, who gave us modernise, jacques chirac, who gave us the position of a nation which can say, now, to the pretensions and claims of those who want more. and nicolas sarkozy, who could deal with the financial crisis that struck the world so harshly. and francois hollande, a precursor, with the agreement in paris on climate, and dealing with a world hit in paris by terrorism. and the mistake in these last decades boston has seen a deleterious —— often has seen a deleterious. internal climate which has seen france not in favour, sometimes weakened by a national situation full of uncertainty, and sometimes worry. ladies and gentleman, now, france has to do now rise to the moment. the divisions in oui’ rise to the moment. the divisions in our society have to be overcome. whether economic, social, political maul. —— political or moral law. because the world expects us to be strong and clairvoyant. we will assume all our responsibilities it's time it is necessary to answer the great crises of the time. whether the migration crisis or the climate challenge, or is slippage to authoritarian

macron is infinitely better by the way than jacques chirac was.blems of loony economics in europe and tried to help greece not to crash. thank you very much. there is a contrast between the tory and labourcampaigns, in that theresa may is ahead of her party in the poll ratings, whilejeremy corbyn is below his party. meanwhile, many labour activists, of course, are enthusiastic about him and are campaigning hard in his name, as well as labour's. the corbyn supporting group, momentum, is out and about drumming up support. so is there sometimes a dissonance between the line taken by the candidate and those who come to campaign? james clayton has been to luton south to see how the labour campaign is working on the ground. luton is that rarest thing in southern england. a labour town outside london. they have two mps here, that's a sixth of labour mps in the whole of the south outside the capital. the local mp of luton, gavin shukla, has a majority ofjust under 6000 from the tories and that puts him in the cross hairs of theresa may's conservative part

the first and second round, there was criticism of emmanuel macron marathon 2002 criticism of jacques chiracy didn't wa nt to —— sudden splendour. they didn't want to have the front national in the palace so they didn't vote for him by choice, and some people, a lot of people decided not to vote at all. in terms of the voting rating, emmanuel macron arrived first, then spoiled ballots, and then marine le pen. the day afterwards was elected. there were people protesting against emmanuel macron as president. there was something important about that. it happened in 2007, when sarkozy was elected. there were people in the street pops protest against nicolas sarkozy. there is something, some would argue, that is being lost in the respect that you have to give to the function of president. if, even before being installed as president, he can be challenged, you can say of him, i don't want him, i wa nt can say of him, i don't want him, i want him out. get rid of him. he was just elected freshly. so some people are very wary of him. in the first round, john luke melenchon was in the far left and did

jean-marie la pen got in second round in 2002, he got 17% in first round, and 18% in second around, jacques chirac beat him 82 to 15. she doubled the vote her father got in 2002. most extreme parties may bump along for a while, at 3% or 4%. front national is being spring ended overtime, the fact they will change their name shows they will try more to be mainstream, i have to say, condi is right, she had a big impact on the debate in this election the next important thing is parliamentary elections that take place next month. look, macron is a socialist, he basically saw that as you said, hollande ruined the socialist party brand, i think that old socialist will flock to husbander. he could e-- his banner, he could emerge with the parliament party. the they have been working hard to parliamently aseconds, they become up with a center right majority in parliament, if you believe that macron is an empty suit to begin with. the problems are there. lou: do i know you correctly? that we should all be grateful then that angela merc merkel is running the eu. >> it pushes it today its ultimate demise, la p

that is far from 2002 when the father of marine le pen was in the running against jacque chirac, whohan 80%. vonnie: what are people waiting for here? how will either candidate change the minds of undecided voters? caroline: the big unknown is what will melenchon voters do in the rock. this is the far left wing candidate. he was close to making it in the first round. he had around 19.5% of the vote. melenchon voters are now waiting for the runoff. electric thirds of his in the first round could either vote for needank of the candidates in the runoff. -- neither of the candidates in the runoff. marine le pen joined forces with another patriot or nationalist as she calls him. she does not plan to leave the euro. that is the strategy of marine le pen at the moment to try to forget about her plan to leave the euro because she is well aware this is a way to extend her base. mark: thank you. we will see you soon. let's get to brexit. of -- accusing britain may recognizing that brexit will not be easy. junckerer between mr. and theresa may last may. disastrous as this were not? >> i don't k

