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France Decides: Look Ahead to the French Presidential Elections

Look ahead to the French Presidential elections taking place this weekend.

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10.23 23 Apr 2022


France Decides: Look Ahead to the French Presidential Elections


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10.23 23 Apr 2022


Tomorrow voters in France will head to the polls as Emmanuel Macron and Marine LePen go head to head for the final time in a bid to become the country’s next president.

But with France’s future in the EU at stake, is Macron’s potential re-election going to be a smooth transition, or are we likely to see years of ‘yellow vest’ protests ahead?

Lara Marlowe, Paris correspondent with The Irish Times & Dr. Emmanuelle Schon-Quinlivan, lecturer in European politics at the Department of Government at UCC joined Anton to discuss.

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