does marine le pen share those views? i don't think marine le pen is anti—semitic.these people. if she doesn't share their views, and she is trying to detoxify the brand, why would she keep them around? i have absolutely no explanation, rational explanation, because rationally speaking, she should have fired them. because they are very radical people. the explanation, it seems is — follow the money. if you look through the accounts for the front national‘s campaigns, you'll find thousands of receipts. but what's weird is that so many of them are from just one company. it's called riwal and its director is frederic chatillon. the front national told us mr chatillon is nothing to do with the party, that riwal is just a supplier of campaign materials: posters, leaflets, websites and smartphone apps. but the authorities have been investigating. the first element of this investigation is the role that riwal is playing with front national. according to french justice, riwal is acting like a bank. prosecutors say the front national, riwal and frederic chatillon have been c

for marine le pen to win? >> well, i think you can ask the question or state the point that the trump white house may perhaps be careful about what it's wishing for. there are clearly intingtive and philosophical similarities between the mode of politics pursued by marine le pen and that pursued by donald trump and the election, but at the same time she's very clearly anti-eu. if she were to have a referendum take france out of the european union and collapse the european union, that would cause chaos in the western world. marine le pen has been very critical of nato. >> as has donald trump. >> he was saying that noito was obsolete, now changed his tune on that perhaps because he realizes the consequence of a weakening nato in terms of the western world and u.s. security. so i think that in terms of the long-term multidecade political and international interests of the united states and the stability of the western world, perhaps a macron victory would be seen as preferable by many people in washington. we've

thene le pen, she is on side of trunk, put in. trudeau. the new >> just a quick add-on to a alexis has said. this is one of her disadvantages, she is europe. and the euro. the french so want the eurozone. even though europe cannot them they do not want to leave the eu. and youushes for this can see in the run-up to the first round she started actually diminishing the references to the eu and the euro. given the idea that maybe these weren't actually. now she is going to be forced into this by the most you -- pro-european candidates which will be a real disadvantage to her. she will have to push for something that the french in the majority are not in favor of. seen a number of leading conservative politicians lending their support for emmanuel macron. we've also seen the socialist prime minister formally call for socialist voters to support emmanuel macron. candidate, very close to the current president or loans. -- francois hollande -- >> a ready argument to marine le pen. all system is against a. emmanuel macron since -- says he is not t

-- over marine le pen. the euro sores on the news that manual macron is through to the second round. the u.s. defense secretary following friday's deadly taliban attack and scores of inhan soldiers were killed the worst attack on armed forces in years. first, all loads have been counted following yesterday's first round presidential election in france. the final result go as follow, the centrist candidates emmanuel macron came first with 24% of the votes. he was followed by the national front candidate marine le pen. the conservative candidate with just over 20% and just behind him, jean-luc melenchon. the socialist party candidate picked up just over 6%. mainstream politicians have been calling on voters to keep the far right out of power. thelatest to do so is outgoing francois hollande, who is urging voters to back emmanuel macron against le pen. hollande says a victory for le pen will spell disaster for france. vote dealt a crushing blow to the french political classes. both of the main two parties were

a realof all, make why macron is different than real le pen.en.rine le has a more protectionist way of seeing france's future. they really want to push the image that is absent of what macron wants to do. he wants to engage. >> we heard from le pen earlier today. says he is weak on islamist terrorism. likely to focus a little more on security in the next couple of weeks? only 30inly, macron had years of political experience. he is a to prove reassuring head of state. he said after the attack, the next best day on friday, the campaign,f campaigning two rallies to stay in paris and said i am ready to be the next president of france and deal with this and keep the french people safe. got to show that as a 39-year-old with only four years of political experience that he is able to keep fresh people safe because that is an important factor in the campaign. >> thank you very much, claire williams. catherine nicholson is on the campaign trail in northern france and joins us now. le pen visited the market this morning. go there today? -- why did you ch

