is jean—luc menchelon, he blue—collar support isjean—luc menchelon, he gotjust over 20% of the votes,s just listen to what he had to say and they will go across to anna holligan who is at the hq. �* ,, �* .,, ., the hq. translation: i was hearing from all the overseas _ the hq. translation: i was hearing from all the overseas territories... i from all the overseas territories... right from the first round, they wanted me as their president, and i saw in the decision what it signified, the state in which our country and the people in all points of france, here and abroad, a sense of france, here and abroad, a sense of exasperation, a sense of urgency. jean—luc menchelon. anna holligan was listening to that speech, shall part of what he had to say. he also told his supporters who not to vote for in a second round, anna. exactly, and he was speaking on the stage just exactly, and he was speaking on the stagejust behind me here. the atmosphere is rather muted, he performed better—than—expected according to the initial productions or estimations from the first —— votes counted so far, but

luc: it is ok. two weeks we could have worries by financial markets if the polls go back to 51%. francine: this feels very different to 2017. macron has been in the job for five years, and people are going to not bother voting. one candidate said don't vote for le pen, so is there a danger that voter turnout is so low that it gives more momentum to marine le pen? luc: i think melenchon gave an opinion this time. five years ago was positive for my throne -- macron. i tend to believe is is a better situation than five years ago, still it is very tight. francine: in 2017, monsieur macron got 67% of the vote, he could only get 53% this time. luc: 53% is fine. francine: what does it mean for the markets? luc: if marine le pen is the president, the main indicator to look at is the 10 year spread which is currently at 55. it could go to 100 or above. i think the main point is if le pen's president, and even if she does not still support frexit, because of the fact that she wants only friends to decide. the

- jean-luc melenchon. what leverage does he have over macron? he - jean-luc melenchon.will, 2096 of the electorate in france support - by offering support? we will, 2096 of the electorate in france support our| the electorate in france support our platform which shows we are a strong and progressive force now in france and progressive force now in france and the latest legislation will happen and hopefully there will be a strong opposition. you miracle that last time they were trying to do this reform they were blocked by massive demonstration and our role inside the national assembly and i think the majority of this country is against this. polls show that people support pension at 60 and i think if we need to go back onto the street to fight outside the national assembly we will do that and with the support of the majority of people. the support of the ma'ority of --eole. , , the support of the ma'ority of eo le, , , , ., the support of the ma'ority of --eole. , , ., the support of the ma'ority of --eole. , ,,, . ., the support of the ma'ority of n-eole. , , . ., , .,

transformed into jean—luc menchelon�*s transformed intojean—luc menchelon�*s hq.ge of social justice and menchelon�*s hq. his message of socialjustice and climate consciousness... sorry, sorry, i can't talk any more. 0k... sorry. apologies, we had some issues with that report there. let's move on to the day's other news now. the white house has denounced the appointment of a new commander of russian forces to lead it's war effort here, saying it means there are likely to be more atrocities committed against civilians. vladimir putin has appointed general alexander dvornikov as the so—called theatre commander of russian troops in ukraine. dvornikov oversaw the heavy bombardment of civilian areas during the war in syria leading to mass casualties and deaths. the appointment comes as russia refocuses it's war effort on eastern ukraine, with civilians being evacuated from the donbas region. prosecutors say 1,200 bodies have now been recovered from areas previously occupied by russia, around the capital kyiv. those include the village of andriivka from where our corres

jean-luc melenchon told his supporters to not vote le pen, without given his endorsement to macron. could this influence the final result? all is set to be revealeover the next two weeks. ukraine pro-russian separatists claim to have seized the port area of mariupol. over 10,000 civiliansave been killed there so far. the full death toll could be quite -- twice that number. this is live from paris. ♪ thank you very much for being with us. he met omicron faces a second round runoff against his opponent of 2017, marine le pen. the percentage split of the vote over the first round of votes, macron was first with almost 28 $. there was an increase in abstentions from the last presidential elections. france bracing for an intense two weeks of campaigning before the final second round vote to decide who is the next french president, april 24. emmanuel macron has been on the campaign trail this monday. macron heading straight to the le pen's supporters heartland, visiting locations. accused by his first-round opponents of ignoring the election, macron has been heavily involved with foreign

for instance, jean—luc melenchon is pushing — instance, jean—luc melenchon is pushing a — instance, jean—luc is a _ pushing a minimum wage to 1200 euros which is a necessity here and those areas _ which is a necessity here and those areas. �* ., ., ., ., ., areas. i'm not going to go into those details _ areas. i'm not going to go into those details but _ areas. i'm not going to go into those details but it _ areas. i'm not going to go into those details but it is - areas. i'm not going to go into. those details but it is promising areas. i'm not going to go into i those details but it is promising a lot and it would cost a huge amount to implement it all. he hasn't gone through to the second round but what he has done is said whatever you do don't vote for marine le pen but i'm at her new who to vote for. what are you going to do? his at her new who to vote for. what are you going to do?— you going to do? his message is clear that no _ you going to do? his message is clear that no one _ you going to do? his message is clear that no one should - you going to do? his message is clear that no

