i won't france _ france that regresses. i won't france that regresses. that— with other democracies —— i want a france that is — with other democracies —— i want a france that is part of a strong furope~ — france that is part of a strong europe. not a france that would leave _ europe. not a france that would leave europe and pander to populism and xenophobia. that is not france. i and xenophobia. that is not france. i want _ and xenophobia. that is not france. i want a _ and xenophobia. that is not france. i want a france that is faithful. faithful— i want a france that is faithful. faithful to— i want a france that is faithful. faithful to humanism, to the enlightenment, to our great ideals founded _ enlightenment, to our great ideals founded before. that is the france ic founded before. that is the france it on _ founded before. that is the france it on the _ founded before. that is the france ic on the 24th of april and by your vote. i will use all of my will to make — your vote. i will use all of my will to make sure we can have a better quality _ to

she says that mr macron it can't repair france?— it can't repair france? presence of mr macron himself, there can be various judgments about his personality, but i think it is the fact that he is completely indebted to globalism, to free trade, to giving up french sovereignty, that will rise to the european union that, in fact, will rise to the european union that, infact, has will rise to the european union that, in fact, has very little to do with two european coat traditions and identities. that's the main points, that we all, not only marine le pen, worrying about. we would have preferred to win, obviously, but still, i think it's an important progress that she appears in the national rally now appears that the main opposition party to mr macron, getting 41% of the votes, which is very important, and in progress, seven points, compared to last time. a point she made very clearly. i'm being told were about to hear from jean—luc melenchon, the runner—up in the first round, is the candidate of the first round, is the candidate of the far left, and there h

they would be damaging for france, for france's economy and for france's standing in europe. it would be a victory of marine le pen. would it be more damaging, even. for the european union. muhammad: you heard jacques there talk about the opinion he was expressing was that a le pen presidency would be damaging for france's standing in europe. i want to ask you, what would a le pen presidency mean for europe? jazin: well le pen presidency would be very bad news for europe. that is for sure. maybe to start from a bit like an integration and institutional perspective, le pen has or had until the brexit referendum actually always lobbied for a brexit and underlined that this would be a good idea. but her narrative has changed. what she's advocating for now is kind of leaving the eu but staying inside, because she says that she wants to reinstall the primacy of french and national law over eu law. so basically eu law would not even or would not anymore be applied in eu members or in france, which basically means you're just in a loose grouping of states that doesn't have any regul

habit in france to fire the incumbent, so with— france to fire the incumbent, so with the — france to but actually with the prices, _ satisfaction, but actually with the prices, there are opportunities, the war in— prices, there are opportunities, the war in ukraine was an opportunity for him _ war in ukraine was an opportunity for him to— war in ukraine was an opportunity for him to get some support and clearly— for him to get some support and clearly the — for him to get some support and clearly the monitoring of the public opinion— clearly the monitoring of the public opinion about manual macron, we have seen that— opinion about manual macron, we have seen that during the crises, he has gained _ seen that during the crises, he has gained some support as well, so the conclusion— gained some support as well, so the conclusion of a very interesting mandate — conclusion of a very interesting mandate. his first two years were almost _ mandate. his first two years were almost nightmares, and everybody i think remembers the yellowjackets crisis. _ think remembers the yellowjackets crisis.

. ,., translates into votes today in france. , ., , translates into votes today in france. , ., franceccept that erha -s france. do they also accept that perhaps having _ france. do they also accept that perhaps having another - france. do they also accept that perhaps having another far - france. do they also accept that perhaps having another far right candidate more extreme than marine le pen, eric zemmour, has helped detoxify what some french would have considered in terms of voting for her? �* , ,., , considered in terms of voting for her? �* , , ., her? i'm sure the party faithful here wouldn't _ her? i'm sure the party faithful here wouldn't use _ her? i'm sure the party faithful here wouldn't use the - her? i'm sure the party faithful here wouldn't use the word - her? i'm sure the party faithful- here wouldn't use the word detoxify but there is no doubt they share that sentiment. the fact that eric zemmour didn't distance himself from vladimir putin and wasn't able to be as nimble, many people think, as marine le pen. in the past she has had links with president putin, she went

