Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will once again contest the final round of the French presidential elections as they did in 2017 when Macron won easily by 66% to 33%.
But this time could be different after the first round of voting showed the incumbent president ahead of her by some 5 points – and projections pointing to a very tight outcome on April 24. What does this mean for France – and for Europe’s future?
Webinar hosted by the European Movement in Scotland (EMiS)
Speakers:
David O’Sullivan, former EU ambassador and leading Commission official who now heads Ireland’s Institute of International & European Affairs
Jon Henley, the Guardian’s Paris-based Europe correspondent
Assa Samaké-Roman, an editor at La revue écossaise
John Lichfield, former Paris correspondent of the Independent now writing insightful columns from his home in Normandy.
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