but here, i want to say— jean—luc melenchon. but here, i want to say and _ jean—luc melenchon.ponse to them, to make sure they cannot pass _ response to them, to make sure they cannot pass or come through, not to allow— cannot pass or come through, not to allow the _ cannot pass or come through, not to allow the extreme right to come through — allow the extreme right to come through. but in this moment, decisive — through. but in this moment, decisive moment, for the future of our nation, — decisive moment, for the future of our nation, nothing must be as before — our nation, nothing must be as before. that is why i hope to out stretch _ before. that is why i hope to out stretch nry — before. that is why i hope to out stretch my hand to all those who want _ stretch my hand to all those who want to — stretch my hand to all those who want to work for france, i am ready to create _ want to work for france, i am ready to create something new, to bring together— to create something new, to bring together all the different convictions and beliefs in order to build _ convictions and b

jean-luc got very close to reaching the second round in the presidential election.happens now? thomas: well, you have to keep in mind that among the 22% of french voters who voted for jean-luc, all of them are left-wing voters. and half of them voted for him because they agreed with his platform. the other half voted for him only to try and get left-wing candidates into the second round of the election. what does that mean? it means that 22% is not the actual political strength, electoral strength of this party. it is almost the total strength of the left-wing combined in france. that is what it means. so those who think that there is nothing else now on the left side on the political french spectrum, nothing else on the left part, in my opinion, it is misleading. because, again, half of his voters, in fact, are left-wing voters who would have voted for something else if it were not for the specific rule of the second round in the presidential election. so now the question for the left wing is how to maximize the results for the parliamentary elections. obviously th

jean-luc melenchon voters are in urban areas. 9 of the 15 cities put him ahead. he has a lot of voters in urban places in paris, a lot of poorer suburbs as well. we expect that with emmanuel macron to go after younger voters and urban voters if he wants to make it to the second round. atricky battle ahead marine le pen sticking to her line that she had about france's independence i caught up with the mp with the house. we talked about how they felt about the result on the first round and how they are approaching the second round of the campaign >> we are feeling joy after the results. although we anticipate the situation. the last few weeks of the campaign were going very well. we felt marine was moving forward. we could see that reflecting on the ground tonight we will celebrate. starting tomorrow, we will get back to work because we still have a second round. we have overcome the first hurdle we can overcome another. >> translator: how are you approaching the second round how are you going to broach it >> translator: we are going to go after voters who did not

jean—luc melenchon section of voters. _ significant jean—luc melenchon section of voters.f they can . the first round. and three-quarters of all muslim voters, if they can be i of all muslim voters, if they can be persuaded that macron is at least more tolerable for their prospects than le pen, and you can mobilise that vote, that could be significant.— that vote, that could be siunificant. �* :: , ., significant. but 50% of them might, i don't significant. but 5096 of them might, i don't say it — significant. but 5096 of them might, i don't say it will— significant. but 5096 of them might, i don't say it will happen _ significant. but 5096 of them might, i don't say it will happen but - significant. but 5096 of them might, i don't say it will happen but one - i don't say it will happen but one poll said — i don't say it will happen but one poll said that, _ i don't say it will happen but one poll said that, 50% _ i don't say it will happen but one poll said that, 50% of _ i don't say it will happen but one poll said that, 50% of them - i don't say it will happen but one.

your candidate jean—luc melenchon says make me prime minister.pen.— prime minister. i don't think that is going to happen._ it. prime minister. i don't think that| is going to happen._ it is is going to happen. why not? it is really important _ is going to happen. why not? it is really important for _ is going to happen. why not? it is really important for you _ is going to happen. why not? it is really important for you to - is going to happen. why not? it is really important for you to get - is going to happen. why not? it is really important for you to get a l really important for you to get a good showing in these parliamentary elections, isn't it? because not many of you in parliament? pm? many of you in parliament? why wouldn't it _ many of you in parliament? why wouldn't it be _ many of you in parliament? “1wa wouldn't it be possible? many of you in parliament? “tawny wouldn't it be possible? if many of you in parliament? itd“i;: wouldn't it be possible? if you look at the results of the first round we have very clearly are three blocks. y

