mr. macron: thank you. macron!n! [cheers] >> voila. mr. macron: there we go. there we go.y fellow countrymen, today sunday, april 23, the french people have spoken. our country is going through unprecedented times in its history, marked by terrorism, economic crisis, social suffering, ecological urgency, and the answer is brilliant. the answer was to go and vote massively. the people decided to take me on to the second round of presidential elections. [cheers] macron! macron! i am humbled by this. this is a tremendous responsibility thrust upon me. i want to take advantage of this opportunity to present my greetings to all the other candidates. fillon. thank 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. i know that those who supported those candidates are very disappointed, very disappointed themselves. and i should like to thank -- four already having said that they would vote for me on the second round, those candidates called upon the voters to do so as well. april 2016

the conservative fillon says he will now support mr macron.ys he will now support mr macron. translationzlj conservative fillon says he will now support mr macron. translation: i do not say this with joy in my heart but abstention is not in my genes. especially when an extremist party is approaching power. i can assure you that extremism can only bring hardship and division. there is no other choice but to vote against the far right. in bastille square in paris, some left—wing protesters faced off against the police. these demonstrators were angered by the results of this vote. they, and the rest of the country, will have their final say in two weeks time. james reynolds, bbc news, paris. as we've been hearing, marine le pen says the survival of france is at stake in the election. her front nationale party has only ever reached the second round of a presidential race once before, while emmanuel macron‘s party was set up just 12 months ago. our france correspondent lucy williamson looks now at the changing face of french politics. one country,

there are people that say that mr macron's victory represents hope. ouraged and supported by the financial economic system that wants to perpetuate the old globalisation, the old system. marine le pen is a conduit of the new world. don't forget you had to ta ke new world. don't forget you had to take upa new world. don't forget you had to take up a wider picture of what is going on in the world. we have a world now with donald trump, theresa may, the world is changing. i think on the contrary, marine the pen is the only one to be in the wind of history. very quickly to finish, all the polls have you losing the second round by 20%. how are you going to reverse that? the polls were made before the first round or immediately after. it doesn't take into consideration the new dynamic of the second round. thank you. so how do the two remaining contenders for the french presidency match up? 39—year—old mr macron and his en marche party is promising a liberal, pro—european agenda. that includes a 50 billion euro public investment plan to reduce unemployment, r

hello their allegiance to mr macron. and welcome backt karin hello and welcome back to paris.l election result. you may remember the pollsters who are making predictions about the uk's referendum and remaining in the eu, and also the us presidential race had quite a rap because of failing to protect those events with the lack of donald trump and brexit, generally. but let's talk to a french pollster. ijoined by jean—phillipe. but you got this right before the commended? yes. we saw that emmanuel macron and marine le pen were about 30%. and francois fillon and jean—luc melenchon at around 19%. so it was a relief to see our polls are right. what surprised you? see our polls are right. what surprised you ? 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

mr macron said hisjob now was to reconcile the country and gather broad support.en said her victory in reaching the final round, had been historic. she said it was time to "liberate the french people". so let's have a look at the latest figures from the first round of voting. with 46 million votes counted, mr macron led with 23.82% of votes and madame le pen on 21.58%. the conservative francois fillon and jean—luc melenchon both on i9%. our first report from france, is by our europe editor katya adler. one presidential election, two rival visions for france. fresh—faced emmanuel macron tops poll projections, promising fairer government, neither right nor left wing. a pro—eu centrist, confident of success. translation: i hope that in a fortnight, i will become your president. i want to become the president of all the people of france. the president of the patriots, in the face of the threats from the nationalists. a president able to protect, to transform and to build. emmanuel macron now goes through to the second and final round of france's vote for president. he

is either wandered off to mr macron's side, they just say this is the wandered off to mr macron's side the continuity candidate, this is really the candidate, this is really the candidate of mr fernandes?m candidate, this is really the candidate of mr fernandes? it is not. nobody forces me to be part of the party. i will be part of it for as long as i am comfortable. mr macron has greeted a new centre for he has described himself as neither right nor left. he wants to gather people who are on the centre, but the centre is a void. maybe it has to be defined that way. maybe it is something for the future. at the moment, it is not a clear ideology with the purpose, if you like, for the type of society that we want to live in and i think hamon has been defining that. he has been talking about ecology, talking about the place of work within our lives and so on. he has asked the right questions. i am sure mr macron has done that. the question you are asking is in the second round, if it is against marine le pen, of course i will vote for mr macron because from a social point of view, he is m