le pen has two mp's. there will be an enormous rocky ride from now on. >> we're going to have to interject to cross to emmanuel macron's rally. i imagine a lot of energy behind you. >> absolutely. a bunch of people behind me absolutely ecstatic. they know there is a very good chance emmanuel macron will be the next president of chance. still more campaigning to go but they are pretty confident. there is one thing they need to think about. you can hear them shouting macon, macon. but there are parliamentary elections that come up in june in france and macon does not have his own political party. 14,000 people has said -- there's lots of interest. emmanuel macron certainly is a happy, confident man tonight. even if it becomes the next president he also has to think about the parliamentary elections which happen in june. >> thank you. as we're speaking, some reactions are coming up from french politicians, especially on the conservative side. candidatepublican francois fillon, he says the result is an earthq

—— a0% to marine le pen? it is not the party of marine le pen's father.hich has left the race —— raci5m and 80 705 —— anti—semitic vi5ion. stefan simons from der spiegel, agnes poirier, thank you forjoining us. and there is more a course on our website. including live updates and the latest developments. just go to bbc.com/news. we will be back with more. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought they would actually go through with it. some places have already had nearly as much rain as they would normally expect in an entire year. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning next wednesday 5itting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe. hello. deal with bbc news. i'm sally bundock. —— you are with. the latest headlines: the centrist, emmanue

le pen wants to close it off..oth candididates consider themselves patriots. >> in teedo weeks, i want to become your president. -- in two weeks, i want to become your president. >> the president of all of france, the president of threat ofagainst the nationalists. >> i call on all sincere patriots, wherever they may be from, however they may have voted in the first round, to join me. versus l le pen -- which sort of patriotism will french ?oters choose peter: both claiming to be the patriot, the representative of the true french people. who is the true patriot? prove that theto word patriotism has become totally empty. this is interesting because it is not about who is a patriot. it is about nationalist investors, globalization. the question is about who can deliver on promises. i think it should become obvious observing the world that it is no longer possible to put up trade barriers, to have a nationalist trade, immigration and so on policy in the globalized world as today. you can do it five years, 10 years, bu

fall a pen, the economic programme is very blurry. —— for marine le pen.o not like globalisation and the fact we do not have a nationalist boys in our country. that is gathering strength across europe. -- voice. yes, and noble study did not happen in holland. they did not make that much progress. in germany, the far right has split up two days ago. so, i think, that is the shock of wrecks it. i do not believe it is true that we europeans, actually, are condemned to go through such a wave of populism. again, i think, whatever the final score of macron tonight may be, it is an extraordinary positive phenomenon, ina extraordinary positive phenomenon, in a sense that again he has been promoting europe, he has been promoting europe, he has been promoting optimism, as opposed to what marine le pen has been saying. it is complicated to compare this vote with the brexit vote. some elements are familiar. it is a vote of pessimism. people who were left behind. it is also a very different type of consultation. it is the type of election that french people are used to

, even ifarine le pen she won aot win, big part tonight. that might decide to join the marine le pen depending on what she will say in two weeks, and after that. reminder for viewers. it is not a: 30 in the french capital, and we have a clear 8:30 in the french capital, and we have a clear picture. polling stations have closed. emmanuel macron coming in first at 23.7%. at 21.7%.pen stand at roughly 19.5%, the other candidates. these figures will change. we will cross to fillon who is speaking. fillon: i would like to thank all those who have supported me. i would like to express my gratitude. i will never forget this. on the occasion of the elections, they will have another opportunity to express the views of their right in the center. united, remain determined.

