France goes today (Sunday) to the first round of the Republican presidential election, which will determine who the two candidates out of 12 will compete in the second round in two weeks.
In recent days, the gap in polls between the two leaders in the race, the incumbent president, has dramatically narrowed Emanuel Macron And the leader of the National Union on the far right Marin Le Pen. Macron has 26%, while La Penn has 25%.
In third place is far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon, with 17.5%. The candidates ran until the last minute to mobilize voters and persuade the floating votes, and according to the polls, about 30% of voters are expected to stay in their homes and not participate in the elections.
Macron’s camp warns of the danger of a coup d’etat, which will lead France, they say, “in the direction of autocracy in the country.” Macron’s associates emphasize that although she was concerned about moderating her message, her extremist views remained.
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The war in Ukraine these days has managed to push aside the public interest in the first round of elections. The far-right and Jewish right-wing candidate Eric Zamor, who until recently was considered one of the big promises of the election, lags behind with only 8% of support, with a similar rate going to the great hope of the Republican right – Valerie Packers.