it's france to no good. i will never give up, and i will never abandon the friends long of a republic. la france ah ah, ah ah ah, of the french presidential and actual and her, it was marina pan who just spoke, talking about her defeat to emmanuel bar kron. and she said that she will not forget certain parts of france, who she said were i guess the defense, she was sick while this saw that again, she said that the fear she will continue to be a defender of the french people and not forget certain parts of france, but you'll so said that, you know, this vote is for, it says a lot about the people that were meant to be facing, i guess, discrimination what she would consider discrimination for certain parts of france when it comes to microns policies. but let us bring you up to speed on where things are at the moment of what we know now about the selection results so far. emanuel con was a, he's one. this one in france's presidential election to secure a 2nd 5 year term. only results indicate that mac on 158.2

again, which is creating jobs in france, which would make france a decisive act of europe. on fighting until the very last minute to convince every single french person that a better future is with emmanuel macron. why do you think marine le pen did so well? doesn't it show that emmanuel macron is out of touch with the french people? your poll seems to suggest that the president has come out

and along with france. -- long live france. [applause] [applause] >> in her concessions piece, marine le pen called the election historic. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, we could have seen a great win of freedom across the country but the people of france decided it to be otherwise. we have seen unfair, violent practices. the sort of practices that the french citizens have been subjected to date in and day out. we have seen that throughout france and when we look at the results of tonight's election, we can see that we have never -- victorious. [applause] >>

france to help ukraine? first of all, i think you are quite right in mentioning first what is happening here in europe and the fact that war is raging once again on the continent. times are very serious indeed. russia has decided to strengthen its offensive over the next few hours. few days. it will be an increased offensive in eastern ukraine, on the donbass, on mariupol. this will lead to human disasters, as we have already witnessed in a number of cities. france and europe, as we have been doing from the beginning, must support ukraine, support to resist -- to give ukrainians defensive equipment and fighting equipment to make sure tf does not fall. we have to also support them financially. i also welcoming the ukrainians, the 5 million ukrainians which have left the country and gone across the country. look, i think we need to do more today. and to stay true to that course. and we must make sure as i have been trying to do from the beginning that there is no escalation and that the war does not spill over

--frances. marine le pen represented the poor france. it is a bit like brexit camp and those who are looking back to the past. but i wanted to go back, i feel that it is not the extremist vote. yes, it will be very interesting after the election. the french political landscape is in tatters. i can see it happening. anchor: this is going to be my last question. if president macron wins, will he have the same luxury to follow his agenda in the future, or do you think the political landscape will be forever changed in france? >> it will be whether she manages to get a majority in the legislature. and that will really be key to watch. apart from that, unless we have another crisis, which is something we have to remember, he had to manage the covert crisis and the war in ukraine. the question on top of that is how does the french electoral party landscape evolve because as we have seen right now, the traditional mainstream are in tatters. anchor: thank you. thank you very much indeed for your contribution. in -- and thank you too for watching

join us here on france 24. >> france 2022, the choice, on france 24 and france when he four.com.çÑqÑqÑqÑqÑÑÑÑ#Ñ#ww Ñ?Ñ? 04/19/22 04/19/22 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> we can now say russian forces have started the battle over donbas, of which they ve long prepared. not focused on this offensive. amy: russia has launched amazed her -- a major offensive while launching missile strikes

for france and for europe. _ because it was a dangerous moment for france and for europe.— for francen critics label— for france and for europe. macron critics label him _ for france and for europe. macron critics label him aloof, _ for france and for europe. macron critics label him aloof, elitist. - critics label him aloof, elitist. that is not how he came across tonight. translation: ' , tonight. translation: ~ , , translation: my friends, we will need to be kind _ translation: my friends, we will need to be kind and _ translation: my friends, we will need to be kind and respectful - need to be kind and respectful because our country harbours many doubts and divisions. so we will need to be strong, but nobody will left by the wayside. for need to be strong, but nobody will left by the wayside.— left by the wayside. for his rival and her crowd, _ left by the wayside. for his rival and her crowd, a _ left by the wayside. for his rival and her crowd, a crushing - left by the wayside. for his rival and her crowd, a crushing blow. translation:— and her crowd, a crushing blow. translatio