marine le pen on 2i.7%. francois fillon is on i9.8% pen on 2i.7%.c melenchon, the far left candidate on i9.2%. the real sorry story of the evening is the socialist party. look at that. down there at barely 7%. the same party as the serving president, president francois hollande, who was not able to stand. the most unpopular president by some margin. with these margins, we can assume that macron and marine le pen will be fighting in the second round, a week on sunday. they are not conceding, not just yet. week on sunday. they are not conceding, notjust yet. i can also introduce you to the editor of the right leading cause magazine. let me just ask you, since you have been waiting. we talk to you a few days ago about what people would make in this election. what will they make of the final result now that marine le pen is into the second round? we have known that marine le pen would be into the second round of the elections. it is not a surprise for anyone. her party has not won the last two elections. the european elections or she has been in the lan

and le pen, i mean, she got two mps. so there is going to be an enormous rocky ride from now on. >> okay. we're just going to have to interject because we are going to cross to claire williams who is at emmanuel macron's rally there at the headquarters. claire, i can imagine lots of energy behind you. [cheers and applause] >> absolutely. i mean, a bunch of people behind me are absolutely ecstatic. they know now that there's a very good chance that emanueling macron will be the next president of france. not a done deal, two more weeks of campaigning to go, but they're pretty confident. there is one thing we need to think about, you can hear them behind me, they're very confident. but the parliamentary elections up in may, and he does not have a party. 14,000 people across the country have said they would like to see a candidate, so there's lot of interest, but there'll be newcomers to politics. emmanuel macron, certainly he's a happy, confident man today, but he's also got to think about the parliamentary elections which

jean marie le pen. the two no longer speak. she's more aligned with her niece, the also highly polarizing politician, marion marchel le pen, who we interviewed last year in paris. marion marchel le pen: i would remind you that france is europe's leading exporter of isis soldiers, which underlines a malaise. don't bury your head in the sand. the areas with the higher immigration rates are the areas with the strongest insecurities. this immigration policy has failed. scott: the recent spate of terror attacks in paris and across europe, and the sometimes chaotic environment brought by an influx of refugees, has created a perfect storm from which le pen so eloquently strikes a chord with the fed up french voters. marine le pen: the democratic uprising of people is happening, in the u.s. and great britain and italy, in india, and eventually, everywhere in the world. patriots are speaking the same language. scott: she promotes the idea of closed borders. you think that's a good idea? >> many problems with borders because many immigra

it's all measures we know from marine le pen.aking advantage of what happened yesterday to convince maybe some voters that she's the best bet against terror. you heard the political analysts before saying the bulk of the front national voters are already in there. so whether she will be in -- whether she will be in capacity to attract more voters after the terror attacks, we have unfortunately become accustomed to in france, since it's repeatedly happened to france since 2015, whether she will be able to grab more voters because she does this kind of marshal declaration remains to be seen. as you know, the favorite is still emanuel macron. can the event of yesterday impact him? that's also a question because it's true that he appears less experienced, you know, and quite new. he's 39. is he able to face this kind of threat on our territory? that's a question that maybe people in the secrecy of the polling vote will ask themselves. maybe they will choose to go to fillon. because fillon has been in politics for 30 years. also older

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 the second round saying it helps his opponents. macron is ahead of le pen in the polls by some 20%. speaking on the french channel, he described two visions of france. >> the one who must unite the republican camp. i am the one who must create unity in a fractured france in the face of mrs. le pen who carries a vision of the offend that we have known since all these years. i unfortunately grew up with a french political landscape marked by her party, the party of hate, intolerance and a smaller france. it's a clear opposition between two offers that rebuild french political life. on the one hand, progressism and nationalism. molly: the fatah party called for a day of rage

december marine le pen. only two mps in parliament. for sure, december marine le pen.arliament. forsure, here december marine le pen. only two mps in parliament. for sure, here are two candidates will have to make alliances with mainstream to secure alliances with mainstream to secure a majority in parliament, to be able to govern and fast uniforms that they are talking about. now, it is interesting to see that already, francois fillon, the candidate of the republicans who lost in the first round, has said he will vote for emmanuel macron against marine le pen. and most mainstream politicians have also charged supporters to do the same. —— urged. budget year some of the most conservative voices in the republican side saying, actually, i wa nt to republican side saying, actually, i want to vote against emmanuel macron andi want to vote against emmanuel macron and i will vote for marine le pen. whether she will be able to gather enough of these voices and momentum... she is in a much stronger position than her father was 15 years ago when he went to the second—round agai