what can mr macron do to reach out to rural voters ? macron do to reach out to rural voters?ignificant pa rt interviewees said, a significant part of the voters of marine le pen are people who are desperate. their life hasn't changed at all for the last 20 years and whatever they voted, left or right, nothing changed. it is really a vote of despair. this is really a problem that macron and be en marche movement wants to address and we are going to be in the field to solve these problems. the other part of these problems. the other part of the voters are people who are deeply worried with immigration. some are racist people and this is something thatis racist people and this is something that is very hard to work on in the short term but we are confident will be solved in the long term. thank you very much for being with us. what can mr macron do to try to reach those voters who feel like the forgotten french? it is the same phrase we have heard donald trump use, the forgotten men and women of america. he will have to reach beyond the liberal cities. he will find it difficult

it would seem to be at is all there for mr macron. there are two weeks to go.ens. be you tonight is relieved. the unit is looking at france. if there were to bea looking at france. if there were to be a win for marine le pen this would have huge imprecations for the united kingdom and for brexit. she has said she would put it to the people and, in the end, it would be the french people who would decide that. sighs of relief and a huge tension around france. there are some clashes with people not happy about the results. they have radically opposing views. not to downplay the 19.5, 20% and the 19.5 thatjean—luc downplay the 19.5, 20% and the 19.5 that jean—luc melenchon on the far left got. that 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 th

mr. macron. saying mr. macron leads in front of le pen as we head into the final round.right ring, le figaro has a balanced photograph on the front page of the two front-runners. it's titled underneath saying the right is k.o.'d. of course, it refers to the traditional center ground right. as you said, mike, the reaction, the euro, the banks seeing the most, surging up 10%. not so much about the fear that you mentioned earlier about jean-luc melenchon getting in. but just that belief that we won't have le pen until government threatening france's place in the eurozone. >> yeah, it would have been a difficult scenario for the market if it was le pen and melenchon finishing as the two candidates. wilfred, thank you. >>> coming up, we get you ready for the trading day ahead. france, quick data. tom lee joins us from fundstrat global advisers. stocks up more than 200 points. think again. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new lower taxes. and new university p

i get the sense that that is going on with mr macron. yes, but to be fair he isa with mr macron.ent didn't exist 30 months ago. the fact that he is independent and he isa the fact that he is independent and he is a centrist and is very new and very young, he is also responsible for the fact that the two mainstream political parties have disappeared for the second round. everybody rallies around him. it is not really that marine le pen loses in two weeks' time, that he should win rather than leaving it to circumstances. a lot of people will vote for him by default. he is the anti—le pen candidate. this is a poster that marine le pen has put out. she has stood down as the political leader, if you will, of the front national. you can't see on that poster that she is the leader of the front national, there is a blue rose, it is very soft, she looks like the mother of the nation, choose france, she says. she is trying to stand outside the party system and say, elect me as a woman, elect me as president. she is very astute, she has proved to be a shrewd politician since being voted to

the final voting figures for the first round released today gave the centrist mr macron 24%.al marine le pen of the national front took 21.3%. the outgoing socialist president francois hollande said today that only mr macron would defend the values of the french respublic. the values of the french republic. 0ur europe editor katya adler has the latest. emmanuel macron looking presidential last nights. a bit prematurely perhaps. there's a lot of glad handing still to be done two weeks to go before the final vote. financial markets in brussels mange president macron is a done deal. but she doesn't. marine le pen, macron‘s rival for she doesn't. marine le pen, macron‘s rivalfor president, his rivalfor french voters‘ trust. a welcome visitor on market day in the forgotten town. she‘s the people‘s president, she says, with welfare policies to match. eu to the back of the cue. madam le pen wants out of the cue. madam le pen wants out of the euro, she‘s anti—big business too. it‘s exactly these images that marine le pen will be chasing throughout her presidential campaign. her inten

