think jean-luc melenchon is realistic in his program. ago, jean-luc 17% in theas at polls. he only did 10%. i think he's overestimated. >> people are crazy. there is a big difference between fillon and jean-luc melenchon. >> that woman might think people are crazy, but a lot of people are bracing themselves for a runoff between jean-luc melenchon and marine le pen in round two. francois hollande is concerned about this scenario. he said this campaign smells bad. >> it has been an unprecedented campaign. huge number of undecided voters. jean-luc melenchon could decide yhe election -- def pre-election addictions. -- pre-election predictions. --he was writing this wave he ended up coming in fourth on election day. he got 11.01% of the vote. still pretty good for jean-luc melenchon. jean-luc melenchon's team says this year is very different. , but howon a high with much higher can jean-luc melenchon really go? maybe to the topic is pulling momentum continues. >> it is true that our or scope is looking good. >> fillon has the best approval rat

and francois fillon and jean—luc melenchon at around 19%.it was a relief to see our polls are right. what surprised you? see our polls are right. what surprised you 7 was see our polls are right. what surprised you? was a sunny about the turnout that you are perhaps not expecting? yes. this was a surprise because we expected it to be lower. because of the campaign that was imbued with scandals. that turns collectors away from the election. but the electors did not want others to decide for them what the second round would be. they did go to polling boxes. yes. and the fact that you have semi— undecideds going into this election. how difficult was it to factor that in? —— so many undecideds. as you know, francois fillon and marine le pen had a solid core base of a electors. on the contrary, emmanuel macron had a very fragile base of electors. so the difficulty in this campaign was to, as you say, factor in this element. but in the end, the ratio forces we measured in the campaign were quite right. so the voters voted as they said they would d

full of rhetoric that light on policy. —— jean—luc melenchon.y the other day. there was a former communist who was the mayor of the city of saint denis. also people who used to back nicholas are cosy. it is a large amount of people. your readers, will they be happy with what they have seen this evening?” think, first of all, the fact that the nation state and the relation to europe in the centre is good news for them. it has been quite a long time that we have been trying to say that the real political partition line is no longer right or left but it is about borders, it is where democracy is, sovereignty is. now we have the two candidates that represent two views will do wonders for the european project, which will go all the way to a kind of united states of europe, which is legitimate, and the other is that the nation state has a very important role to play and actually that we do not know if democracy is possible outside of a nation state. do stay with us. i want to cross to gavin who is at the bastille. we showed you clashes between the pol

rally reporter was at the and he also asked about this surge we are seeing from the jeanan-luc melenchon. what's interesting, marine le pen supporters are less concerned. >> i am not afraid. i would not mind if melenchon and le pen made it to the second round. le pen's ideas are much more practical. i'm not worried. it would not be a bad thing. it would be amusing, actually. and all theillon others are part of the past, we are tired of seeing the same faces. le pen argan on the moves that have not been in power so i understand why people are supporting one or the other. >> melenchon has changed his mind so many times over the years. he used to be in favor of a closer european union and open borders. now his position is similar to ours. i think decoherence will make the difference. >> speaking of jean-luc melenchon, the far left candidate decided not to hold a rally yesterday and instead went on a boat ride. >> he went on a cruise along the northeastern canals, fishing for telling his supporters to keep the faith in the final stretch. take a listen to jean-luc melenchon. >> over the comin

macron and jean—luc melenchon.on, emmanuel macron and jean—luc melenchon. one of the key factors in this election, i think, is going to be to see how much tactical voting goes on. because there will be some people, but how many we don't know, who are tempted to vote for marine le pen but will in fact vote for francois fillon, in order to keep out emmanuel macron. at the other end of the spectrum there will be people who want to vote forjean—luc melenchon but will say no, we will vote for emmanuel macron in order to prevent marine le pen and francois fillon going through. it's an points out that this election will hinge. we have our correspondence out and about at all of the headquarters of the main candidates this evening. let's go around the country and visit some of them. first in the calais region. what kind of day have you had there, catty adler? ican i can tell you it's pretty full linear but pretty full outside as well. a lot of the party faithful queueing and shouting their support for marine le pen outside

that is what we are doing with jean-luc melenchon. caroline: the argument that the far right candidate marine le centrist francois fillon could benefit from this attack. do you think that the chances of melenchon increases after last night? raquel: i do not think so. i think marine le pen brings more anxiety to our already special -- stressful situation. the solution she brings are about putting more list -- putting more people on the list of people we hate. thes about separating immigrants and muslims. that is not addressed in the fact that the authors of violence are french. raised in thisnd country. it is not by closing our borders that you will solve that issue. it is a very national issue. forink the time has come something more reassuring. that is what jean-luc melenchon's good card is. he is 65 years old. he is not building a career anymore. is just trying to be wise about the situation. very complete program on security issues, international, defense, military. he is very good on those issues. think heuilding -- i is building