it - france. as how big an issue immigration was. it is i france. it, because the number of foreign—born residents in france is lower than in other european countries. yes. residents in france is lower than in other european countries.- residents in france is lower than in other european countries. yes, it is a bit lower— other european countries. yes, it is a bit lower and _ other european countries. yes, it is a bit lower and the _ other european countries. yes, it is a bit lower and the contradiction i other european countries. yes, it is a bit lower and the contradiction is | a bit lower and the contradiction is also that france needs foreign workers and emmanuel macron said it again yesterday. he said it is strong that france has been overwhelmed by migrants and five and is actually need foreign workers to help the country were —— it is wrong that france has been around. ls a that france has been around. is a manual 0micron's policy on immigration totally open doors? h0. immigration totally open doors? no, it is not epen — immigration totally o

, which is create jobs in france.actor of europe. and this is what we will outline in the coming weeks. i presume this is what he will outline tonight. the campaign is not over, there are two weeks left. it's absolutely clear that both candidates could theoretically win and we have to keep on fighting until the very last minute to convince every single french person that a better future is with emmanuel macron. why do you think marine le pen did so well? doesn't it show that emmanuel macron is out of touch with the french people? i think your poll seems to suggest that the president has come out as the first and the leading candidate in france so i think that's a signal that i don't think he is out of touch at all. but there are people with very different views in france. this is what the presidential election is all about. there is a first round, there are 12 candidates, more than in many democracies. people can outline what they seek in the presidential candidate and then there's a second round with the two frontrun

well, what does this result mean for france?that the numbers themselves show this quite clearly, because if it can be said, a victory with a very caustic aftertaste. eh, i wouldn't even call it. this is the first victory since, if you serve the electorate, e marina with all e abstentions you will get the figure of 69.5, which means almost 2/3 of the french. vs re-elected president not to mention the fact that, for example, all the overseas departments that massively voted for genre melanchonu. in the first round, zamarin and lupins also voted en masse, despite e jean-luc mélenchon's call not to do so. that is, what it means it means that, uh, the very split in french society that has been going on for at least 30 years. eh, he is not only now more clearly defined, but all the old horror stories that the scourges scourged. here is the party of marina lyupin and in general everything is extremely only extreme rights and parties. well, just uh, conservative french parties. if it practically doesn't work anymore, if you remember tha

on april 24th, we can make the choice of france and europe together >> welcome to "street signs. we are live in paris with the first round of the french presidential elections here are your headlines. emmanuel macron and marine le pen advance to the runoff with the incumbent and far right challenger improving on the vote from five years ago. >> translator: i want to express my sincere gratefulness. i take full measure of this responsibility with humility >>> and the second round is a cliff hanger with macron's lead within the margin of error but the mp tells cnbc they should be easy for them to win the voters from the party they lost in the first round. >> translator: it is difficult with the left-right divide we think the real divide is the patriots and the globalists. it is embodied by emmanuel macron we're the patriots >>> the cac out performs in early european trade soc gen exits the russian operation. and the world's second largest consumer rising in the fastest in the last three months >>> somewhat muted start to the week here in europe. especially once we inherited the wea

. �* , , , ., france. we let you go. the _ france. and briefly before we let you go. the first _ france. and briefly before we let you go, the first call _ france. and briefly before we let you go, the first call that - you go, the first call that president macron held was with the german chancellor. what's been the international reaction? i german chancellor. what's been the international reaction?— international reaction? i think the international _ international reaction? i think the international reaction _ international reaction? i think the international reaction has - international reaction? i think the international reaction has been i international reaction? i think the i international reaction has been one, particularly in europe, of relief. because marine le pen, although she no longer calls for france to be pulled out of the european union, she is and eu sceptic, whereas emmanuel macron is fully signed up to the european project. so i think what you'll have heard from leaders from the europe is