given that mr macron is an outsider and the polls suggest he could go on to win the second round, istch and so on would like to see as well, to try and open up the block to make ita to try and open up the block to make it a little bit more accountable some might argue towards some of the people within it? it was a bit hard to hear you there with the paris traffic noises in the background, but i think the question was, if macron, if he is to win, and we have to keep entering that caveat, not that i think may will win but it is important to recognise there is a process over the next two weeks that the candidates have to go through, in order to fight the second round. so were macron to win, then i think you asked me whether he is more likely to bring the sort of reforms around at the european level. it is true his message or rather his programme about europe is what the french would call more europe so that europe would be more united around the pressure of migrants, that europe would be more united on climate change, an eurozone policy and so on. he is only one voice of what will soon

the polls put mr macron well ahead for the second round.hey were right for the first round — but well you know all the caveats around polling. a short time ago i spoke to professor helen drake — she's the chair in european integration at loughborough university. she's in paris. i asked her if the latest polls were good news for european integration. one thing we learned from last night is that the polls were quite accurate. marine le pen was supposed to win the first round and she came ina quick to win the first round and she came in a quick second so the polls which are putting macron ahead of le pen in the next round, i suppose we can trust them. macron has expressed a lot of support for the european union, and he has some practical and positive messages for how to strengthen the eu. i suppose that is true. you are supporting iam —— you are assuming that i am a supporter of european integration. for those who support european integration then macron is a babel bet. isn't that a fair assumption? it is a fair assumption that macron is polle

mr. macron. sk of being, let's say, making a mistake, the soeshlgti socialist party is dead. 7%. so far away from the other contenders. it's dead. the question is can mr. fillon who has been involved in corruption affairs, can he save the republican party? just imagine fillon is out, socialist is out, and we have le pen, melenchon, the two extremes. it's the fear in the diplomatic and financial markets. >> right. >> but mr. macron is very peculiar. people start realizing that macron is mr. hollande number two. used to be his adviser, work for him. now as this guy tries to grab on the left, in the center, on the right. will he succeed? who knows. >> the final question, it's very important to our viewers, is france's position in the single currency in the euro what chance more broadly in the next three to five years would you say france leaves the euro? >> if madam le pen said she is president, she would organize a referendum asking should france stay inside the eu or not? my answer is no way that f

mr. macron in mr. macron's hometown. what happened yesterday? was a good news or bad news for mr. ard to tell. atit looks like that is first. is turning into a clash about globalization. emmanuel was meeting behind closed doors with union leaders ,rom the whirlpool factory cutting nearly 300 jobs and relocating them. marine le pen crashed the party. she went to meet with the strikers taking selfies with them and found a lots of supporters in france of the whirlpool factory. she said she will save the factory, perhaps nationalizing it if she was elected. mccrone had no choice but to go there himself. whistles andand tried to engage for nearly one hour with the strikers. if you hours later he held a rally in the region in the north of france where he accused many leading of the employees and lying to them. macron: mrs. le pen came to do what? she came to spend 15 minutes in a carpark where half the people worker militants to take selfies and to say she will implement a special tax on imported goods. that means raising the 18 by 3% in case you need to redo a protection on your purchas

mr. macron is still running ahead. not compel neck to neck. marine le pen is a few points behind him. have macron ahead, marine le pen number two, and very close to them in this hand handkerchief the extreme leftist mr. meÉlenchon and the classic liberal mr. fillon. >> rose: is anyone trending? does anyone have any momentum? >> yes, this seems to be a good question. this is a moment since one week in favor of meÉlenchon, and youh clearly matters with expectation in france. this is the long trend in. one week momentum. since yesterday night, there is probably sort of momentum, but not so strong as it could have been expected for mrs. le pen. this attack yesterday was aimed at that. i.s.i.s. votes for le pen. i.s.i.s. and le pen are sort of twins, and the target of daesh yesterday night was clearly to improve the vote for le pen. i think i.s.i.s. failed, in a way, because the momentum is not as big as expected. >> rose: so what do you think the impact will be of this attack? >> well, i would say that madam le pen may win but with several conditions. may win eventually but she needs a ve

if mr macron is really part of the establishment. he is.itics. at the same time, changing the face is very superficial. we really need people who will change french politics in a deep way. 0k. thank you bromance. let's focus on what marine le pen has been talking about tonight. she said the time has come for what she said the time has come for what she said was the real all talented. -- alternative. fellow citizens, you have projected me to the second round of the presidential election. lam aware round of the presidential election. i am aware of the honour you are giving me i am i am aware of the honour you are giving me lam humble and i am aware of the honour you are giving me i am humble and grateful. i would like to express to you, french patria is, how grateful i am. the first step, which should lead france to the elysee is already cove red. france to the elysee is already covered. it is a historical result and it is for me to take on board the enormous responsibility of defending france, being responsible for its culture, its prosperit