this is an advisor to the far left candidate jean-luc melenchon.hank you for joining us on bloomberg tv. what have you not heard from your candidate? who will he tell his supporters to vote for? >> well, you probably heard him yesterday, but we want to have a consultation first. it's over the time where you have a political leader -- what is the position of all these members? 440,000more than members now, so the time of having the political leaders saying what's best for its members is over. we have citizen involvement, and our priorities are what they want. francine: so if they wanted marine le pen for president -- >> it what not happen, it simply would not happen. jean-luc melenchon spent his entire life fighting against the extreme right. he thinks voters, the people who support us, are backing us -- francine: but why not throw his weight behind -- >> because there are other options on the table. people might want to have a broad support for emmanuel macron, or thin support with conditions. there are a lot of options. francine: would that not be

you will see more and more of this, jean—luc melenchon has come up six points in the last month and there pen and francois ffion, still on getting 20 or around 20 in the first round, in a couple of weeks and then maybe, and who would bet against it, it could be macron and jean—luc melenchon or it could be marine le pen although she has imaged herself by reminding everyone that she is the daughter of the front nationale, saying that they we re front nationale, saying that they were not responsible for the round—up of world war two choose which previous people have apologised for. —— jews. which previous people have apologised for. -- jews. even comments like that she is going to lose support. it means that a lot of people who are floating are saying that actually she still hates jewish people. they have a ready cut food from the eu shorthaul trips, ba, and airlines are struggling, but... actually it isn't the world's favourite airline, most of those are from the middle east and the far east and ba is behaving increasingly like a budget airline and those of us like a budget airline and thos

far left candidate jean-luc melenchon has almost been inspired from star trek. a lot of people have been using the techniques he has been using. he is arguably the most tech savvy candidate in this presidential race. he is very 2.0, active on social media. he has been using holograms. he already did this during a previous rally but he won up himself last night. he was physically present in these on but his speech was broadcast by a hologram in six different cities. island in then indian ocean. our reporter chris moore witnessed the magic. chris: with a click of the fingers 650 kilometers away in his hologram appeared on stage. in a number of venues around france, a combined audience of about 35,000 people. we are told that jean-luc melenchon and his hologram are starting to capture some people's imagination. >> it is interesting. really good quality. i enjoy believing it. he seemed real. >> it was great, very lively. it seemed like he was there with us. is really it interesting. such a creative way to campaign. how cool and crazy that jean-luc melenchon was in d

but they are closely followed by conservative francois fillon and far—left candidate jean—luc melenchon. socialist benoit hamon, though, is being given little chance of making the next round. security is, of course, right back at the top of the agenda. but there are other huge issues for financial markets — number one is the fate of the euro currency. le pen wants to abandon it and bring back the franc. melenchon has also threatened to pull out, but he's softened that stance recently, now saying it should be reformed, and the independence of the european central bank taken away — both a big worry for financial markets. macron and fillon are supporters of the euro and want to see its institutions strengthened. then there's the eu itself. le pen wants a referendum on ‘frexit‘. so does melenchon, unless europe agrees to his reforms. another big worry for investors. macron and fillon want to stay in, macron wants a stronger eu, but fillon is more eurosceptic and wants more control of france's borders. the other major issue for the business world — labour reform, and france's famous 35—hour

far left candidate jean-luc melenchon. has seen an incredible surge in opinion polls. just a few weeks ago he was a distant fifth and he could very well make it to the palace. down yesterdays to understand more about the search. -- surge. >> jean-luc melenchon drawing a huge crowd here. of long-standing supporters, new converts and those considering switching to the cause in the wake of his bounce in the polls. >> i have never voted before. only one who i think speaks honestly. he doesn't have my vote yet. in the pollsuation i am starting to reconsider. i hope he wins and becomes the president who unites us and moves us forward. they wanted a more social politics here in france and further afield. equality. more he has promised to state jobs which is really important. renegotiating european treaties is in his manifesto. i think we should change europe, not leave it. there has to be an ultimatum to get out if our voice is interred. -- isn't heard. his supporters want a dramatic change of tax. every vote counts here in france and abroad as well. french ex-pats are signed