marine le pen is strong here.eople say they are tired and fed up of voting for the left and not getting anything out of it so they switched to the national front. macron is trying to counter that and we have le pen down the road. >> thank you so much. news coming in that emmanuel macron will be heading to the whirlpool factory, perhaps on wednesday, so we will be giving you the updates. genie: thanks again. let's wrap up on a lighter note. journalists have tracked down a young man who is the spitting image of emmanuel macron. florence: he is 24 years old, rides a moped, and his mother thinks he looks like emmanuel macron. a funny report about this young who apparently is being stopped in the [music] announcer: dhaka, capital of bangladesh. . there are already 13 million people here. that is set to almost double in the next decade, making this city one of the most densely populated places on earth. all these people are coming to dhaka because their rural homes are being destroyed. atiq: bangladesh is the front line

le pen wanted to close them.e there we re incredibly close. and where there were those jazzers, that had affected the market. the right knocked out. we talk about the conservatives, the centre right, rosati on, not the far right. the french are right was by francois fillon. -- french are right was by francois fillon. —— francois fillon. this was jacques chirac‘s party. they have beenin jacques chirac‘s party. they have been in power since 1958. this is not just been been in power since 1958. this is notjust been viewed as an electoral blow? the right has disappeared and thatis blow? the right has disappeared and that is the republican party. so now we have two unknown entities. emmanuel macron is young. his editor and 40 this year. he does not have a party. so it is a complete renewal of the political class, really, that we go to see in the next two months. and marine le pen, caused a we know her. —— he is going to turn 40. this was a link that she inherited from her father. she was a link that she inherited from

that was jean marie le pen. marine le pen's father.off against jacques chirac. 82%, and le pen, 18%. that's why the market is confident something similar will happen this time. but in the first round, turnout was low, 71%. and this time, 82%. and jean marie le pen got 16%. marine le pen's chances are better than her father's in 2002. and there are important runoff differences. most notably, le pen is far right. macron is center left. and a big party with a big base, lots of support. buckling together various coalitions. and macron is an independent. he has his 23% so far. but can he grab other coalitions? clearly, the market is taking confidence from that, expecting various other parties to vote for macron. but jean-luc melenchon has not endorsed macron. mr. fillon has. last night, 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 becau

we have been hearing from marine le pen.e survival of friends is at stake here. the front nationale has only reached the second round was before. —— front. —— national. one country, one electorate, two very different faces. france has chosen change but of what sort? emmanuel macron was once called the champagne bubble, with no previous experience and no established party, he would, critics said, pop very quickly. vive la france! instead, he brought in those disillusioned with france's traditional parties. his liberal, pro—europe policy is attracting voters from both right and left. but voters from right and left also chose marine le pen, who wants everything emmanuel macron does not: leave the euro, slash immigration, and clamp down on free trade. her support has been the steadiest in this election, barely changing from months ago. so why was this result so hard to call? william and his sister helene had no idea who they would vote for today, even as they walked to their local polling station. they were not alone, almost a q

because marine le pen came. he changes with the wind. >> we don't expect anything from him. >> emmanuel macron is intelligent. does he stand for the factory workers? it's time for him to prove it. it's 2017. he needs to take care of whirlpool. >> many here are resigned to the fact that the american electrical goods giant will relocate the factory to poland. with the election fast approaching, it seems centrist globalist macron still has a way to go before convincing france's factory workers he's on their side. >> the european parliament has begun proceedings to lift marine le pen's immunity over misused funds. they believe the fake jobs scandal has cost themem nearly 5 million euro's. accocording to one s source thet of the scandal which involves the employment of assistance and bodyguards has risen considerably after new information was revealed. for the very latest we can cross live to brussels with meabh mcmahon. what can you tell us about this story? we can tell you that the form of protest has begun to -- h

ms le pen said that it was time to liberate the french people.as 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.