president hollande has urged the country to vote for mr macron.he last couple of hours marine le pen has said she's stepping aside as the leader of the national front to focus on her campaign. president trump says he wants the un to back new sanctions against north korea. and north korea has again warned that the threat of nuclear war is real. a bbc team has entered a town in syria recently

mr macron said hisjob would be to become president for the whole country.ed for everyone to rally against the nationalists. ms le pen said that it was time to liberate the french people. the losing centre—right and socialist left candidates said they were switching their allegiance to mr macron. here in the uk — labour has reaffirmed its commitment to keeping britain's trident nuclear missile system — afterjeremy corbyn appeared to throw the policy into doubt. the labour leader refused to confirm in a bbc interview whether keeping trident would be included in his party's election manifesto. now it is time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline. theresa may, who became britain's prime minister less than a year ago after the country voted to leave the european union, has called a general election — three years earlier than she needed to. in brussels, they said her shock announcement was a twist worthy of hitchcock. the french have experienced quite a few plot twists of their own as the presidential election looms into view. with a crowded field of

mr macron said hisjob would be to become president for the whole country. for everyone to rally against the nationalists. ms le pen said that it was time to liberate the french people. the losing centre—right and socialist left candidates said they were switching their allegiance to mr macron. here in the uk labour has reaffirmed its commitment to keeping britain's trident nuclear missile system — afterjeremy corbyn appeared to throw the policy into doubt. the labour leader refused to confirm in a bbc interview whether renewing trident would be included in his party's election manifesto. time now on the bbc news channel for a look at the week in parliament. hello there and welcome to the week in parliament, when theresa may went public with the best kept secret in westminster. i have just chaired a meeting with the cabinet where we agreed that the government should call a general election, to be held on the 8th ofjune. opposition parties say they welcome the fight, but... this is a prime minister who promised there wouldn't be one. a prime minister who cann

mr. macron because they hate mrs. le pen. they may hate mr. macron much more than they hate mrs. mr. fillon was out loud and clear to back mr. macron but mr. mell mellenchon has not. so far he has not backed mr. macron this time. >> wow. he won't do that badly but that's not totally irrelevant when there was a senior le pen against a more conventional candidate, right? >> reporter: we can look at that quickly, joe. that was 2002. this is a reason why markets are so confident right now. in 2002 the father of current le pen, jean marie le pen lost 82-18% so clearly people are confident that something of that ilk will happen again. but there are differences. in the first round the difference then was turnout was lower and jean marie le pen only got 16%. this mime marine le pen has over 20% and a higher turnout so a more conventiincing first round performance. jack chirac was a fellow right-leaning politician and easier for him to get the center ground and a member of the republican party with a big base of support. mr. macron doesn't really have that. clearly there's confidence off

mr macron, a former banker, is seen as a political outsider, having never run an election campaign beforero rose by 2% on the news — its highest level in five months — before giving up some ground this morning. investors had worried that far—leftjean—luc melenchon would beat mr macron, giving voters a choice between two eurosceptic 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

marine le pen will wa nt to behind mr macron.rendum on patriotism, europe, on globalism. she is trying to repeat a little bit the american campaign, donald trump versus clinton. the capital cleaning graffiti preparing for the second round. in two weeks' time, france will make its choice. how did the two remaining contenders match up? 39—year—old mr macron and his en marche party is promising a liberal, pro—european investment. plans to get behind renewable energy in a big cut in corporation tax and a way for companies to renegotiate the 35 hour week. 48—year—old marine le pen took the front leadership from herfather six years ago. policies are strongly right wing. reform in brussels in the eu followed by withdrawal from it. she wants expulsion of illegal immigrants and she is pushing for housing priority to be given to french national is quite a stark choice for the french to make. let's some views from a foreign affairs commentatorfor the some views from a foreign affairs commentator for the guardian. some say it is a defeat bec