let's turn to the year the visor to the far leftjean—luc melenchon. you expect their? he did this because, if we had a great success, it is because we thought it is not about being the far left orbiting the centre or being the right. it is for the people. the whole movement was built around the idea that people have to choose, not just one around the idea that people have to choose, notjust one guy, notjust 196. choose, notjust one guy, notjust 1%. so we will vote. we will vote, but do we vote for emmanuel macron because we have no hope? we will fight... you have no hope in emmanuel macron? no hope. it would be the exact same politics. he decided, he made it. he worked with holylands in the execs in way. it is not swapping faces. but fighting marine le pen is my personal, it is in my dna. their raise choosing and there is the collective decision that we will take together and we will get to vote. you will take a vote on whether to go behind emmanuel macron or le pen as a collective? no, the vote will not be between emmanuel macron and le pen. the vote

andblican francois fillon jean-luc melenchon are tied for 19%.ine le pen held her latest rally in marseille last night, how did she try to galvanize her troops there? big rally the last before the first round on sunday. to where suspect to be rested. marine le pen is trying to take advantage of the situation, directing her speech further throughout the far right. subjects of immigration and security. her rally gathered around 10,000 people. rivals justt her want to be in a gigantic crush. housempared trump to a and preventing it to getting burgled. she ripped pete it -- she repeated that she wants to -- and foreigners back home. the problem is that the two suspects arrested in marseille were actually french citizens. the anti-immigration speech is helping her base, but also preventing her from extending it. macronow are emmanuel and jean-luc melenchon trying to secure their place? rallyheld his last big and tried to respond to the critics who don't really see him as a head of state by positioning himself as a military chief. he said thank you to

a little graphic of jean—luc melenchon.ing those guys in ties of the super—rich, he shakes them down for taxes and you get bonus points. that's how to win an election campaign. bring out a video game. we will be there next week, we will find out. well it's day 83 of the trump administration and on this programme we like to check in with those who voted for him to get their views on how he's doing. a few weeks ago we spoke with van mobley — the village president of thiensville, wisconsin and today he's back to give us his opinion on recent events. i wanted to ask you what you made of the president's strike against syria? i wasn't keen on it and i would have advised against it. why? the way he ran on avoiding entanglements in the middle east and interminable civil wars, i see this... my heart goes out to the people suffering in syria but i don't know that ending in american missile strikes is going to make them better and it certainly might make our lives worse. moving on from that, what's done is done and i was actually enco

behind them is francois fillon of the republicans, the far leftjean—luc melenchon, both bowling closeo 20%, a long way behind, the socialists on 6%. if we look at the map of france and the political map, you can see much has changed. this is from the first round of the weekend. the dark area are areas that support marine le pen. the light pink areas support emmanuel macron. not total domination by close to it. compare that to 2012, when the blue—collar mark the success of nicolas sarkozy and the red of francois hollande. the socialist candidate. this was the time when the traditional candidates of france still had their way. one of the people responsible for the disruption is marine le pen. in the last few hours, she has made an extraordinary and insolent and says... let's try and decipher that. our correspondent is live from paris. i had to beat this story a few times over and i am still confused by it. —— read the story. tell us what it means in practical terms and why marine le pen has done it. she said that she wanted to go beyond the considerations of her party, and she is presen

so the far left candidate also, jean—luc melenchon.uite an extraordinary campaign, hayley has been around for a long time. aligned with the communist party. run his campaign, i think last week he was in dijon.

and finally, french presidential candidate jean—luc melenchon has said he wants to impose a 100% topncome tax rate on the rich. he is currently enjoying a surge in the polls within reach of third place behind favourites marine le pen and emmanuel macron. that's also in the ft. joining us is nick hungerford who is the founder of the investment management company nutmeg. good morning. nice to see you. let's begin with these horrific pictures, which are on a lot of the front pages. just when we thought the situation in syria couldn't get any worse something like this happens, and it is just utterly devastating. yes, it is grim. it is grim across all the papers, across the whole world. to recap this story, we have a plane that has released a bomb that apparently contains toxic gas and it landed on a civilian area. about 160 people injured, 58 dead, including even children. lots of those people were taken to a particular hospital and several hours later another bomb was dropped, on that hospital. so more of the people who had been injured have died and more of the doctors and nurses treat

anchor: jean-luc melenchon speaking there.arine le pen is key to muster support from all directions. she has been reaching out to supporters from ma©lenchon. she says macron must be stopped at all costs. france 24 simon harding tells us more. oppositeng out to the side of the spectrum. on friday far right candidate marine le pen spec -- marine le pen stepped down as leader this week, called out to the test to vote for her in the second round of french elections. to say that now we must block emmanuel macron. his proposal is the polar opposite of the one he supported during the first round of the campaign. he does not represent change. >> marine le pen is trailing behind macron in the second round polls for the candidate largely expected to win the presidential race. over 7hon gathered million votes, representing 19% of the total turnout, a considerable slice of the electorate, which would aid her considerably. with a little over a week to the second round, the far right candidate is doing all to steal votes. emmanuel macron ha

