great to have that analysis as always, for the university of northumbria in northeastern england.ome of two rate football teams and one fantastic analyst of french politics. thank you for being with us on france when he for peer dino we are going to speak again very soon. -- france 24. let's turn to matters in africa. a key base in the north of molly has been handed back to forces. they french withdraw from the sahara region of africa is raising questions about the future, the state security in the face of jihadist movements. >> 100 kilometers to the west of the city, france's military withdraw continues as confirmed this tuesday by the general staff of france's forces. this is the fourth base to be returned to forces. in an interview with france 24, the spokesperson of france's general staff says they aimed to remove the remaining 2500 troops by the end of the summer. >> mali's armed forces are going to have to carry out decisions by themselves because the decision to remove forces stems from the position of their authorities. from now on, the fight against terrorists will be the

shot. bernard smith, al jazeera popping around, began, is a senior lecture in french politics, had northumbria university in northern england, and she explains what's behind la pens, wives increases the poor compared to a few weeks ago, a largely down to the far right. come today and he's been using photos. and the reason for the is she right from the start, she who own the cost of living, which is number one priority for the french. he went for integration, security and got is not a priority. he was also much more affected by the war and ukraine. he was even though both across to houston, he was most trident in support before the war in miss just a mood of the nation by refusing to, to welcome ukrainian. whereas she was immediately saying, yes, we need to, you know, also she carried on her p took cation strategy to make her look more respectable, less scary, whereas he very much fiery, a violent language. outrageous who made her fall normal to her recent price for the 1st row is basically a lot of them will go to switching back to her. so the 2nd room, the reason she has she, she, she is, she

is arianne ballgame who's a senior lecture in french and politics. northumbria, university, oliver. so a marked improvement from la penn. but was it enough? it wasn't enough. you are correct. it was in mont improvements as it $72017.00 was a total disaster. this time she was far more composed. she was far more accomplished. she was calmer. she didn't eat or lose a temper, but she did not have a story, but not home, still managed to prevail. and the reason for it is he went on the attack and he knocked her off balance. so she spent most of the debate trying to defend herself try and trying to defend herself against michael, and he struggled to defend a program she struggled in our answer. so michael kind of behave like a challenger, he think hundreds, it should have been a minute then attacking him on his presidency on what he's done and what he hasn't done. but she was wrong. fix it. and michael was able to be able to really attack her and a lot of pressure. so he won this. but does that mean the election is now his to lose? oh, it's definitely hate to lose. you know, decor recently

are you on bogart is a senior lecture in french politics at northumbria university in northern england. she explains what's behind marine the pen rise. the increase in the pool compared to a few weeks ago. it lastly down to be off the far right. come today and he's been using photos. and the reason for the is she right from the start? she who own the cost of living, which is number one priority for the french. he went for integration, security and got is not a priority. he was also much more effective than her by the way, ukraine. he was even to go across to houston. he was most trident in a support before the war in misjudged mood of the nation by refusing to, to welcome ukrainian. whereas she was immediately saying, yes we, we need to, you know, also she carried on her p took cation strategy to make her look more respectable. less scary, whereas he very much, you know, fiery a violent language. outrageous who made her follow normal to her recent price for the 1st row is basically the move to switching back to her for the 2nd room. the reason she has she, she, she is. she has a chance