mr macron said hisjob would be to become president for the whole country.ed for everyone to rally against the nationalists. ms le pen said that it was time to liberate the french people. the losing centre—right and socialist left candidates said they were switching their allegiance to mr macron. here in the uk — labour has reaffirmed its commitment to keeping britain's trident nuclear missile system — afterjeremy corbyn appeared to throw the policy into doubt. the labour leader refused to confirm in a bbc interview whether keeping trident would be included in his party's election manifesto. now here on bbc news, it is time for hardtalk. rich, ruthless, and famous: my guest is a new york institution, known for the buildings he's built, and the wives he's divorced. you don't want to cross him, though, because he likes getting even. and he's made it a rule that no—one pushes him around — ever. so how did he lose all his money, and then get it back again? donald trump, a very warm welcome to the programme. you say you can't make an omelette without breaking egg

with an image of the smiling independent candidate, the paper says the only thing that mr macron and and finally the london business paper, city am. it reports that the euro jumped on sunday after emmanuel macron emerged as the likely leader in the race to become france's next president. at one point, the eurozone's single currency was up nearly 2%, and that's the highest in five months. joining me to discuss today's papers, french journalist agnes poirier. just on that note of the currency surging at the relief of this result, what was the worst case scenario that markets had imagined? i think we were all waiting for the possibility ofjean—luc melenchon versus marine le pen. because their programmes were quite similar. very populistic. so massive public spending, that sort of thing. except the hard left candidate wanted to open borders, and marine le pen wa nted open borders, and marine le pen wanted to close them. but in the economic programme, they were incredibly close. and where there we re incredibly close. and where there were those jazzers, that had affected the market. the ri

going through to the run—off with mr macron is...editor katya adler described her on sunday night. far—right marine le pen, anti—immigration, anti—globalisation and anti—eu. her presidential plan? france for the french. that first epithet caught the attention of james williams, who e—mailed... that's another question we may well return to newswatch. but, in the meantime, one last comment about the bbc‘s coverage of the french election from john truman. this weekend marks 100 days of donald trump's presidency. and it's certainly been a busy and controversial start to his term in office. bbc news marked the anniversary this week with a number of reports and programmes, including a panorama special confronted byjeremy paxman. —— fronted. and this raised again among viewers an argument we've had before, articulated here by angela merrick... thanks for all your comments this week. if you too want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme, you can call us on 0370 010 6676, or e—mail newswatch@b

mr. macron. one week is a long time in politics.erger, head of european fixed income at lavrov. thank you for spending time. olivier marchal, a great pleasure to have you on the program. let us move on and talk about some of the top stocks stories this morning. let us go to nejra cehic. nejra: bank earnings are very much in focus. in showing an 80% rise first-quarter profit. that was given by wealth management gains and that was a beat. chairs up 2.2% right now, i must high this session. rbs, first quarter. cost cuts on track. thewe have seen shares hit the highest. barclays be on the pretax number. a posted a surprise drop in fixed-income trading revenue and worse than forecast equities. it is failing to live up to its u.s. peers. the shares have dropped the most . jes staley has touted the need for europe to have a successful investment bank based in the region as american firms have seen shares in the trading and m&a advisory business. anna edwards did speak to jes staley earlier about the results. strong first very order last ye

if they are voting for mr macron or miss marine le pen.o get behind and support. some indeed for a majority of the youth i have been speaking to over the last couple of days. you are down there during the terrorist attack. the migrant community, the french algerian and french tunisian population, they we re very french tunisian population, they were very nervous french tunisian population, they were very nervous about french tunisian population, they were very nervous about some french tunisian population, they were very nervous about some of the reaction. will they be nervous about marine le pen getting into the second round ? marine le pen getting into the second round? very much so. it'll be interesting to see, once we get the exact details in the coming hour, how does exactly break down in this region? 0ne how does exactly break down in this region? one area has been a place where many migrants and refugees have come through. there has been criticism, not only of the migrants and refugees but the people who have helped them in that par

we know which candidates the —— we know which candidate the financial markets are happy with, mr macronther markets are all up. he likes free markets, he lacks the european union, he likes free trade. it is the tonic they need. they cannot believe their luck. this could be the end of the brexit revolution sweeping through europe. look at the money going up. massive rises. also, what they are saying is if the political dangers can be put to one side, some of the economic fundamentals in europe and eurozone are looking more cheerful so allows people to make judgments on the economy again, not on political risks and that is one reason why the markets are going up. the euro zone economy has been doing 0k. the daily mail briefly, gps failing thousands of cancer patients, christopher? mail briefly, gps failing thousands of cancer patients, christopher7m is alarming. gps pick up these issues before they have to take them on to consultants in hospital. there are saying some on to consultants in hospital. there are saying some are on to consultants in hospital. there are saying some are not bein