jean—luc melenchon and the front national‘s marine le pen. parties. you know, they used to be a large portion of the population. now they are very small portion, and therefore they are not in the centre of the political scene any more and so more of the political scene any more and so more and more they are turning to the front national, which again looks like the only alternative for them. although more than three quarters of friends's population now lives in cities, the countryside is still home to millions of voters. —— france. their voices might ultimately become very important indeed. theo leggett, bbc news, provence. now, let's go to asia now where markets are getting a boost from some strong trade figures from japan. rico hizon has been looking at them for us. nice to see you. this is great news out of japan nice to see you. this is great news out ofjapan in the munch of march. it has sold a lot of goods overseas? but the big question now is can be sustained? for but the big question now is can be sustained ? for now, but the big quest

hasean-luc melenchon surprised many by refusing to endorse either candidate. or oligarchs are related. nothing is special for them to go to the special -- to go to the second round. thewant to continue with current political institutions. >> the latest polls predict macron will comfortably be to le pen on the seventh of may with the back two thirds of the vote. whoever wins will have to focus on building a parliamentary majority. >> joining me now is an expert on french politics and european affairs. emmanuel macron is being criticized a little bit today about celebrating too soon. the risk is left-wing voters will stay home next week and allow marine le pen to part. is there any likelihood of that happening? >> anything is possible with the trump election. clinton was ahead a week before and anything is possible. metrics would suggest that macron is going to win. if the new campaign. >> the current polls are saying macron would win with 64% of the vote. it is a pretty comfortable lead. as you said, anything can happen. want to talk about this result in the co

the far left candidate jean—luc melenchon saying, my thoughts to the police and their families.as a terrorist act while the authorities are saying they did not know the motivation. let me check again, the news wires coming in here. president armand is holding a crisis meeting with the prime minister and interior minister as you would expect with a situation like this unfolding. here is what one eyewitness had to say. we were moving towards a car and then i heard two or three shots but i did not realise they were shots to start with. then there was panic all around, with. then there was panic all around , everyone with. then there was panic all around, everyone started running down the champs—elysees by instinct. idid not down the champs—elysees by instinct. i did not stop to work out what was going on, ijust ran. police were already in place, blocking the road with the trucks, i took shelter behind them. i did not have time to do anything other than just behind them. i did not have time to do anything other thanjust run away. the french interior ministry... it is saying they are

but jean-luc melenchon has not endorsed macron. mr. fillon has.t, i was at his campaign headquarters. and i asked some voters who they would now vote for, given that their candidate, mr. fillon is not there? >> well, tonight, i will probably not vote at all. in two weeks. >> i am going to vote for macron in two weeks because i don't want le pen to be president. >> i will vote for emmanuel macron. for many reasons. i think marine le pen is elected it will be a catastrophe for france. >> i'm not quite sure who i'm going to vote for yet but i think macron. >> most fillon supporters said they'll vote, but turnout will be absolutely key may 7th. >> wilfred, clearly investors are taking the bet that ma kron will win the election. you see that in the polls. you can go through some of his economic policies which stand in such stark contrast to marine le pen. his vision for france. within the e u. it's still a country with 10% unemployment. a very high unemployment rate. >> you hit it absolutely on the head there. what's interesting about his economic poli

jean-luc melenchon who wants to appear as a moderate candidate, will hold meetings in seven different cities because he will be appearing as a hologram. interesting that he is using the new technologies to make his affect on the electorate. back to you. >> he's been very much present on social media. trying to paint himself as the modern candidate. claire, thank you very much for that. >>> let's turn to commodities. chinese iron ore has hit a three-month low. the most traded iron ore on the dow and commodity exchange closed 6.5% lower. let's look at how this is hitting the basic resources sector. it is the worst performing sector on the stoxx 600 today. guy wolf has just joined us. what's behind this move? iron ore usually seen as a proxy for china. is this the usual ebb and flow of demand or something we should be concerned about? >> over the last few years, iron ore has turned away from a long-term supply market to a larger amoupnt of spot activity but it is prone to flash tightness. because it's a relatively cheap material, difficult to store significant quantities of it. so we are

far left candidate jean-luc melenchon has surprised many by refusing to endorse either candidate. instead asking his supporters opinion using an online survey. option one i vote with a blind ballot. i vote for macron. i abstain. >> even former president nicolas has called on his supporters to vote for emmanuel macron in the second round. >> we don't have to follow them. we are old enough to make our own decisions. to know who we want to vote for. >> in the final days of their campaign, marine le pen and emmanuel macron will have to keep battling for every vote. >> that report mentioned that jean-luc melenchon came in fourth in round one, drawing 7 million votes. that's a lot to give away. >> he has drawn a lot of criticism for not endorsing macron or at least telling his voters to block the national front. when marine le pen's father made it to the second round, he was very vocal about the fact that voters should block the far right. listen to him in 2002. his voters today are divided about what to do. >> on may 5 you shouldn't hesitate. wear gloves, hold your nose or whatever. it