that is what marine le pen will be attacking. national is livid whether it is francois fillon, the centre—right candidates saying he would vote macron and he is asking people to vote against marine le pen. the euro has gained a bit in value. there was concern about the integrity of the european union if it were to be marine le pen who wins. of course also she is completely eurosceptic. the idea that there could be a breaking up of the year union. eurosceptic against europhile railing. a crucial election for france. it is not over. there is a second round on the 7th of may. it would seem to be at is all there for mr macron. there are two weeks to go. let's see what happens. 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 tensio

now, le pen was the leader of the far right front national. but she's announced that she is stepping down from that position. both macron and le pen face each other in the final round in just two weeks. let's take a look at the official results from the poll on sunday. now, final voting figures show that the pro-e.u. candidate, macron, won 24% of the vote. you can see, he was followed by marine le pen of the anti-immigration front national, with 21.3%. 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

the second, marine le pen, because she was the candidate of anger.emotions. and more profoundly, because the two traditional political parties that have been leading france for the last decade, both collapsed. after months of uncertainty, france has opted for two different futures. hope or anger, free trade protectionism, eu member or not. all that stands in the way of power is one more vote. another of our correspondents thomas fessy says the result could be a pivotal moment in french politics. we have seen the meltdown of traditional parties tonight and i think that the result shows a clear distrust in the ruling political class and a desire for change. but, as you say, two very different visions on the table. on the one hand we have emmanuel macron, a pragmatic person who wants to push for deeper european integration in favour of international trade deals and who wants to push liberal economy reforms in france. on the other hand we have marine le pen who is all about protectionism, who wants to put france and the french first, with whom foreigners

marine le pen oi’ president of france. marine le pen or macron.s other news. it's been confirmed that a us citizen has been arrested in north korea as tensions in the region remain high. the korean—american man, identified only by his surname kim, was held on friday at pyongyang airport. two other us citizens, a pastor and a college student, who were detained last year are also being held. they were found guilty of what north korea calls subversive acts against the country. the bbc‘s steve evans is in south korea. we are told that he is in his 50s, an academic with a us passport he spent some time in china. he was in north korea for about one month helping with relief projects. there are actually quite a lot of foreigners who go to north korea and the deal is always that they do not get involved, for example, in christian missionary work. so some of the people who are arrested for foul of that. with this particular gentleman, we simply do not know what the true situation is. we do not know if he is simply been stopped at the airport on his way out

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

including marine le pen.was 20 years ago or is it a different party? it is different but the difference is, it is the continuing story. and personally ijoined the national front in 2013, which is not too long ago. but marine le pen was there when she was aged 18, 30 years ago. so you can see why some people, and you must have come across this, some peoplejust think of this party as fascist, you have moved a long way but your vote share has only grown by 3%. you have a lot more to do. you know, parties involved, the kind of accusation that the party is nationalists does not stick. the french know that it is not the truth. because what marine le pen stands for is patriotism. she says what makes this country great or made it great is that france had the ability to make french are people coming from anywhere around the world. we lost that somewhere along the way because of the sheer number we cannot take in so many people any more. so we have to reduce the number of migrants to make sure that france has this abil

——jean marie le pen. it is a bit different, now.xtreme difficult her to gather and to rally voters around her. because the reality of french politics is such that the voters usually unite and try to block a far—right vote in the run—off. try to block a far—right vote in the run-off. ok, thomas. we will have two watch and wait. thomas fessy there in paris. you're watching newsday on the bbc. live from singapore in london. still to come on the programme: forget about faster, higher, stronger. what about older, tougher? stay with us to see these asian performers. —— aged. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought they would actually go through with it. some places have already had nearly as much rain as they would normally expect in an entire year. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon —— for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning next w