. - when this guy, luc ferrandez...nd full disclosure here, he's become a very good friend of mine... was first elected as borough mayor of the hip plateau mont-royal, he triggered a wave of very cool moves, all aimed at giving citizens their neighborhood back. over the course of just a few years... are you ready for this? luc's team added seven new parks, revamped six others, installed 226 planters on street corners, made 93 intersections safer for pedestrians, lowered average speed limits, created 17,7 kilometres of new bike infrastructure, installed 5,000 bike parking spots and greened 43 alleyways. somebody pinch me. people don't see the need for public spaces. you want to go through, you want to park, you're busy. people think: "hey, this guy is going to remove parking, take out roads and increase congestion to do what? public spaces? who asked for public spaces?" but once it's built, once it's built, some of these people realize: "hey, i needed all my life and didn't know it." we can do twenty different things jus

——jean—luc mechelon. his votes. ——jean—luc mechelon. do? when he had been assessed, a lot of his supporters come up saying choosing between macron and in the pen is like choosing between the colour and the plague. just think about it, this is a real dilemma for people —— macron and marine le pen. will they throw their support behind one or other of their support behind one or other of the candidates, stay at home, or go to the polling booth and register a blank vote? that is essentially a protest vote. 0ne blank vote? that is essentially a protest vote. one other thing that people have been talking about here is in paris it is a holiday at the moment and some people have left the city. paris is usually a macron supporting area. will it influence the outcome or his support eventually? people will be looking to watch that what are the issues uppermost in people's mines as they head to the polls tomorrow? they are similar to what many countries are experiencing — like the rising cost of living is a very big issue. the increasing energy fue

life is tough and that is a message that both jean—luc life is tough and that is a message that bothjean—lucluc melenchon from the left and marie le pen from the right banged on about and they seem to have won an argument there. everybody sees that inflation is up and we _ everybody sees that inflation is up and we have been living since the mid-805 — and we have been living since the mid—805 with inflation and we were even feeling that deflation could occur _ even feeling that deflation could occur -- — even feeling that deflation could occur —— living since the mid—805 without— occur —— living since the mid—805 without inflation. inflation in france — without inflation. inflation in france is _ without inflation. inflation in france is still much lower than other— france is still much lower than other european countries, 5.4% here, seven— other european countries, 5.4% here, seven in_ other european countries, 5.4% here, seven in germany next are the selling — seven in germany next are the selling of— seven in germany next are the selling of energy prices for households and other measures,

the key question is where supporters of the left—wing candidatejean—luc melenchon will candidate jean—luccandidatejean—luc melenchon will go. he has urged his supporters not to vote for marine le pen, the far right candidate, but hasn't explicitly endorsed emmanuel macron. so a lot hinges on how many of them are prepared to back emmanuel macron even though he's not there candidate of choice. �* , ., even though he's not there candidate of choice. �*, ., ., even though he's not there candidate of choice. �* , ., ., ., of choice. let's go to the front .a . e of choice. let's go to the front -a~e of of choice. let's go to the front page of the — of choice. let's go to the front page of the financial- of choice. let's go to the front page of the financial times i of choice. let's go to the front i page of the financial times with of choice. let's go to the front - page of the financial times with the same story. caroline, talk us through what you are picking up, the headline is "marine le pen�*s late surge set to put her in election run—off with emmanuel macron." run—off with emmanuel macron.

amy: the leftist candidate jean-luc mÉlenchon placed third with about 22%.he urged his supporters to not give a single vote to marine le pen in the runoff. we will have more on the french elections later in the broadcast. we will go to paris. president joe biden and vice president kamala harris hosted judge ketanji brown jackson at the white house on friday a day after she was confirmed by the senate to become the first black woman to serve on the supreme court. judge jackson spoke at the event on the south lawn. >> it has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a black woman to be selected to serve on the supreme court of the united states. [applause] but we have made it. [applause] amy: a leader of the far-right proud boys organization pleaded guilty friday to criminal conspiracy charges over his role leading the january 6 insurrection at the u.s. capitol. charles donohoe is the first proud boys leader to admit to plotting an attack on congress in order to halt certification of joe biden's election victory. as part of a plea deal with federal invest

so, that was jean-luc melenchon, the leader of| jean—luc melenchon, the leader of the radical left partys of defeat. it is a referring to the fact that the projected figures for her party, for her, i over 40%, projected figures for her party, for her, i over40%, adding projected figures for her party, for her, i over 40%, adding seven percentage points to what she got five years ago. percentage points to what she got five years ago-— percentage points to what she got five years ago. that's right. of the atmosphere _ five years ago. that's right. of the atmosphere here _ five years ago. that's right. of the atmosphere here has _ five years ago. that's right. of the atmosphere here has picked - five years ago. that's right. of the atmosphere here has picked up i atmosphere here has picked up somewhat, some in tears during that speech as marine le pen took to stage behind me. i think the initial shock and disappointment in the minutes after the projection was made and it was a manual mccrum's face and not marine le pen's put on the screen behind us. to set the fight is not yet over and she