you have to frances, you have to france, urban, france, mitchell. but in transit confident, france, you get in france at which looks out to the world and then not in the bed represented the for a, from the least 45 for all to frighten france who wants to take should be on the borders. it is, it is a bit like it brings it can get those well, but at those who are looking back to the past to learn id or pass. but i want you to go back on that. i think that yes is that the extremist vote will carry on, but what we can see in front of yes, you are, you will change is it will be very interesting. at the election, the french political landscape is in tatters. ok. and we will see how it will reorganize and i can see it happening. that was on the right. it's quite clear that you will have a 0 supporters. the ribbon supporters and the people are on the right within though everybody contacts you g and so on. well, share the same values as well nationally. so as we say, as, as we've been trying to form a group together, we've just done. we know that the glass c

i want a france his loyal your ruin faster than i want a france it is. he did, loyal to humanism for that he said so to enter the enlightenment of 1789. michelle . them, my dear friends, my compatriots, you can't get the challenges of the 24th of april are the choices of the choice through your boat so that you will have to make in 15 days delivered yesterday. and i want to say to you to night that i put on all my strength and energy to convince everyone that the only projects are known for the purchase. searching power is ours . goodness. so, but the only credible project and again was expensive. living is ours. you know, certainly only did cover your project for the workers and all those on the path is ours. so the only project off up front and europe is ours. was our new i believe in honestly i believe in all of us, just one of what i mean ever. our pals, what ever our back crowns all of us. it was really, whatever our origins are, territories, all of us, it what evarado opinions and our belief. so all of us, all of that is france off. and so you want

frances: hello and welcome. i am frances stead sellers, a senior writer here at the "washington post." my guest today was diagnosed with long covid. he is trying to help other long-haulers. he is virginia democratic senator tim kaine. senator kaine, a very warm welcome back. sen. kaine: i am really happy we can talk about this today. frances: we are very glad to have you. we would like you to join the conversation, so please tweet your questions. we will try to get to a couple of them during the show. senator kaine, let me start with a set that question. what kind of symptoms are we talking about when we talk about long covid, and what is the range, and how big of a health problem is this? frances: hello and welcome. i am frances stead seller, a senior writer here at the "washington post." my guest today was diagnosed with long covid. he is trying to help other long-haulers. he is virginia democratic senator tim kaine. senator kaine, a very warm welcome back. sen. kaine: i am really happy we can talk about this

i am jane, i am livin: in yes from france. i am jane, i am living in france, _ yes from france.ng in france, and i— yes from france. i am jane, i am living in france, and i would - yes from france. i am jane, i am living in france, and i would like| living in france, and i would like to ask, — living in france, and i would like to ask, do — living in france, and i would like to ask, do you think that conflict in ukraine — to ask, do you think that conflict in ukraine could lead to a global nuciear— in ukraine could lead to a global nuclear war?— in ukraine could lead to a global nuclear war? ~ . ., ., ., ., nuclear war? michael, how great a risk is there _ nuclear war? michael, how great a risk is there of _ nuclear war? michael, how great a risk is there of that? _ nuclear war? michael, how great a risk is there of that? the - nuclear war? michael, how great a risk is there of that? the not - nuclear war? michael, how great a risk is there of that? the not for l nuclear war? michael, how great a risk is there of that? the not for a | risk is there of that? the not for a rlobal

all right, politics and france. at the moment. it is very clear that only pen perform better than 5 years ago. 5 years ago she had m to present appoint less. and there was also another far road candidate in the race or alex moore. he only got an estimated 7 percent about 7 percent of the votes. so that is not a large, but if you added up, it's still a lot of people who in france, who wrote for pirates for extreme candidates. so you can clearly see that there is an interest in far candidates. and as lisa pointed out a bit earlier, mary lou, penn has tried to come across as the more mad moderate candidates in the last couple of years, she tried to polish her image. she tried to talk to people, she tried to present yourself as the candidate for the working class for the lower middle class. someone who understands the source of, of, of these people. and she, she seems, or she seems to be someone who's an hour, is called vo trouble, but it still seems likely that micro will make it in the 2nd round. marina ross out there on the streets

