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A combination picture shows portraits of the two candidates running for the second round in the 2022 French presidential election, Marine Le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party, and French President Emmanuel Macron, candidate for his re-election. Pictures taken February 5, 2022 (L) and April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Explainer: Macron or Le Pen: why it matters for France, the EU and the West

France sending heavy artillery to Ukraine
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France sending heavy artillery to Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron, candidate for his re-election in the 2022 French presidential election, talks to journalists during a visit in Saint-Denis as he campaigns in Seine-Saint-Denis ahead of the second round of the presidential election, France, April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
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Macron: Le Pen's campaign draws on anger I have not managed to quell

A voter casts a ballot at a polling station in Le Touquet, France for the second round of regional elections on June 27, 2021. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS
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Voting for Macron is a bitter pill to swallow for some French Muslims

A combination picture shows portraits of the two candidates running for the second round in the 2022 French presidential election, Marine Le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party, and French President Emmanuel Macron, candidate for his re-election. Pictures taken February 5, 2022 (L) and April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Macron, Le Pen face off in crucial election debate

Marine Le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party and candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, speaks during a political campaign rally in Perpignan, France, April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Albert Gea
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France's presidential rivals gear up for final week's campaigning

A combination picture shows portraits of the two candidates running for the second round in the 2022 French presidential election, Marine Le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party, and French President Emmanuel Macron, candidate for his re-election. Pictures taken February 5, 2022 (L) and April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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French prosecutor studying EU anti-fraud agency report on Le Pen

People fleeing from Ukraine eat and get some rest at a welcome centre upon their arrival at Berlin's Hauptbahnhof central station, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Berlin, Germany, 29 March 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
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France to give Ukrainian refugees access to housing, family benefits

Ex-French President Hollande backs Macron in presidential race
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Ex-French President Hollande backs Macron in presidential race

Marine Le Pen, French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, speaks during a news conference on democracy and the exercise of power in Vernon, France, April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Far-right candidate Le Pen calls Macron France's most 'authoritarian' president

People walk past official campaign posters of French presidential election candidates Marine le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party, and French President Emmanuel Macron, candidate for his re-election, displayed on bulletin boards in Paris, France, April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
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Poverty, education levels draw battle lines in French election

Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron, attend a joint press conference, in Moscow, Russia, February 7, 2022. Thibault Camus/Pool via REUTERS
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France declares six Russian spies 'persona non grata' over clandestine operation

People walk past official campaign posters of French presidential election candidates Marine le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party, and French President Emmanuel Macron, candidate for his re-election, displayed on bulletin boards in Paris, France, April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
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Macron, Le Pen battle out on cost of living in heated runoff campaign