but marine le pen has risen in that space and the only other contender could be jean-luc melancon, whome rose five points. in the last week he's around but -- he is around 15, 16, but i don't think he will be able to overtake marine le pen. so it looks like macron, le pen duel for the second round. but with a closer margin, a narrower margin than was expected only even two weeks ago. so that's the main point, is the rise and rise of marine le pen in the last couple of weeks. i can explain why that has happened at a later stage, but if you want, i can start now. muhammad: jacques, i'll actually get back to you with a question on that in just a moment. jazin, let me ask you, how much has russia's invasion of ukraine upended president macron's plans for what he had hoped to accomplish in the first half of this year? and how much is the shadow of the conflict in ukraine looming over this election cycle? jazin: i will start with the first question. thank you very much for that. in this context, it is very important to know that france is currently holding the rotating presidency of the coun

you think the voters ofjean-luc melenchon are going to go? going to go? based on the polling you _ melenchon are going to go? based on the polling you see — melenchon are going to go? based on the polling you see a _ melenchon are going to go? based on the polling you see a lot _ melenchon are going to go? based on the polling you see a lot of _ the polling you see a lot of disaffection and last time around 52% of his base went out for macron and let's remember that, it took him and let's remember that, it took him a fair while to come out and say, don't vote for marine le pen but this time he says it on the night straightaway so this is a big change, he has been looking at the polling, basically, in 52% of his base last time around went for macron and now it is just 36% this time around according to polling which means that it is a lot narrower and basically it is 52—48, famous numbers, between macron and marine le pen, but i think over the next few weeks the polls might widen a bit more because you have as you see from the footage, jean—luc

you were playing jean-luc melanchon, the firrand from the far left, urging his supporters not to votee le pen, but there will be some who do among hi voters. among them, there are many who regard emmanuel macron as the kind of acne of global capital, and they loathe him for it. they see in marine le pen, langua that is closer to the people, left wing in a way, but of course is linked to nationalism. they loathe macron, these people, and they will decide that le pen is the better of two bad choices. i don't know how man people of these people there will be, but the selection, will she be able to draw to her side people that up till now have simply said i cannot votfor the far right? but now she is familiar, not like her father, has made the changes to her party, has profiled on the social and economic issues, which is closer to the left. >> let's talk about marine le pen. as you alluded to, checking with french politics every now and again, would assume that she was far right and not really in with a chance. traditionally in the second stage, an unofficial coalition comes together to s

melenchon. candidate jean—luc melenchon.macron was candidatejean—luc melenchon. emmanuel macron was caught in the middle. an awful lot of votes to play forfor middle. an awful lot of votes to play for for these candidates. we have been looking at the policies they have put forward to try and win those voters over. the french aren't exactly thrilled with what is on offer this election. the frustration we found at this market in the capital is the same story across the country, just listen to this woman an office worker and patrick, a retired fireman. they will not be voting for anyone. translation: | am notj going to vote for marine because i hate the far right. but macron is not that different. he is president of the rich — arrogant, contemptuous. translation: i do not hate marine, she has got better, she's _ calmer, more mature. her speech is more poised but i do not agree with her on the more sensitive policies. another demonstration this weekend — street protests have been a running theme in macron�*s time in office. the

but which of them will be voted by the supporters of jean luc melenchon is a big question now, according to polls among the main rivals, a minimum margin of 51% versus 49, or he promises to put the country in order macron in 5 years, says oh the only good of the country, but tonight the citizens of the fifth republic in some major cities smashed and burned everything to come across such a hand. here is the unity ivan the good is following the development of events. kia, we didn’t want this, but now we have to choose the lesser of two evils. both options are equally terrible, each in its own way, the choice must be made, and it depends on your conscience that the veteran of french politics, jean-luc melenchon, who came third, will call not to give a single vote. marine le pen was expected by many paid attention to something else with the melancholy of his speech, he never mentioned the macron. the crowd is chanting not macrons, it's ridiculous in the cities, hell, or this night, dissatisfied with the results of the first round of elections, they built barricades and smashed shop windows,

centrist but being on the right, so it's a choice between two right—wing candidates, you have jean—luche candidate of the left, but he has familiarity. people are saying they can't bear to hold their nose and vote for macron. it reminds me of the trump—hillary clinton election, that perception of smugness, candidate for the rich, the establishment. all of that, again the polls suggest she won't win, but the underlying issues are not going away, which have produced this wave of populist... a lot of the issues were there five years ago, you can understand about some of the feeling that where has president macron been on these things? exactly, a lot of these things are insoluble by national governments, they are to do with globalisation, these enormous issues about energy, climate, migration that are threatening to people. one of the problems, i think, in this climate of anti—russial environment has been the fact that her party took this loan . from a russian bank. of course it was taken out six years ago, but the fact - is that it is still the party with the national rally, i is still pa