france was a destination.hat's one of the aspects marine le pen's election would not be able to extend. it is quite the opposite. bryan: finally for business, could the global economic recovery be yet another casualty of the war in ukraine? setting aside for a moment the monumental human cost, ukraine's economy is already projected to shrink by some 45% this year due to the russian invasion. the wto now says that the war could cut global growth in half. last october the wto predicted 4.7% growth. that projection has now been cut to between 2.4% and 3%. africa and the middle east, due to take the brunt of the economic broil, as they are the main recipients of ukrainian and russian exports, particularly cereal grains. the wto though says the longer-term risk is the warrior leads to a distant -- the war leads to a disintegration of the global economy into separate blocks, as geopolitical interests spark a decoupling of international supply chains. all that, without even mentioning the hit to russia's economy from

there are plenty of climate activists in france as in many parts| activists in france as in many partsut there is very little what you might call political heft amongst the ecology parties, the greens. why is it that is not taken root more in france? it seems to have gone backwards a little bit. i think the key is winning factor is the left—wing parties that do put climate action at the core have been really battling and we have seen quite a few candidates who could not agree on a common programme and the candidate who came third was really the one that carried a lot of this tactical voting from a lot of voters who would otherwise vote for green parties and put climate action at the forefront but voted for him because they wanted a candidate in the second round who cared about climate issues. we the second round who cared about climate issues.— climate issues. we went to see if that bears _ climate issues. we went to see if that bears out — climate issues. we went to see if that bears out in _ climate issues. we went to see if that bears out in terms _ climate issues. we went to see if

to lead a story for him to lead in france and for france to lead in europe? he has 5 years to prove the 58 percent of the french right. that this is not just only a vote against the pen. and the far right, this is also a vote towards a new center, a center that's able to provide answers that the centers left in the center right could not offer to the french are looking at live pitches of minute micro making his way through the crowd or of supporters in the shop to march way, marsh miles rather where he will address a large crowd that obviously these image is televised around the world. and this is a man of course sir, who is very, very aware of what this will look like. the optics of all of this, we can see you flags of the background mar, we can see what we can hear. also the tail end of that will important beethoven piece of music the, the anthem, if the european union, of course, micron very much a corner stone over of the european union's identity after the departure of the u. k. from the, you know, the think about michael was that as you were saying back

, and, as for— have such a leader for france, and, as for style. — have such a leader for france, andthey trust him. maybe for some _ him, and they trust him. maybe for some of— him, and they trust him. maybe for some of them he could be their friend. — some of them he could be their friend. for— some of them he could be their friend, for others not, but he is a head _ friend, for others not, but he is a head of— friend, for others not, but he is a head of state and he is trustworthy. he has— head of state and he is trustworthy. he has shown that, especially during covid _ he has shown that, especially during covid when _ he has shown that, especially during covid when france was among the countries — covid when france was among the countries in — covid when france was among the countries in the world where people were best _ countries in the world where people were best protected, where companies, where workers had the most _ companies, where workers had the most support from the state. everybody knows it, so he is very solid. _ everybody knows it, so he is very solid. he — everybody

she hasn't what that would mean for france. sue: hasn't several what that would mean for france.d mean for france. s“i2 hasn't several proposals, but at the moment because of the war in ukraine, she has said we will welcome of course those fleeing the war, but only for the duration of the war, without being clear on how the war, without being clear on how the refugees would go back to ukraine once it is safe to live in again. she wants more border controls in france, but also in the european external borders, and she wants to kind of really increase the budget for police, so we will have to see. , ., ., ., ~ i., , to see. georgina, thank you very much indeed. _ to see. georgina, thank you very much indeed. the _ to see. georgina, thank you very much indeed. the polls - to see. georgina, thank you very much indeed. the polls close - to see. georgina, thank you very much indeed. the polls close at| much indeed. the polls close at eight o'clock tonight, we will be doing a special programme on that and get the latest opinion polls about what this result will be. if she does get throu

