French election 2022

France’s President Macron inaugurated for second 5-year term

French President Emmanuel Macron has been inaugurated for a second five-year term. The 44-year-old leader vowed Saturday to first take action to avoid any further escalation of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

French Greens, far-left party in deal before June elections

Reelection bolsters France’s Macron as powerful player in EU

France’s victorious Macron boosts weapons, stakes in Ukraine

Far-right Le Pen plots parliament win after loss to Macron

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French President Macron reelected: What’s happening next?

After winning reelection, French President Emmanuel Macron intends to go back to work straight away.

Live updates | Japan: Macron’s reelection key to G-7 unity

Japan welcomed the reelection of French President Emmanuel Macron as key to the unity of Group of Seven.

Analysis: Loss is victory for far-right in France’s election

One of the headlines from the presidential election in France is that the far-right has come out of the cold and gone mainstream.

To Europe’s relief, France’s Macron wins but far-right gains

French President Emmanuel Macron has comfortably won reelection to a second term. His victory Sunday triggered waves of relief among allies that France won’t abruptly shift course in the midst of a war in Ukraine from European and NATO efforts to punish and contain Russia.

France’s youngest president wins again, troubles and all

In just five years as France’s president, Emmanuel Macron has gone from a young newbie in politics to a key world player and weighty decision-maker in the European Union.

France’s presidential rivals: Key moments, private lives

Voters are choosing between two visions of France and two very different people in Sunday’s presidential runoff.

EXPLAINER: How France’s old-school voting system works

French voters in the presidential election are using an old-school voting system that has defied calls for more flexibility or modernization.

French election: Macron in pole position, Le Pen racing hard

French President Emmanuel Macron is in the pole position to win reelection Sunday in France’s presidential runoff.

France’s two presidential contenders: Who’s proposing what

It’s crunch time for voters in France as centrist incumbent President Emmanuel Macron is meeting far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen of the National Rally at the ballot box for Sunday’s final presidential vote.

Macron, Le Pen trade blows in final day of campaign

The finalists for France’s presidency, President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen, traded blows on the last day of legal campaigning as they tried to appeal to undecided voters.

Le Pen’s far-right vision: Retooling France at home, abroad

Marine Le Pen’s vision for France — if the far-right leader wins Sunday’s presidential runoff — would include no Muslim headscarves in public, schoolchildren in uniforms and laws passed by referendum.

Love thy enemy: Critics key for Macron in France’s election

Disgruntled left-wing voters whose candidates were knocked out in the first round of France’s election are the wild cards in the winner-takes-all runoff on Sunday.

Macron woos leftist voters as French campaign nears end

French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting a multicultural, working-class suburb north of Paris to woo leftist voters ahead of Sunday’s presidential runoff against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen.

Tensions over race, religion in France’s presidential race

France’s presidential campaign has been difficult for voters of immigrant heritage and religious minorities.

Macron attacks Le Pen on Russia, Muslim headscarf ban pledge

French President Emmanuel Macron has torn into his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in a television debate for her ties to Russia and for wanting to strip Muslim women of their right to cover their heads in public, as he seeks the votes he needs to win another 5-year term.

Russia’s Navalny accuses Le Pen of Kremlin ties before vote

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny waded into France’s tight presidential campaign, urging voters to back incumbent Emmanuel Macron in Sunday’s runoff and alleging that far-right challenger Marine Le Pen is too closely linked to Russia.

France: EU fraud agency investigating candidate Le Pen

Paris prosecutors are studying a report by the EU fraud agency accusing French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of misusing public funds while serving in the European Parliament.

Macron courts Marseille voters; climate activists in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron is holding a major campaign rally in Marseille to seek backing from voters who supported a left-wing candidate in the first round of the presidential election.

Macron, Le Pen decry ‘shocking’ Stellantis CEO pay

French President Emmanuel Macron and his far-right challenger in the French presidential vote, Marine Le Pen, have decried as “shocking” the multimillion euro payout to the CEO of carmaker Stellantis.

French presidential campaign spotlights Muslim headscarves

Muslim headscarves have taken center stage in France’s presidential campaign amid far-right candidate Marine Le Pen’s push to ban them.

In France’s election, a meaty issue unites Jews and Muslims

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is alarming both Muslims and Jews in France with a pledge to regulate the ritual slaughter of animals if she is elected.

French students block schools to protest presidential choice

PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of French university students on Thursday occupied or blocked buildings at the Sorbonne in Paris and other schools to express their anger over France’s presidential election.

How France’s presidential election could impact Ukraine war

The capital of France may be thousands of miles away from the battlefields of eastern Ukraine, but what happens in French voting stations this month could have repercussions there.

France’s Le Pen warns against sending weapons to Ukraine

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has warned against sending any more weapons to Ukraine.

Cheeky TV show becomes battleground in French election race

PARIS (AP) — A French television news and entertainment show that has long delighted in poking fun at Marine Le Pen and her father has become a battleground in the far-right leader’s election contest with President Emmanuel Macron.

France’s Macron faces angry voters as he fights for 2nd term

French President Emmanuel Macron is facing a tougher-than expected fight for reelection. To win, Macron has hit the campaign trail at last — and it isn’t always proving welcoming.

Far-right Le Pen campaigns as French ‘voice of the people’

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is envisioning a France with the people’s voices at the center of the political process if she gets elected president in 12 days.

Potential far-right victory in France seen as threat to EU

A win for far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in France’s presidential race would have immense repercussions on the functioning of the European Union.

Macron, Le Pen kick off French presidential runoff campaigns

French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants to “convince” a broad range of French voters to back his centrist vision.

In France, it’s Macron vs. Le Pen, again, for presidency

Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron will face far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen in a winner-takes-all runoff for the presidency.