i the second is this very- significant jean—luc melenchon section of voters.ll muslim voters, if they can be persuaded that macron is at least more tolerable for their prospects than le pen, and you can mobilise that vote, that could be significant. but 50% of them might. i don't say it will happen, but one poll said that, i 50% of them might either not vote, or spoil their ballot. - yes. i think he was in a heavily muslim suburb of paris, he is on it. he is on it. but a long way to go. the question is the future. we, you know, it is kind of the nature of our beast, we review the week, but we look ahead, and not withstanding the result on sunday night, it is a question of what happens next time round. there will be no macron because he can't run for a third successive term. will that party have a candidate, will there be a return to the left and right? marine le pen could be a candidate in five years' time. absolutely. she has been around forever and will continue to remain forever a candidate, but this is the other thing, because the collapse of the so—called

macron who sits in the middle of the political specturm got 27.6% and the far—left candidate, jean—luct nearly 22% of votes. all that means that it's going to be a straight run—off now in a final vote on april the 24th. mr macron remains the favourite, and his team are now planning a series of big rallies and major tv appearances. marine le pen should pick up votes from the right—wing candidates. this report from jessica parker. "i'm counting on you," says emmanuel macron. he may have topped the first round, and they are happy, but a note of caution as this fight enters a new phase. translation: don't make a mistake, this isn't over. l the debate we are going to have over the next 15 days is decisive for our country and for europe. his opponent enjoyed a recent rise in the polls. far right candidate marine le pen. her policies include a ban on the muslim headscarf in public places, but she's tried to soften her image and show she's ready for high office. translation: what will happen of the 24th of april is not - just a vote about conditions, it's a matter of society. even of civilisat

jean—luc melenchon that he can _ pen, we listen to jean—luc melenchon that he can win the parliamentarytary election, and most likely a macron as well, _ election, and most likely a macron as well, he — election, and most likely a macron as well, he will claim for an enlargement of his majority. that is interesting — enlargement of his majority. that is interesting because it is something that at— interesting because it is something that at some point of his campaign he put _ that at some point of his campaign he put forward, but it is not such a constant _ he put forward, but it is not such a constant claiming, and i think after his reai— constant claiming, and i think after his real action people will remember that france _ his real action people will remember that france is divided and this was manifested by the first round, and it is facing — manifested by the first round, and it is facing political difficulties, there _ it is facing political difficulties, there are — it is facing political difficulties, there are some parts of his programme that are progressive, the reform _ progr

taking this as an example, 63% wanted left—wing candidatejean—luc melenchon. what do they do?t is a real question _ melenchon. what do they do? it is a real question for _ melenchon. what do they do? it is a real question for sunday. _ melenchon. what do they do? it is a real question for sunday. five - melenchon. what do they do? it 3 —. real question for sunday. five years ago 83% of the second round voted for emmanuel macron. i guess tomorrow will be low and probably because what we have seen between the five years is that we have more jean—luc melenchon voters voting for marine le pen now and we have a lower level of voters for emmanuel macron, 50% now, it was 65 years ago so we are expecting that half of them will choose emmanuel macron and will vote for omicron but also about a third of a quarter will go to marine le pen, which is new and shows the fact that they are quite upset about not one's presidency. make them very much indeed. i should say opinion wave gets a pretty close on the second round is in the presidential election and he was saying there it would point to

jean-luc melenchon did not officially endorse macron.n to get elected, she we need to grab some of his voters and get more of the far right pundit who made her seem more normal in this election and she would also need the centerleft voters to stay home for this runoff. tom: this is really important, it is about turnout, right? caroline: it is about turnout, and in fact the turnout, tom, last night was not as high as in 2002. remember when marine le pen's father unexpectedly made it to the runoff, the turnout was not as bad as 2002, but still it was lower then the last time -- than the last time around. this will not help the incumbent, emmanuel macron. tom: caroline connan , thank you so much. i look at this as the witness. with a week yen, but look at the euro with a stronger micron -- macron move. lisa: this is the sense of relief because it was also the margin was wider, macron winning by a beer margin that people expected. it is an outlier chance. those people think there is not really a chance that marine le pen will be victorious,

jean—luc melenchon from to be had. jean—luc melenchon from the third round.y elections. they are criticalfor a manual parliamentary elections. they are critical for a manual macron. where is that going to go?— is that going to go? probably the french would _ is that going to go? probably the french would have _ is that going to go? probably the french would have to _ is that going to go? probably the french would have to invent - is that going to go? probably the french would have to invent for i french would have to invent for themselves some kind of a german model, something we never had, the coalition government. are we able to make a compromise before a government is formed? we have never done that. we moved from majority government to cohabitation government, with a present and a representative of the parliament, the prime minister who have different sensitivities. but this time we probably need something like a coalition like in germany. can we do it? is a coalition like in germany. can we do it? , ,., a coalition like in germany. can we do it? , ., .,