mr. macron is likely to end. once the dust has settled, mr.aid they will find it just is difficult to implement his own reform program over the course of the next few marine le pen would've done if she'd won the presidency. nicole: the markets in particular. a global rally for stocks and currency. the euro and the election is preview expect that trend to continue? 2% has pulled back then. >> yeah, that will continue as well. the fact that the trump administration is uncomfortable with a stronger dollar and he will start to dial in their battery. the federal reserve will find it very difficult much more than a dirty house. the row should gain support. lauren: thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you. nicole: for the french election results, we are joined right and repeat, former intelligence officer and adviser to the presidential trend mission that good morning good >> great to be here. they had a love and candidates. your thoughts on who the next french president will actually be and will they be able to get anything done with the s

and while his rival hugged and kissed her way through the crowds today, mr macron had onlookers behinded near. political gloves are off for both candidates, this is the fight of their professional life. they need to win voters outside their true traditional support base to make it to the top. or it? translation: i plan to abstain. i don't like either candidate. i will vote for macron even if i don't want him as a president, but i want him more than marine le pen. and france's political establishment, including its current president, has urged all voters, to do the same. translation: the far right would deeply divide france. it would stigmatise some of our fellow citizens because of its origins. it would undermine the religion and republic. aware of her party's divisive reputation, marine le pen had a surprise announcement tonight. she said she was stepping aside as president of the national front to run for president of all of france. emmanuel macron still has a race to win. this is an all—or—nothing campaign for both candidates and in true french style, this promises to be passionate

going through to the run—off with mr macron is...dler described her on sunday night. far—right marine le pen, anti—immigration, anti—globalisation and anti—eu. her presidential plan? france for the french. that first epithet caught the attention of james williams, who e—mailed, "the media often use the term far—right to describe certain political figures and movements. please could you define this term? what does it mean?" that's another question we may well return to newswatch. but, in the meantime, one last comment about the bbc‘s coverage of the french election from john trueman. "can you please explain why the bbc repeatedly said the french election‘s first round was won by the two outsiders? going into the final day, the two candidates who eventually went through to the second stage were actually first and second favourites with all the bookmakers. it seems sensationalist headlines are required at all times." this weekend marks 100 days of donald trump's presidency. and it's certainly been a busy and controversial start to his t

instead, what is good for france, mr macron believes, is strengthening the eu, sticking to the euro,i would favour the mid to long—term interests of the eu. i do not want to be in a situation to have a smooth brexitjust for the interest of one sector or one business. i am a unique candidate today. i do believe a strong france in a strong europe is the unique way to succeed in this world. thank you. so, after brexit and donald trump, a macron victory would mark a turning of the political tide for europe. on to another event, and a macron victory is far from assured. although he was economy minister, he has never fought an election before. he is not the most inspiring speaker. in corsica, the crowd seemed enthusiastic. so this was another packed event from emmanuel macron, but the unknowns remain. his youth — does that mean he is something fresh or inexperienced? the fact he is not from one of the main parties, will that make it hard for him to get any programme through? the fact he is a former banker, can he really bring change? "today, to make things happen here in france, we need to

macron: mrs.pen pretends to represent the people but she comes from a party that has refuse to respect the law. she refuses to see a judge of the french republic. 10 ounces and tell those who has lost hope -- denounce and tell those who have lost hope, she is not the answer. mark: are you looking ahead be on the second round. are you confident macron will win and casting your eyes on the legislative elections which take macron'sjune, andm ability to a, win a majority or b, be able to push for reforms? >> there's two angles. we are looking beyond the second round. best guest was that macron would make it to the first, even before this result. yes, the legitimate elections are important. our best case is that we'll have a more fragmented parliament than usual. of gradual,one study, progressive reform rather than radical, sudden reform. mark: is that possible in a fragmented parliamentary system? >> to the extent the process is gradual, yes, i think it's possible, but a fragmented parliament makes it