they're looking at where its supporters are going from other camps especially from jean—luc melenchony the same for jean—luc melenchon and le pen. platform is virtually the same for jean-luc melenchon and le pen. just to distance yourself from the party name, is that going to do it for her? i think she is going to say forget the national front, her? i think she is going to say forget the nationalfront, i'm in line with your anti—globalist, nationalist economy view of life. you are voting forjean—luc melenchon for those reasons but not for me because you do not like the national front for me because you do not like the nationalfront brand. for me because you do not like the national front brand. if you look at the supporters of francois hollande, one third will go to marine le pen, the roman catholic vote, 41%, more right, going for the centre and macron then for le pen. so she's trying to say i am the mother of the nation and bring back nationalism to friends and i will get rid of the elite that have performed so badly over the course of the last ten yea rs over the course of the last

jean-luc melenchon knows he has the momentum and is taking advantage of it with this open-air rally.eanwhile, francois fillon, the republican candidate, is also making a slight comeback in the polls. paris, as rally in gathering of 25,000 people. the interesting thing is that he was joined by nearly 600 right-wing candidates who are going to be representeing republicans, attacking emmanuel macron, who as you know doesn't have all the candidates in place yet. francois fillon saying he will for sure managed to secure majority in parliament, which is uncertain at the moment for emmanuel macron. ist: so it looks like fillon gaining traction in a race we thought was only going to be between le pen and neck. -- and macron. but we are also hearing more about themelechant. they are starting to look at what would happen in the event of an extreme left win. do we really expect an upset of the two candidates -- the only ones we have been talking about over the past couple weeks? caroline: anything is possible. if you look at the polls, they have a margin of error of around 2%. if you take the l

they have emmanuel macron in front and marine le pen behind withjean—luc melenchon and francois fillonn 19%. there you go. they are the pollsters that have been helping us through this evening. en marche is making the point they have not counted the votes from the cities. —— jean—luc melenchon. here's hoping he is in with a shout. you have been very generous to francois fillon tonight. i spoke to the former europe minister from your party the other night and he was similarly charitable to francois fillon, there must be a lot of soul—searching deep down in your party because this was there for the taking? yes, but the point is, if we begin to quarrel too much, i think we will lose also the third round. ifi we will lose also the third round. if i have a piece of advice to give to pierre who is a friend of mine, i would say keep cool because we need absolutely to unite and to really run for the third round in the best position. it doesn't mean that of course pierre asks fillon to resign. who will lead the party into these elections? i think there will be a kind of team because fillon i th

now, the conservative, francois fillon, was just above 20%, and the leftist candidate, jean-luc melenchon, just under him. now, this was one of the most unpredictable elections in recent french history, with traditional parties crashing out. we'll get some analysis in just a moment. first, here's more on the two remaining candidates. reporter: the day after his first round win, emmanuel macron had a hard time even getting out of the house. he was greeted by dozens of supporters, hand shakes and selfie takers. the 39-year-old is the clear favorite to win the presidency in two weeks' time. and he has the goal firmly within his sights. >> i hope to become the president of all the people of france. the president of patriots against the threat of nationalists. reporter: a glance at france's newspaper suggest the race is already won. just one more step, they write. the right are already out. macron has the firm backing of the establishment, president holland as well as e.u. institutions. but marine le pen, the face of the far right, is trying to show she's not yet eliminated. she was out in ful

. >>> still coming up, as leftist candidate jean-luc melenchon surges in the polls, we'll get reaction from the french business. that's coming up in two. >>> in the latest twist in the french presidential race, left-wing candidate jean-luc melenchon has surged no the top four behind fillon with 18.5% of voter sport. let's get out to claire who joins us from paris. this latest twist, what's the reaction from the business community? >> the business community like investors in the markets are growing concerned about the extremes in france. you had marine le pen who was a front-runner, even though she was sliding in the polls, now you have a surprise surge of far-left jean-luc melenchon, who this morning they call the french chavez. he wants to increase public spending by 1 8 180 billion eur increase tax and european tri treaties. with me i have the head of the main french business confederation. thanks for being with us. first, to talk about the extreme right, how do you assess the risk that marine le pen can be in the first round or access power in this election? >> i don't believe one s