i keep that moto, the reason both are vying for votes from supporters of far left candidate, jean luc milan shown who won 20 percent in the 1st round on the streets of paris. neither le pen nor my call are popular with this key group of voters that we haven't had a choice in the 2nd round for ages. i'll go for the least worst choice. i won't be voting for the right or the extreme right. you. it's become a campaign of style over substance my call attempting to shake off a reputation for arrogance and connect with working class voters. le pen trying to portray herself as a serious states woman. after sunday's election, my cause expected to keep the keys to the eliza palace. though it's a tougher fight than many expect it. but with millions undecided and unhappy with both candidates. there's no clear winner in sundays deciding round of mccall versus lipkin dw correspondence. sonya fella car joins me now from most central paris. greeting sonya polls at least the suggest my call should win this. is there any talk about a surprise here? well that is a possibility. i mean, you know, macros,

but his biggest boost could come from an unlikely backer. far left lita, jean luc, melanie sean, who came in 3rd with over a 5th of the vote, coming down on that. we will never lose our trusted democracy. so you must not give a boat to mrs. le pen name. we must not give one boat to mrs. le pen robin in an election that saw the extremes celebrate and traditional parties, flat line, the battle lines for france, the future have been drawn. pakistani lawmakers are electing a new prime minister after him, ranken was ousted in a no confidence vote on sunday. the frontrunner is chabad sharif leader of one of the countries 3 major parties, the centrist pakistan, muslim league, he's also the brother of disgraced, former prime minister now was sheriff. the vote seeks to end a week long constitutional crisis. what can, has called fort nationwide protests anyway, was more on joined by our correspondent, i ruined john july in islamabad. i am good to see you now. what's the latest from the parliament devoting has been, as you will defer to be, am local time here, but it seemed that the session is

and if we add up the votes cast for marine le pene, jean luc melenchon and rick zimur, and these are e -out-of-system let's say protest e votes, we get a figure of 52.17%. 52, that is, more than half of the protest vote. comment i agree with you, especially if you even listen to french political scientists. they say that french democracy is in crisis, that there is a large number, so to speak about the senteists, who did not come, this is not a record of 25%, which means that in the first round of people did not come to the polling station in 2002, 28%, but nevertheless less than a quarter of the electorate. i mean, these are the people who, uh, think they're useless to us. we have already gone more than once to these elections , nothing changes the amount and, therefore, as a further fragmented society. here. one french the sologist has described this society very well in speaking of the french archipelago. that is, these are various social faults - these are faults, which means in terms of the standard of living. this is the rift and the territorial outback. e cities are social fau

it gives us the opportunity to catch up with people like the ceo of man group the hedge fund group luc, thanks for giving us your time obviously markets are incredibly volatile this morning. investors are trying to understand this nexus of geopolitical risk in russia and inflation and the threat of higher interest rates. what are your clients doing at the moment or what are they asking from you? >> so, i think doing is an interesting question there's a lot of people staring at screens trying to work out what is happening and whether had this is a fundamental shift or not i think they are all asking about inflation and how long it lasts and what you think you have a conversation about the war. the war is horrible. it not driving markets or investment decisions they want to know what we think about inflation and what you do about it. >> what do you think about inflation and what do you do about it >> i think we have significant inflation and it is not going away while maybe we've seen the peak in the u.s. of the absolute number, but, you know, if you adjust for the proper housing numbers

given what we know about the other 10 candidates and their supporters, particularly jean-luc melachon, who do you think will likely win the runoff, macron or le pen? >> i think it will be macron. after all, this time he won almost twice as much, a larger percentage over le pen than he did five years ago in the first round. and the first round, as much as he's detested by many, many french, he won more first round votes than any candidate since francois mitterrand, which was quite a long time ago. so i think he's okay. but what's happened in france is pretty shocking, because more than 50% of voters voted for the extreme right or the extreme left. that's a majority of voters. and so i think the debate in france, which has been fairly u ugly during this campaign, should lead to soul searching. the main old parties of the super right and super left have essentially disappeared -- the center right and center left. melachon did very well, he won roughly the same vote five years ago, a bit more this time. the center right has completely disappeared. macron has become, to some degree, the ca

