As Russian forces poured across Ukrainian borders on Feb. 24, French President Emmanuel Macron warned in a televised address that the incursion marked "a turning point in the history of Europe and of our country" and would have "profound, lasting consequences for our lives."
With the crisis unfolding less than 2,000 kilometres from Paris, France is entering the final weeks of a presidential election. Macron declared his candidacy on March 3, just over a month before the first-round ballot is set to take place April 10.
In the wake of the largest invasion on European soil in decades, party leaders on both the left and the right condemned the attack.
Although the latest polls suggest the six left-wing candidates will divide the vote and all but hand centrist Macron a second term, it's the right that's a close second: Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour on the far-right and Valérie Pécresse, a cabinet minister in the Republican government of former president Nicolas Sarkozy, on the centre-right.
Pécresse, who calls herself "two-thirds Merkel and one-third Thatcher," grabbed the headlines in January when she vowed to clean the streets of crime with a Kärcher power hose — the exact analogy used by Sarkozy 17 years ago — in an attempt to look tougher than her rivals.
The latest polling numbers from Harris Interactive on March 9:
- Emmanuel Macron: 30.5%
- Marine Le Pen 18.5%
- Éric Zemmour 12.5%
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon: 12.5%
- Valérie Pécresse: 10.5%
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After all witnessed, it's hard to imagine the French would be dumb enough to want this man yet again IMO! That said, it's becoming clear people don't have much say in Elections IMO!
Naturally unless problems are fixed can fair elections resume anywhere, fake MSM can't be trusted, and we cannot believe anything being told, so let's hope all those that deny freedoms are not re-elected Globally!
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