jean—luc melenchon has been enjoying a different kind of political party, the kind which comes with ance seen as the protest vote, the communist backed candidate has surged to within a couple of points of the presidential favourite, with his lively way of speaking and his anti—elitist slogan, ‘chuck ‘em out.‘ translation: this campaign has become more than a campaign, it's huge populist mobilisation which rings in a new dawn. mr melenchon wants to pull france out of eu treaties, ramp up public spending and introduce a top rate tax of 90%. friederick hasn't voted for anyone in more than a decade. translation: i'm a worker and most workers today vote for the right or the far right, it's not in their interests. camille says she's 80% sure of voting for him and that her friends are leaning towards him too. all my friends are going to vote melenchon, all of them. i think there's really a big change among people my age and the youth in general. the trump election made me realise that i need to take a position. his rivals are starting to worry. campaigners for the liberal favourite, emmanuel

jean—luc melenchon standing for the far left wrote: sentiments echoed by other candidates. heard that the nightmare is starting again. i was gripped by feelings i felt before of sadness and dull anger at the same time. feelings of sadness, of course, for the law enforcement officers who are once more paying a heavy price in the fight against islamic terrorism. france has been in a state of emergency since a string of jihadist terror attacks that began in 2015 and have killed over 230 people. injanuary 2015, gunmen in paris attacked the officers of the charlie hebdo magazine and a supermarket. in the same year in november, the bataclan concert hall and a major stadium were attacked, leaving at least 130 people dead. injuly 2016, a lorry drove through a crowd celebrating bastille day in nice, killing at least 84 people. and this year, a man armed with machetes attacked soldiers at paris's louvre museum. and just last month, a man was killed at paris's orly airport after attacking a soldier. the nation is once again on high alert. 50,000 members of the security forces have bee

and% for jean-luc melenchon 19.4% for francois fillon or what they predicted on friday. they will be at least, happy. the other thing i think that is noticeable is this is a clear shift to the right in france. if you add up, disregarding the smaller candidates, 19.5% for jean-luc melenchon and %, that makes up the electorate. macron trying to present himself as something that was not in the middle. that he is a center candidate, more or less. that means the mainstream right candidate, and the far right candidate collected a huge majority of the vote. the question now before we go into the second round will be whether to take a leap into the unknown with marine le pen, because a lot of the next round will be about europe and she wants a referendum on leaving the european union, she wants a referendum on leaving the euro, she wants to leave nato. these are big decisions. so, macron will come to present the status quo. le pen will represent what she has always represented and perhaps, french voters will feel her time is right. but it looks like nothing can be predicted, but

stop i think it was about a month where he spent time talking to his opponent on the left, jean—luc melenchonis idea was to have a big alliance on the left and then go forward , alliance on the left and then go forward, except the wasted time. during that time melenchon started getting some of the votes and macron was also campaigning. hamon is the expression of the time that has been taken off on the left and right. even the campaign is good, he is asking the right questions and so on and has a good programme, the french are not into the deep debate on programmes, on whatever is being offered. we are talking about candidates, the personalities and so on. it is a funny kind of campaign. you are still with mr hamon, but there are a number of your fellow senators and fellow socialist who alerted tiptoeing over to the macron side, is that where you will be going in the second round? we will have the same. my adversary in politics is the national front. have the same. my adversary in politics is the nationalfront. i am against everything they stand for. the economic programme is absolutely ridicu

i will vote jean—luc melenchon. have made my choice. i will vote jean-luc melenchon.stage lots of flags. hugh schofield is there. i don't know if he can hear me. welcome to outside source. tell us about the rally? you get the atmosphere, she has got all the faithful up on stage. marseille is a front heartland of the front national. the crowd loved it, they we re national. the crowd loved it, they were booing and stamping their feet when various bogies were mentioned. i don't know if i am allowed to talk over this, it might be considered disrespectful. but it has been a great reception, it has ended with this ringing indication of france and its great past. then calling for the french to turn out en masse, thatis the french to turn out en masse, that is the key point, she wants all the waverers, people who might think it is in the bag, to turn out because it is not in the bag, she leads everyone out on sunday. unless we missed the point, she is arguing for a strong front is above all else? it is all about identity. -- a strong fronts above all else? identity and immigr

promises to help the disadvantaged are boosting the far-left candidate, jean-luc melenchon.one of his supporters is mohamed amin medjkoune, who has algerian heritage. >> ( translated ): for us, what matters is work, employment and training. we don't want to be rich at all cost. we want better work access for the young people because we can work and get rid of racism. >> reporter: christian frescard runs an organic food shop. he's alarmed by the rise of the extreme right and hard left and is opting for the centrist candidate. >> ( translated ): at the first round, i'll vote for macron. if i had listened to my heart, i would have most certainly voted for melenchon, but one has to know when the worst has to be avoided. i think he still has some good ideas, but mainly it's to avoid the worst. >> reporter: the original frontrunner, the center-right francois fillon, has been dogged fillon francios fillon he could actually make something of a comeback because of the terrorist attack on thursday night. harry. >> sreenivasan: malcolm, let's talk a little bit about that. how has the c