marine le pen will dispute that.she promised a real fight in the second round. translation: what i have to offer is a big change, a fundamental change, a new way of doing politics. new faces in power and the renewal that you have been waiting for. marine le pen won more votes than her party has ever got before. her supporters believe that she can beat macron. the choice is clear, macron is for globalisation, marine le pen is for a renewed france. we have a clear political choice and i believe in these two weeks we will be able to explain that and that marine le pen will gather the patriotic vote. her first stop this morning was a market in northern france. opinion polls suggest that she starts the run—off well behind emmanuel macron. marine le pen will want to make it a referendum on patriotism, on europe, on globalism. she is trying to repeat a little bit the american campaign. trump versus clinton. the capital, here cleaning anti—le pen graffiti, is already preparing for the second round. in two weeks' time france

right—winger marine le pen.after projections confirmed the first round results, emmanuel macron said his job would be to become president for the whole country. he called for everyone to rally against the nationalists in the second round. in her speech after the result was announced, ms le pen said that it was time to liberate the french people. the losing centre—right and socialist left candidates said they were now switching their allegiance to mr macron. venezuela's president nicolas maduro says he wants new talks with the opposition to try and solve the political crisis. he's invited the vatican and international observers to return to the country to oversee the discussions. and then there were two — the final candidates for the french presidency have been chosen but what economic challenges will the winnerface? we talk you through what's at stake. and 10,000 times stronger than the real thing — we take a look at an artificial sun in germany and what it means for energy supply. welcome to world business repo

that's with macron and le pen moving on. that's exactly what the marketing were looking for. >> exactly. >> despite the fact we're seeing in baked in the cake, we didn't see the nightmare scenario happening in the market of marine le pen and macron moving on to the second round. that removed the threat of a frexit. >> i didn't think that almost everything was 10% higher in terms of the gainers. when we looked at the gainers this morning, that was the picture. >> the question is will we see profit taking the first thing tomorrow morning. anyway, let's have a look at futures. dow jones seen up by 202 points. s&p 500 seen up by 27. and nasdaq seen rallying to the tune of 57 points. the picture here in europe is very similar. we're seeing outperformance. heavy outperformance in the cac 40 in paris. and xetra dax higher to 2.26%. and the ftse in italy, a proxy for nervousness in the eurozone up by 3.7%. i do want to tell you it's the banking stocks really taking the lead today good given that, the concerns about brexit around the

so marine le pen facing an uphill battle.e also had a snap survey from the likes of opinion pollster, and they are predicting emmanuel macron, if the second round would take place today, and emmanuel macron we get 62% and the pen would get 38%. marine le pen is in with a challenge from here on in. how do we view this outcome? you have both establishment parties out of the first round voting, but it is also a vote against populism. [please stand by] votingreporter: the establishmt politicians here in france and also the wider eurozone and the european union are drawing a sigh of relief this evening. this is probably the best result they could have hoped for out of this election with emmanuel macron being the favorite. this is a clear break in the past with traditional parties or the candidates from the parties , the firsted out election round. it is either or here. haidi: all right, thank you so much. tracking that extended -- extraordinary count of the first round of french elections from paris. let's look at the markets reac

marine le pen will dispute that.lfight in her victory rally she promised a real fight in the second round. what i have to offer is a big change, a fundamental change, a new way of doing politics. new faces in power and the renewal you have been waiting for. marine le pen won more votes tha n waiting for. marine le pen won more votes than her party has ever got before. her supporters believe she can beat emmanuel macron. the choice is very clear. macron is for globalisation and marine le pen for a renewed france. during these two weeks we will be able to explain that and marine will gather the patriotically vote. her first stop this morning was a market in northern france. opinion polls suggest she starts the run—off well behind mr macron. marine le pen will wa nt to behind mr macron. marine le pen will want to make it a referendum 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. i