out of the race is far—left candidatejean—luc melenchon, who got 21.95%.irst part is done. in the second part — emmanuel macron will go head to head against marine le pen. just as they did at the last election in 2017. so emmanuel macron came out ahead — just. and he had this message. don't make a mistake. this is not over. the debates we are going to have her the next 15 days are decisive for country and for europe. let's look more at emmanuel macron. he became france's youngest ever president in 2017. before, he was an economy minister. he started his centrist party — la republique en marche! — to challenge france's traditional left and right parties. and he won. as president, he's cut taxes, introduced strict anti—terrorist laws, and reduced unemployment. he's pro—european union, and pro—nato. but his policies have been criticised too. he was forced to scrap a planned fuel tax rise after these yellow—vest protests. many who voted for him before, won't this time. here's one of them. 2017, people voted for emmanuel macron because he was new and we did not

jean-luc has already told his followers not a single vote for le pen. so there is an uproad struggle for le pen trying to make those up. but the question will be for the incumbent. after five years in office, how deep can he go, and who is going to transfer his vote to him? and because those questions are being asked this time around, there is much more uncertainty over the outcome of this runoff stage. >> and, you know, it's unclear how much this will feature into the election in terms of what's going on between ukraine and russia right now. but i am reminded that during the last election, le pen lobbied for putin's support. she got it, along with a loan from russian financiers. they bankrolled a good portion of her campaign. how do you think this will feature in a vote right now, if at all? >> its two sides of the coin. what we hope is there will be a debate between macron and between le pen there was no vote debate between them in the first round stage. emmanuel macron is exceptionally strong on foreign policy. france is currently heading the europea

asked people around me whether they pictured someone else like marine le pen, valÉrie pÉcresse or jean-lucnchon managing this conflict, we all thought no. they might be more dangerous than anything else. >> anaÏs brood is glad that macron is profiting from the international situation. but she points out that he hasn't yet won the election. many voters regret he hasn't managed to push his reforms through. others say these are too radical. anais: there are people who criticize emmanuel macron's record. that's legitimate and that's why they can say they disagree in a presidential election. those people who disagree with the direction macron has taken will not vote for him. >> but perhaps in the end they will, so she's doing all she can till the last minute. because against the far right, every vote counts. >> "it is only with the heart that one can see rightly." -- this is a message from the famous book "the little prince" one that is of heightened importance during these times of conflict. it was written during the second world war by french author antoine de saint exupery. it has since beco

asked people around me whether they pictured someone else like marine le pen, valÉrie pÉcresse or jean-lucnchon managing this conflict, we all thought no. they might be more dangerous than anything else. >> anaÏs brood is glad that macron is profiting from the international situation. but she points out that he hasn't yet won the election. many voters regret he hasn't managed to push his reforms through. others say these are too radical. anais: there are people who criticize emmanuel macron's record. that's legitimate and that's why they can say they disagree in a presidential election. those people who disagree with the direction macron has taken will not vote for him. >> but perhaps in the end they will, so she's doing all she can till the last minute. because against the far right, every vote counts. >> "it is only with the heart that one can see rightly." -- this is a message from the famous book "the little prince" one that is of heightened importance during these times of conflict. it was written during the second world war by french author antoine de saint exupery. it has since beco

to make ammonia, for example, here in luc's half and b is f has even named this treat for it. it's that important . most of it goes into nitrogen fertilizers. germany's farmers organisation is concerned that natural gas shortage is now could lead to supplies of wheat, rape, seed, and important vegetables running low in 2023. experts say that the current rise and food prices could be followed by empty else next year with natural gas is also used in the production of a settling. now, you might have never heard of it, but it's in every thing you use in plastic represent cigarette butts. in glue shampoo perfume, and yes, it's true, we should maybe use a little less of this, but it's still a fact we are using it and we cannot just wind down consumption b a s f says that it would be impossible to quickly replace natural gas as the raw material or as a source of energy. given the importance the chemical industry plays in the german economy, accounting for 3 percent of g d p. not to mention related businesses down the product line. it's no wonder experts worry about the impact. althou

jean-luc melenchon told his supporters to not vote le pen, without given his endorsement to macron.ld this influence the final result?

asked people around me whether they pictured someone else like marine le pen, valÉrie pÉcresse or jean-lucnchon managing this conflict, we all thought no. they might be more dangerous than anything else. >> anaÏs brood is glad that macron is profiting from the international situation. but she points out that he hasn't yet won the election. many voters regret he hasn't managed to push his reforms through. others say these are too radical. anais: there are people who criticize emmanuel macron's record. that's legitimate and that's why they can say they disagree in a presidential election. those people who disagree with the direction macron has taken will not vote for him. >> but perhaps in the end they will, so she's doing all she can till the last minute. because against the far right, every vote counts. >> "it is only with the heart that one can see rightly." -- this is a message from the famous book "the little prince" one that is of heightened importance during these times of conflict. it was written during the second world war by french author antoine de saint exupery. it has since beco