of whether marine le pen and perhaps evenjean—luc melenchon of the far left get into the second roundhat. the thing is that the earthquake in british political terms as already happened with brexit, and when you look at the polls, it would have to be some reversal for theresa may not to get that majority, because i think, reading today, there is no sitting conservative prime minster who are sad a majority as she has had in the polls, or a lead sad a majority as she has had in the polls, ora lead in sad a majority as she has had in the polls, or a lead in the polls at the moment, since the early 1980s. it would have to be some turnaround for her not to get that majority. another question, and we have people calling from all over the world, does the second most popular party even matter? where will they fit into the new governance? the thing to say about that is that in democracies, the winner takes all, and that will be the case for theresa may. if you get a thumping big majority, she doesn't even have to think about her own backbenchers. having said that, obviously, it is advantageous

investors had worried that far—leftjean—luc melenchon would beat mr macron, giving voters a choice between candidates. macron is now considered to be the favorite to win the second round ballot and markets have warmed to his pledge to lower corporate taxes while lightening the administrative burden on firms. however, economic problems and challenges remain for whoever walks into the elysee palace. top of the list, france's unemployment rate is running at around 10%, which is more than twice the rate of the uk and germany. so, how have global markets reacted to the results? theo leggett is at berenberg bank in the city of london. so the euro is soaring and now share markets in europe are soaring too? absolutely. the currency is up, and so are absolutely. the currency is up, and so are the share markets, and it's easy to see why. this isn't about what has happened in the first round of the presidential election as opposed to what has not happened. we now know we will not see a second—round run—off between the far right candidate marine le pen of the national front and jean—luc melenchon, the

>> the worst nightmare you can imagine is a second round where you have marine le pen and jean-luc melenchon. that's the worst case scenario. i still believe reason will prevail. >>> shares of man group moving higher after a 10% rise in funds under management in the first quarter. >>> orders under pressure as large contracts remain elusive for abb, but the swiss industrial titan says it sees the first signals of stabilization in some markets. >>> good morning, everyone. it's thursday, you're watching "street signs." we have another jam-packed show for you. let's look at the equity markets in europe. the stoxx 600 is close to the flat line, just inching higher to the tune of 0.1%. let's show you the markets one by one. a bit of underperformance in the german equity market, only off by six or seven points. the ftse 100 off fractionally. the cac 40 off by a half percent. that's due to some of the earnings we got. we'll get to that in a second. looking at the sectors, household goods are outperforming, same as food and beverages, that's earnings related. we had updates from debenhams and publici

what they are looking at is what has not happened because one thing we know now is thatjean—luc melenchonry much the worse case scenario had been the possibility that french electors could be given a choice between the national front candidate marie lip pen and the hard left candidate jean—luc melenchon. neither are those are happy about that's plays in europe. what we have now is the potential run or run off between marine le pen and emmanuel macron. he is the head of all of the polls. they are quite happy with that. as you can see at this graph, the french as this morning are more than 5.5%. that is the definition of a relief rally. we may see that initial burst of enthusiasm tailing offa initial burst of enthusiasm tailing off a little bit over the next couple of weeks because do not forget marine le pen is not be presidential run—off, it is not inconceivable she could win, even if all people say otherwise. at the moment, it seems the markets believe that emmanuel macron, he's the favourite, let's put it that way. what kind of economic policy does he have? what do they feel he might do

francois fillon, -- jean-luc melenchon and -- [applause] you all for having applauded all of them now. this is exactly what you should have done, what you are doing, it looks like what we should be doing. those who supported those candidates are very disappointed, they are very disappointed themselves and i should like to thank -- and francois fillon for having already said they will vote for round andsecond called upon their voters to do so as well. since april 2016 many of you have been with me. you have created with me my movement. year we can entirely change the french political situation. the deep-seated age old feeling that has always pushed our people forward, the commitment in the country, the collective interest over division, this is what has won tonight. the tremendous energy and determination that thousands of of -- inshown in order order for this to come true. you showed that having hope for the country is not a dream. it is a true manifestation of a deep-seated will. tonight, my dear friends, i owe that to you. now.up to you to carry on this determined struggle. never gi