marine le pen versus melenchon. marine le pen has trailed macron in every single opinion poll by 20 percentage points. and there it is. the spread. the 10 year yield. down now to the narrowest since the january. back in february, 79 basis points and today we are at 50. a relief rally. somee: somebody made money, that is for sure. and marine le pen -- they gear up for a runoff. that takes place may 7. joining us now from paris is caroline connan. how will they modify their messages? caroline: we actually learned a few minutes ago that there will be a debate between the two candidates, macron and le pen. that will happen next wednesday on may 3. so that will be four days before the runoff to the election. of course, in between, there will be some rallies. we heard from marine le pen that she will hold a rally on thursday. and the challenge now for marine le pen is to maintain her base beyond the 30% of the vote that she is expecting to get in the runoff. and whether she will manage or not to break the glass ceiling th

the blue is marine le pen.e 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 the situation and a growing

seems like he is the end with marine le pen. reporter followed his supporters in the northern town of data in a northern town. -- supporters in a northern town. >> and one of france's poorest -- says he25 polls went into politics to help the young. >> the youth are the worst hit by unemployment and economic crisis and social crisis in poor neighborhoods, they feel forgotten like these elections do not concern them. despite his promise of wealth redistribution and approved welfare, convicting young people to vote is not always easy. >> i voted for francois hollande in 2012 but people are disillusioned. you will a president but nothing changes. -- you elect a president, but nothing changes. .> voting did not interest me then i talked to my family and we decided to vote for mel enchon. putut -- we hope he will his policies into practice. >> yes they can over marine le pen for the battle for young people's votes. faced with poverty, apathy. >> this fight their best efforts, young people are not the only ones who feel frustrated. >>

pen, some people will not bother go voting.n if it's beyond, le pen, people will think. .. when jacques chirac was in the last one, people went to the left. to go and vote for him in order to keep the pen out of it. that's a different story though. she isa that's a different story though. she is a much better politician. we will talk about this again after the first round is after. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. you can of course comment on the programme on twitter @bbcshaunley. hello there. we've got a bit of a taste of winter for the new working week. the cold front is going south across the uk introducing colder conditions. so, through the week ahead, a chance of seeing wintry showers. gardeners, take note, also some frosty nights over the next few nights too. we are already seeing colder conditions moving in across scotland with sleet and snow showers, mostly over the high ground, but some wintry precipitation getting down to lower levels. further south across the uk, we

marine le pen -- we are obviously much nearer macron than le pen on that issue. but there are differences, for example, concerning labor laws. about other issues values, the sort of society we framen france, the way we and assert french identity -- the differences between emmanuel macron and our side are rather important. it does not mean there is no way to find a majority for a particular legislation in parliament. i think that can be found. but it does not indicate obviously there should be a coalition. francine: thank you so much for joining us. supporter fillon there. mark, i want to hand it back to you. i know we have some great guests coming up. we will look at what, but at what an emmanuel macron residency means for the markets and the banks. when mario draghi change the ecb's guidance earlier than expected and take a faster route toward tightening? ♪ francine: -- mark: mario draghi may take a faster route to monetary policy normalization than previously thought. rates or asset purchases are expected at thursday's meeting. most respondents to the bloomberg

why, why sign up with madam le pen?saying like trump did in the u.s., make france great again. she has a strong, really strong message. and she brings hope, more jobs, less immigration. >> reporter: sounds familiar, right? but in europe, that human tide of refugees from the middle east has made the immigration issue even more intense. le pen suggests immigration like this is dangerous, reminding voters of the constant threat of attacks like the massacre in paris almost two years ago now. we're in a special place. this bar is called labellee keep, the good team. the last time i was here, this was all shuttered. this is where one of the attacks on the horrible night of november 2015 happened. >> 20 person died here. 10 was in my life. >> reporter: gregory ridenberg was behind the bar when the terrorists opened fire. he cradled his former wife in his arms as she died. but even after experiencing the unimaginable, he is not a supporter of le pen who he sees as a fearmongerer. >> i cannot that happened here that night. and f