the outcome of these elections may be decided by the gray cardinal of the left-wing politician jeanne lucelenchon, he is in third place with 22% and so far he has refrained from supporting anyone the main french newspapers. now they write that in the second round there will be a duel with an unpredictable result. after all, protest moods against the policies of the incumbent president are too strong now in france, and of course, it's interesting. and what will happen if madame lipen wins anyway? good afternoon welcome come try to sort out this issue with the help of emmanuel leroy he is marine le pen's adviser on eastern european affairs from the point of perspective of geopolitics. she realizes very clearly that france and russia should have good relations, have good relations. this does not automatically mean becoming allies, but it does mean at least showing respect, le pen's opponents now recall her meeting with putin and reproach her for still paying off the loan given to her party by russian banks. bay western world is now showing deep. hostility to putin and to russia, i think if m

they robbed a bank branch in these two cities and voted for jean-luc melenchons in the whole country. he scored a little over twenty percent. and this is the third place in the race, his headquarters did not rule out that they would demand a recount if the gap from the second number was minimal, but so far the melangeon urged not to give a single vote in the second round. marin now it's up to you. but we know exactly who we will never vote for the french understand what to do next you should not give a single vote for madame le pen the leader of the national association since the morning was in a great mood legs smiled was photographed by voters for her this is the best result in a political career . she want to control migration to make french laws more important than european ones. he himself proposes to remake it into a union of sovereign states to reduce, if possible, france's dependence on the united states and not to accept sanctions that hurt the french themselves, a complete antagonist of the macron, the french people did not honor me in the second round. i express my most sin

you got a character called jean—luc melenchon.lysee palace, as well. now, it's believed that if he doesn't make the second round — he's saying, obviously, publicly he thinks he will — but if he doesn't make the second round, is he saying to his supporters, which we understand he is, "do not vote for macron, you should give your vote to marine le pen"? which might make things much, much tighter this time than 2017, when emmanuel macron smashed marine le pen in the second round. now — a moment of space history — as the first all—private crew has arrived at the international space station. this is their arrival earlier this afternoon. the all male crew are called the axiom—1. let's have a look at a few more details. the axiom—1 is the first all—private mission to the international space station. the four men are led by a former us space agency astronaut, michael lopez—alegria. passengers include a us real estate entrepreneur and aerobatic pilot larry connor; israeli investor eytan stibbe; and canadian entrepreneur, mark pathy. the mi

they will take place in june, preparations for them have already begun and jean-luc mélenchon suggestedthat all voters go to the very so-called third round to vote for him so that he becomes prime minister. well , it's up to the french anyway. in any case, the political palette of france has already changed, most likely, none of the candidates in the parliamentary elections will have a majority, but which of them will the french choose next. and most importantly, how will the economic situation in the country develop after macron will remain for another 5 years, but we will monitor. thank you nastya our european correspondent anastasia popova was in direct contact with us from france. and in conclusion, again to the events in the donbass, the reports of our military correspondents mikhail fedotov and sergey zenin. the commander of the alligator is preparing for a raid in the vicinity of raisins during the past, the pilot, paired with another ka-52, noticed a tank column of the ukrainian military , worked out, in the colony, a tank company. on the march , they worked out a pig helicopter

francine: what role does a jean-luc melenchon place in the parliamentary elections?ould he actually become prime minister? maurice: there is no chance. francine: not even if he rallies all of the left? maurice: not even if he assembles all of the left. if you look at the far left, it is slightly above 30%. the country is clearly on the right side. when you look at macron versus le pen, you have more than 50%. so there is little chance you should decide before the vote. it is extremely remote, may be a 5% chance that melenchon can become prime minister. when he says that we should elect him as a prime minister, he is saying something wrong because it is the president's --to choose the prime minister. francine: but if emmanuel macron needs to form an alliance, does he go to the left or the right? maurice: the most practical one will be with -- and the most plausible alliance will be the right with the large as that he has. francine: how do you see macron governing over the next five years? pushing the reforms that the people don't want because he just got elected or ad

but his biggest boost could come from an unlikely baccha far left lita jean luc melon shone. who came in 3rd with over a 5th of the vote. coming down on that we will never lose her trust in democracy. so you must not give a boat to mrs. le pen name. we must not give one boat to mrs. le pam. then in an election that saw the extremes celebrate and traditional parties, flat line, the battle lines for france, the future have been drawn a spring in our correspondence, sonya fall nica here in paris, sonia president, con, has normally narrowly won the 1st round in this election is it clear what his strategy will be to come out on top in the runoff. you're right, i mean he's not only one in the 1st round and that 2nd that the run off of is predicted to be a very tight race. and i think for macro, what this means is now he really needs to get into camping more and fight for every vote. really hit the campaign trail. and this is actually what he's been accused of . not doing so far. you know, he entered the slate very, that's really very late. he said he was a little preoccupied with t