. candidate like marine le pen and jean-luc melenchon.o—called good hacker, who was investigated by police at school because of a piece of software he had written all about what is behind it. if you have any thoughts, get in touch in the usual ways. also in the programme, we‘ll go to an indonesian island where people live with their dead relatives. here‘s anita in the bbc newsroom with a summary of today‘s news. the french authorities say they know the identity of the man who shot dead a policeman, and seriously wounded two others, on the champs—elysees in central paris last night. three people said to be close to the attacker have now been detained. the gunman was killed when officers returned fire but prosecutors say they won‘t release his name until they know whether or not he was working alone. the french prime minister, bernard cazeneuve, said the attack won‘t stand in the way of the french election taking place this sunday. translation: ladies and gentlemen, the government is fully mobilised that nothing will stop this fundamental d

jean—luc melenchon and francois fillon are two more of the main candidates.aser from paris. thank you. there cannot be many better backdrops for in evening broadcast. the backdrop belies the mood in france because there is a sense of insurrection in france at the moment. you can telljust by looking at those polls you talked about there. think about the founding of the fifth republic. since 1958 it has been a 2—party system that has dominated in france. the socialists and the republicans. looking at the polls now there are three of the top four who are classed as outsiders, marine le pen, jean—luc melenchon would be seen as outside and it could be anyone of that gets through. it is even possible we could have the far left versus the far right. think of the recognitions. tonight the candidates will be appearing on french prime time television, their last opportunity to squeeze the pips out of this campaign. if you look at the way the french electorate is talking and thinking at the moment, there is still around one in four french people undecided or saying they

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of two extreme candiadates, leader of the national front marine le pen on the far right orjean—luc melenchonise from the far left. joining us is andrew tuck who's editor of monocle, a global news and business magazine. cafes, a website and a radio station as well. this story does dominate all of the front pages, le figaro was quick to get on it. you would imagine they would have been quick to get on the election. yes, all the newspapers seem to get on the election. yes, all the newspapers seem to be leading with an image of the arc de triomphe, we have an image of a police officer trying to take control of a situation. the newspaper came out when there were still many faxed to be revealed. they are taking a first glance at what has happened —— facts. people might be looking at this and wondering, what is going on here? this is the third time in the last few years... sorry, the sixth. sixth or seventh incident... in two yea rs. sixth or seventh incident... in two years. it has a population with a large numberof years. it has a population with a large number of muslims, easy borders to cross a

or if it is jean—luc melenchon. different for the world. or if it is jean-luc melenchon. thank you.mprove. the health care commission told the shrewsbury and telford trust that its monitoring of babies' heart rates during labour wasn't good enough and that its training of staff was inadequate. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. she was very dependent on me. my life went round a clock. i had to give her medication at certain times, make sure herfeed was running 0k. i was more of a nurse and a carer than a mum. abbey was born in 2004 with brain injuries, including severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy. staff at the royal shrewsbury hospital failed to promptly deliver her, despite foetal heart traces indicating abbey was in distress. the errors led to abbey dying aged just 17 months. her heart rate went down, down and down. they didn't intervene. 0bviously they tried to move me to see if they could find a trace. there wasn't anything there. if they would have done theirjob and got me into theatre when she was dropping, as in her heart rate dropping, then i might st

downplay the 19.5, 20% and the 19.5 thatjean—luc downplay the 19.5, 20% and the 19.5 that jean—luc melenchonat is a very divided france. how that is healed we will see. let us look at the daily telegraph for a british story. we cannot offer such lovely language but labour's nuclear implosion. labour's debility on defence in tatters as the daily telegraph.” labour's debility on defence in tatters as the daily telegraph. i do not think the daily telegraph would ever have thought thatjeremy corbyn had much credibility on defence. jeremy corbyn went on the andrew marr show this morning and he ruled out ever using britain's nuclear deterrent. he also refused to back a strike to kill the leader of is. hours later, the labour party has to have clarification saying, of course, that they do support trident as the nuclear deterrent. i was thinking back to labour leaders who have said this in the past. it is not without precedent. i think, if i remember correctly, denis healey, the labour leader who never was, i think he also said he would never have hit the button and sent nukes backin have hit the bu

——jean—luc melenchon. it is interesting when you look at a map how much france is divided.l north—east and down in the south she is very popular. 0n the left—hand side, the western side of france, it is emmanuel macron, and also in the cities. if you look at the communes that the candidates won, marine le pen took 19,000 communes, three times nearly as many as emmanuel macron, which tells you he has the support of cities like this one, paris, and she is very popular in rural areas. i'm joined now by marine le pen's colleague and a leading politician from front national, bruno gollnisch. five years ago was when we met because we were there for the leadership challenge, you were running against marine le pen. the polls suggest she has not become a cce pta ble polls suggest she has not become acceptable in the cities. although i had been her contender, i think she is doing very well. i think the most important change results from the fa ct important change results from the fact that an increasing number of french people came to understand that we were right in our analysis of