the young people are protesting by voting for marine le pen.left. but we have 25% unemployment for young people. these people are voting for the national front. taking that into account, if you put marine le pen in the second poke round, all the polls was a she loses. you say she can win. when i use my modelling which allowed me to predict trump, i also get marine le pen losing. however, what is very new today is the fact that in order to implement what has been chord the republican front, people have to do vote against for the challenger. but this time for many people to vote for the challenger is going to be rather high, if it will be macron fillon or melenchon, we have a substantial section of voters who have an aversion to all of those. there will be a strong dilemma, on the one hand they want to oppose marine le pen on the other, they would have to do to swallow a hugely bitter pearl. the point is, on the day any excuse would be good to stay home and forget to vote. so you are saying her vote is woakes solid, if she gets hers out, the othe

we'll vote for le pen. many of the supporters should go to le pen, but le pen should not be written off in the elections as future president of france. >> what do you see as the issues that will help influence voters now that it's down to two? >> well, immigration is certainly, as jim mentioned, is a key issue here in france. and particularly among le pen's voters and a whole raft of people who might have voted for fillon and other candidates. the french are very concerned about immigration. they're very concerned about foreigners within their midst. they're concerned about maintaining their borders in almost a trump-like fashion. they want border security for their country. in addition to that, they also want a france that is very much in its own mind a france, an important france, an important nation in itself rather than as part of a european union. as far as the united statess concerned, remember, le pen's been very close to vladimir putin in russia. she actually showed up during the campaign suddenly p

marine le pen defends her human rights campaign. some conservative party members don't one of brexit deal with the european union. don't want a brexit deal with the european union. ♪ a warm welcome to "bloomberg daybreak: europe" i'm anna edwards i'm joined today by -- matt: matt miller here in berlin. let's talk about what market expectation looks like heading into that meeting xi later thisand week. recovering the missile test and that gets people nervous politically that where the meeting goes and what the outcome could be. how nervous are markets? some of the reactions we've seen are the latest moves in the taiwanese tech companies. you might think that if we see a fallout in relations, the trading relationship between the united states and china, if that comes to blows in any way, we might see nervousness about holding tech companies based over in someone. but the market pricing seems to be having minimal impact. you can see they did fall off in the immediate aftermath of the vote to put donald trump in the white house, but sin

let's talk about marine le pen. is ita sign let's talk about marine le pen.e party that she ended up at the break she did? this is a bad result for her. she was up 2896. in the department or an regional elections, the second all go elections, the second all go elections, the second all go elections, the national front did much better so to get 21, 20 2% will be disappointing for her and she will not have any chance of winning in the second... absolutely no chance of winning? the success of the national front marine le pen is that and their values are in the french debate. in terms of electoral representation, actually getting into power, there have been a fire in many regards. if you like what happened to her father back in 2002, would you say resembled the second round? he was eliminated who got 82%, his rival? people generally expecting marie le pen to do much better but still not triumphed over emmanuel macron. she will not win, she will get somewhere in the 305. she will get some 5upporter5 she will get somewhere in the 305. she will get some supporters a

madam le pen wants out of the cue. madam le pen wants out of the euro, she‘s anti—big business too.ages that marine le pen will be chasing throughout her presidential campaign. her intended message — she‘s a woman of the people. while her political rival, emmanuel macron, is a remote parisian elitist. last night‘s election showed a divided france. marine le pen did well in the north and south—east, areas with high unemployment and low wages. emmanuel macron dominated in wealthy areas and large cities like paris and bordeaux, where his probusiness, pro—eu liberal platform resonates. emmanuel macron was in paris today, keen to display his statesmanlike credentials, remembering victims of mass killings in armenia. and while his rival hugged and kissed her way through the crowds today, mr macron had onlookers behind cordons, only the press allowed 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. who can pull it off? translation: i plan to abstain. i

i want him more than marine le pen.orter: 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 style, this promises to be passionate and dramatic. am: i caught up with katya little earlier in paris. a new political landscape in france. let's start with marine le pen, standing down from the national front. is that temporary? reporter: she put it more in terms of stepping aside rather than stepping down. there are reports that if she doesn't make it to the top political job in france, she wil