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long live france. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> in her concessions speech, marine le pen called the election historic. and said her party is in an excellent position for june's parliamentary election. >> ladies and gentlemen we could ,

frances: so, it is a huge problem here.e have a vast range of symptoms that affect people differently. when i have seen it from the gao, the government accountability office, matches with ears. they say somewhere between 7.7 million people and 23 million people could have already been diagnosed. do you expect those numbers to go up into -- up? sen. kaine: i do. there are. -- there are still people getting covid. even after vaccinations, people are getting new variants of covid. we don't know yet -- if you are already vaccinated, if you get covid, your symptoms are likely to be milder. what we don't necessarily know is the correlation between wild covid symptoms and whether you get long covid or not. i had a very mild case of covid in late march of 2020 and into the early part of april. then, i gave covid to my wife. she had a very mild case, too. her symptoms had been gone within 10 days. a particular symptom i had, this nerve tim going -- this nerve tingling, state. you have people who have long covid, then you have people

in the heart of the french people in france. i think. busy the crisis is more d, a deeper than the bundle, the, the french election days in advance. and the democratic crisis, which will have to be resolved today, the, the regime of the rubric is now finished. and that's why, yeah, the more contact the the, the, the more gotcha crisis is it has to be results in prop jack. how may i just mention jean luc national. and we heard in natasha butler's report earlier in the program. that perhaps his political fortunes may be changing. now do you think that is the case and could he potentially make it to the 2nd round as a candidate? i think it's a bit difficult. last time he was very close to not ended up becoming in position. but last time they were no great candidate and know government is candidate and they've been eating it to and the voters are presenting about 7 and 78 percent. you don't know exactly if they decided to mode fall shortly, but also short been also would have a chance to come 2nd, but i doubt it. and we had to go back to the

point for france. , ~' france.e president _ france. it sounds like the president has _ france. it sounds like the president has picked - france. it sounds like the president has picked up l france. it sounds like the l president has picked up on that. even though it was a victory for him. he struck a very sombre tone, talking about a divided nation. is this going to be a difficult presidency for him, then, the next few years? . for him, then, the next few ears? , , ~ , years? , yes, ithink it is auoin years? , yes, ithink it is going to _ years? , yes, ithink it is going to be _ years? , yes, ithink it is going to be a _ years? , yes, ithink it is going to be a very - years? , yes, i think it is. going to be a very difficult road for emmanuel macron because as you say he recognised himself that many people voted against marine le pen, not for emmanuel macron, and as i was talking about the turning point, there is economic change with the rise of the far right and the far left, and the french traditional parties of

frances: hello and welcome. i am frances stead seller, a senior writer here at the "washington post." my guest today was diagnosed with long covid. he is trying to help other long-haulers. he is virginia democratic senator tim kaine. senator kaine, a very warm welcome back. sen. kaine: i am really happy we can talk about this today. frances: we are very glad to have you. we would like you to join the conversation, so please tweet your questions. we will try to get to a couple of them during the show. senator kaine, let me start with a set that question. what kind of symptoms are we talking about when we talk about long covid, and what is the range, and how big of a health problem is this? sen. kaine: frances, you started off with two of the top questions. the range is broad and the scope of the problem, we are still trying to determine. let me tackle scope, then i will tackle the range of symptoms. the estimates that i am seeing suggest anywhere between i've percent and 30% of people who get covid could have per

how much more can they ratchet up sanctions without losing voters in france >> in france, it is not that big of an issue. oil, as you know, if you stop importing russian oil, you can import from other places it is a world market russians would sell oil to the indians and we buy the oil from india would buy more natural gas is competitive natural gas is imported from russia accounts for 3% of total energy consuming in france now remember after fukushima in japan, the japanese reduce consumption by 7% by turning the air conditioning off or driving more slowly and being more careful. it is not that big of an issue it is different in germany or italy. a big problem. at some stage, if the war gets w worse, the french will need to explain to the italians and germans they he ave to stop. for france, it is not that big of an issue. it is a small part of energy sdplchltenergy >> thank you for joining us. senior economic adviser. we will have more coverage here from the ground in paris as we chase analysis to the result from last night. back to you, julianna. >>> thank you, karen look forward to g

thank you very much, president of france. thank you very much. anna — president of france., anna holligan _ president of france. thank you very much, anna holligan in _ president of france. thank you very much, anna holligan in paris. - the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, has welcomed the uk's support for ukraine, describing it as "decisive and significant". during a surprise visit to kyiv yesterday, borisjohnson announced that britain was sending 120 armoured vehicles and new anti—ship missile systems, as well as guaranteeing further loans through the world bank. the prime minister is the first leader of a g7 country to travel to the ukrainian capital for talks since the start of the russian invasion. mark lowen has this report from kyiv. how are you? there's little time for niceties when you're a leader at war. volodymyr zelensky welcomed borisjohnson to kyiv as ukraine battling russian aggression pleads for more western help. you are strong. the strength of the underdog. ukraine's president battling for his country's survival, welcoming and pleading with the out