entire left united behind jacques chirac to say no to the front nationale. key moment in the campaign, the televised debate that a lot of french people are waiting to see before they make up their mind on sunday. thank you very much. this cloud is working into the midlands and will spread westwards into wales and the south—west as well. this cloud is producing some rain and will feel cold under this area of clyde. farther north and west, there is plenty of sunshine but windy across the top of the pennines. this evening and night, the southern half of the country will stay cloudy with spots of rain. it will feel quite cold but not enough for frost. the skies will be clearer father lost —— further north and we could get some frost. into friday, the south keeps the cloud and the best weather will be further north. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: the eu chief negotiator, michel barnier, says the eu must honour its commitments, but there'll be no punitive brexit bill for britain. there is no punishment, there is no brexit bill, the financial settlement

. >> translator: jacques chirac, i mean we don't have to share his view m have a legal vision that is different on the matter. and everything that lightens the responsibility of the regime is in my view unwelcomed. so once again to make that utilization -- >> translator: you tried to use. that you opened that topic. >> it's pretty revealing of what you've been doing for a week now. >> translator: and it certainly hurts our fellow citizens who are jews. >> translator: but that utilization speaks volumes about you. >> translator: you talked about it. it's a journalist you probably didn't choose. >> translator: i don't choose journalists. you can choose them but not i. >> translator: let's move on to security and n. a broader sense. you're both saying the same things about zero tolerance. what is zero tolerance? >> translator: zero tolerance is every time a crime is kmitd, there has to be a penalty. it must ab plied. it is in large part today. well, sentences can be replaced on a number of measures, the bracelet to have to go see the judge from time to time. he broke his legal control. h

the others being jacques chirac. emmanuel macron and they all chose to make angela merkel their first foreign dignitary to visit after their appointment. this couldn't be quicker. just 2a hours after his inauguration in paris yesterday. yes, this of course, will be a key relationship within the eu and mrs merkel has already said that she is going to approach talks with emmanuel macron in the spirit of openness. emmanuel macron is known asa openness. emmanuel macron is known as a very passionate europhile, and very pro the eu and he spoke during his inauguration speech at the weekend about wanting to deepen european integration. well, emmanuel macron's campaign platform included calls for a eurozone budget as well as a finance and economy minister for the sub—set of eu countries that use the euro. he has campaigned for a buy european act and for more european integration on defence and security supporters at his rallies could be seen supporters at his rallies could be seen waving blue and yellow eu flags alongside the

with jacques chirac it was right wing territory.er one nor the other, he has gone somewhere where he thinks is neutral, the area in front of the louvre has no association is one way or the other. you could say it has royalist connections! but for some reason or another it is not deemed to have any associations one way or the other, at least, that is the way he is spinning it. if he had gone to the bastille or the east of the city would be seen as the left wing territory and broadly, it is in line with his new moderate centre. says scenes of celebration is down there at the louvre. how many people do you think in the suburbs, how much will they be celebrating this evening, given that if the polls are right, marine le pen has been defeated? the whole country is not very fond of this election. it began with hysteria and corruption cases. people were told it was a matter of fact. 60% of people voted from macron because they had no other choice. the country is deeply divided along racial lines. the difference will not be as big as in 200

francesecond round, overwhelmingly voted in favor of conservative jacque chirac. in early 2011 she was named to lead the party, aiming to bring them into the mainstream. she said about rebranding it, distancing it and the party from her father's negative image. >> whether you're a man or woman, christian, jewish or muslim, heterosexual, homosexual, you are first and foremost french. >> should bandits skinheads are rallies and ejected members caught eating openly racist. since then the party has made significant electoral gains, from the local level up to the european parliament. however marine le pen's leadership style without tension with her father who would be his statements about the holocaust. >> jean-marie le pen needs to show some wisdom. he needs to accept the consequences of the trouble he himself has caused and maybe even and his political responsibilities. >> those political responsibilities ended in no uncertain terms when later that year le pen kicked her father out of the party. while he publicly disowned her, she had free reign to reposition the nat