mr macron is widely seen as favourite as our europe correspondent, james reynolds, reports emanuel macron and now the winner of this election to back first round. he is an insider who has run as an outsider. the 39—year—old is eu and grow business and a centrist. he resigned asa business and a centrist. he resigned as a minister in order to form his own political movement. and his gamble has paid off. translation: own political movement. and his gamble has paid off. translationzli hope that in a fortnight, i will become your president. his supporters believe the rest of the country will now rally around him. this is his first election. the french people still hardly know him. he is now the favourite to become the next president of this country. marine le pen, the leader of front national, will fight him in the final round. she won more votes than the party has ever won before. she matched her father's achievement 13 years ago in reaching a presidential run—off. father's achievement 13 years ago in reaching a presidential run-off. the french people must take this historic opportunity, beca

mr. macron but the people have not so we should wait for people to express themselves. am telling you, they will probably prepare a very big surprise to the oligarchs. >> macron heads to le pen territory wednesday, campaigning in the north of france. genie: emmanuel macron seems to be making up for last -- lost time. claire williams as following team macron. --le is in this spot line spotlight as it is the home of emmanuel macron and the home of whirlpool. they announce they will be closing that factory and moving to poland, and today marine le pen showed up by surprise. why is it such an important stop? claire: there is some rival campaigning going on in the same town today. emmanuel macron behind me at the chamber of congress and at the same time down the road, marine le pen is that the whirlpool factory. we know the pair have radically different economic programs. marine le pen has always championed protectionism, france first, whereas emmanuel macron wants france to engage with the global economy. a spokesperson earlier said emmanuel macron's line is that you cannot

emmanuel macron and marine le pen also attended that ceremony. 0n policy — mr macron, is an advocateever wants france to reintroduce border controls and to deport all foreigners on the terror watch—list. when you left paris yesterday to what extent was this playing into the final round of the election. what extent was this playing into the final round of the electionlj think the final round of the election.” think terror will come into the debate quite strongly next week when they sit down for this televised debate on wednesday. last night actually marine le pen stood away from the national front, actually marine le pen stood away from the nationalfront, she actually marine le pen stood away from the national front, she stood down as their president. i can see why she did it, but i think the problem for her if she is synonymous with the national front brand. the pen name is synonymous with that. but she is trying to stand as presidential candidate rather than national front candidate. i presidential candidate rather than nationalfront candidate. i looked at some opinion poll figures

mr. macron down was want to say, so much of the battle. playing her pen is own strategic games. yesterday, she announced she is simple rarely stepping down as head of the far right national front and this is seen as being the move to try to embrace a wider range of potential voters ahead of the may 7 runoff. a lot of strategic moves happening on all aside. >> thank you very much bring you can check out this episode of the campaign beat on her website, france24.com/en. we will give you more updates day to day until the crucial runoff between macron and le pen on sunday, may 7. time for the business update. i am joined by brian quinn. you are starting out with legal woes for france's largest carmaker. >> peugeot is reportedly under investigation by french authorities on suspicion of emissions test she departed the consumer watchdog industry sit at the case to prosecutors after getting a trove of documents last year. it is the latest carmaker to be investigating after volkswagen which came to light in 2015. catherine clifford has details. >> following the road will travel to buy vo

mr. macron. it will be like cuba without sun, venezuela without oil. you have the choice between thatcher and i have chosen the best of the left and the right and even the center. i am ready, with you by my side, bridget. >> some love for his wife. our reporter claire williams was at that rally. she spoke to a lot of macron supporters who said they are worried about the surge that jean-luc melenchon has been seeing in the polls. all, to get the choice only between extreme right and extreme left, that is my first concern. i am comfortable for the future, even if we don't win, we have already done a lot of things. i am quite happy with what we had done in a year. i am very worried about the is, in at the thing meeting like this, it shows that people are really supporting. melenchon is a very good speaker. i am sure that when it is the moment to vote, people will realize macron is the only one that has the right program. >> far right leader marine le pen also held a rally in paris yesterday. she has been upping the tone in the home stretch. >> she certain

mr. macron , that's the smell of hard work. >> i came at the time i thought was right. uporter: the candidate ended spending an hour talking to workers, broadcasting it live on facebook. by the time he shook their hands to say goodbye, the boos had slightly subsided. laura: emmanuel macron claire williams has been following emmanuel macron throughout the day. he's now giving a speech at a rally. what's happening right now? isorter: emmanuel macron not farind me speaking, from the town where he was earlier in the day and the town where he grew up. this is national front territory. even though he is from here, this is very much a marine le pen stronghold. he has not managed to win hearts and minds here just yet. what he has been telling the crowds in last few minutes is that he's the alternative am a real candidate, the candidate with right formula for france and his mix of left and right wing is what the country needs. he says don't believe marine le pen when she says she has your best interests at heart. she was born into money, born into politics, born into the politic