what does this mean beyond france? well, certainly a major, major pleasure in berlin. clearly show so i just happen to have a partner like like, like micro, i think they probably see eye to eye on various european issues. and i think that's key because anyone who knows anything about european union knows that without french german cooperation, french, german understanding, i would even say french german, you know, romance, there would be no, europe, and europe would not be going forward. and so it's very important that the macro made this victory today, and hence it's going to be possible for him to work along with the german chancellor moving forward because there are some major major challenges, not to be of course, of our european country ukraine being invaded by russia, but also there's something important about, of course, you know, we know that macro was really annoyed, bitter and angry about breakfast and they had the silly fallout with, with johnson after after record. so clearly i think the tension within the

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rural areas of france in the middle line in the south. and of course, the mood they saw an experience there is quite different from what you have in the big cities in france. if you look at paris, you look at bordeaux foreign de leon, the big cities, and they are fairly flourishing that wrong did have some economic success during the last years. and so the country is really split and that also split the perception offered off this party here and offering the pen. of course they did believe in it and they in the end they did megan. this is also one of the 1st time that the pen has gained this many votes in comparison to the previous french election. why has her fall right? ideas been so convincing this time around the point is that she is she sort of led a really clever campaign. she showed herself and sort of rejected the image of being the good mother of the nation. she was talking to people and telling them i will take care of you. i will sort of a levy, a do your hardship. i will give you money. she promise money to everyone to student

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there is a feeling in france that _ macron. there is a feeling in france that the _ macron.feeling in france that the president. macron. there is a feeling in | france that the president was focused on the russia— ukraine crisis and it help him in the beginning, because he was seen as a statesman, but then he sort of stayed on that statesman level and didn't really focus on the domestic campaign, if you will, while marine le pen actually did focus on that. the question is, how are they going to try and address these two elements. emmanuel macron is going to have to come back to the domestic campaign, try to explain to those who did not vote for him why they should vote for him why they should vote for him why they should vote for emmanuel macron and not just stay home vote for emmanuel macron and notjust stay home or vote vote for emmanuel macron and not just stay home or vote for marine le pen. meanwhile, marine le pen. meanwhile, marine le pen is going to have to face may be a little more than she has so far the foreign—policy aspect of it. emmanuel macron is likely going

it is objectively the non-political interests of france that france is not at all profitable what isthe west and inside the atlantic e, the union here it's consolidation. and around the united states, this is the rearmament of germany, which has become on the agenda the activation of the eastern european policy. uh, within agreed what? but still, the macron plays along with the united states in 99% of cases out of 100, and i think it will also, but now it’s interesting, of course, what will happen next in france, because it is not known who will be the prime minister and it is not known how the parliamentary elections will turn out. and in june, the majority of the french believe that the macron should not be given a majority in parliament, rather of everything, there, of course, it will be different. uh, the parliamentary majority of the vegetable degree is in opposition to akron itself. well, as for the european union, he spoke now. e, dombrowski with valdi dombrowski with the executive vice president of the european commission announced the sixth package of sanctions, which may in

, the station, the yellow best in france will go all his pendency is presidency. so it would be a disaster, while the french economy and the political situation will be in stable already was will this to believe the order we have been in, or i will la, we have run out of time to we're going to have to leave the conversation there, thank you so much. all of our guests have each yet to seen labor and jock, i long and thank you to for watching, you can see the program again any time by visiting our website, al jazeera dot com, and for further discussion, go to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha, inside story. you can also join the conversation on twitter or handle is at ha, inside story for me, how much am during the whole team here? and uh huh. bye for now. the manual mach balls, leadership of france has been beset with turmoil and parties on holidays. now, as the president seats, a new term in office the far right has become his biggest electric challenge with but will it's hard line rhetoric the overshadowed by international events. peopl