without sufficient debate on domestic problems, according to a broad poll by the Harris company.
In total, more than 48 million people are called to participate in a process that will mark a starting point for the general renewal of the institutions in France.
If no candidate wins 50% of the vote in the first round, the two contenders with the most votes will proceed to a second round two weeks later, on Sunday, April 24.
With information from Europe Press / Margaret’s Sun / The counter / CNN
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