mr. macron is not a patriot in any way at all. he is a hysterical, radical 'europeanist.' or total open borders. >> reporter: sunday's opening round saw a 78% turnout: macron won 24% of the vote. le pen followed with 21%, while conservative francois fillon finished with 20%. and far-left candidate jean-luc melenchon had 19. this was the scene last night in paris as news of macron's first- place finish reached his supporters. and this was the countdown to the final round in le pen's headquarters in the northern french rustbelt town of henin beaumont. national front supporters had been expecting her to take first place, and hid their disappointment, chanting we will win. >> ( translated ): it's the mobilization of the people, and she's been fighting for the same cause for years, defending the people, marine will be president. >> reporter: several times the front supporters burst into the marseillaise, the french national anthem. campaign staffer mikael sala resents accusations that the party is racist and insists that le pen can be president for french people of all ethniciti

mr. macron? does he look at how to unite a divided country? does he think about how he will deal with the parliamentary elections coming up so shortly? let's go to paris, with francine lacqua, who has been up all night watching what has been going on. an extraordinary night, a 39-year-old with very little political history, now the front runner. francine, what next for mr. macron? what does he have to do? francine: you are absolutely right. when you take pause about what happened last night, it is unprecedented. a 39-year-old, unknown to the french people. theer banker who became economy minister under francois hollande. he doesn't even have party banking. i would say what's crucial -- watch the polls. he has been pulling about 60%, 62% against marine le pen in the second round. let's see if there is any movement on the polls and let's see how he campaigns, whether he goes for a dirty campaign, or whether he plays more neutral. after all, so many political analysts are saying with marine le pen there is a clear plateau. it's unlikely if not im

mr macron faces the far—right leader marine le pen in the presidential run—off.e unions and fight for working people. only labour will deliver for working people, small businesses and our most vulnerable people. none of the rest would even think of these type of policies. a man has been arrested over the death of an ex—royal navy officer who was hit as his car was stolen from outside his home in manchester. a 21—year—old is being held on suspicion of murder and is due to be questioned. two men have appeared in court charged in connection with an alleged acid attack a nightclub in east london. more than 20 people were injured, including two who lost sight in one eye. all the latest sports news. will perry has the details. newcastle united can be promoted back to the premier league at the first time of asking tonight if they beat preston in the championship at stjames' park. brighton have already secured their place in the top flight next season but rafa benitez‘s side have had a dip in form taking just a single point from their last three games. the other teams ha

mr. macron will mean france will increasingly be swamped from immigrants. this election therefore, asks the french people on mass immigration. mass immigration stop or more. >> stop brought back several how to supporters brought back chants of "this is our home." >> this is our very last chance to see france re-establish our greatness and save our judeo christian civilization. >> nice is symbolic for her party because it is where 86 people were killed in a terrific attack last july but some voters resent her tactics. >> i think it's appalling to try and benefit from such attacks when she says with me, nothing like this would have never appened. >> when it comes to security, i'm not afraid. you have to get by. marine la pen does not impress me. i won't vote for her. >> le pen is also calling voters across the country who opted for ar lest candidate on april 23. he gained around 20% of the vote but he hadn't pledge support for her rival, macron. molly: emmanuel macron is urging voters to back him. he went on national television to warn against low turnout in

mr. macron had onlookers behind the core is only to press were allowed near.itical gloves are off for both candidates. this is the fight of their professional lives. they need to win voters outside their traditional support base to make it to the top. who can pull it off? i plan to abstain this man told us. i don't like either of the candidates. >> for the second round, i will vote for macron, even if i don't want him as a president. i want him more than marine le pen. reporter: and france's political establishment, including its current president, has urged all voters to do the same. right would deeply divided france. it was stigmatized fill out fellow citizens because of their religions are backgrounds. it would undermine liberty and the republic. reporter: aware of her party's divisive reputation, marine le pen had a surprise announcement tonight. said she was stepping aside as president of the national front to run for president of all of france. emmanuel macron still has a race to win. this is an all or nothing campaign for both candidates. in true french