, philippe poutou, thank— valerie pecresse, philippe poutou, thank you — valerie pecresse, philippe poutouhose once again, to have applauded them, i appreciate — again, to have applauded them, i appreciate that. because from the beginning — appreciate that. because from the beginning and for always, we defend our convictions with strength but respecting all others' convictions, thank— respecting all others' convictions, thank you — respecting all others' convictions, thank you for that. i know the disappointment of candidates whose names— disappointment of candidates whose names and all those who support them and their— names and all those who support them and their voters. our democracy asks all those _ and their voters. our democracy asks all those who believe in their ideas to defend — all those who believe in their ideas to defend them with strength and i appreciate that. and i thank also anne _ appreciate that. and i thank also anne hidalgo, who from this evening has said _ anne hidalgo, who from this evening has said that they will support me in the _ has said that they will support

conservative candidate for les republicains, valerie pecresse, is onjust 5.0 per cent.me the honour of qualifying in the second _ translation: has given me the honour of qualifying in the second round - of qualifying in the second round against the outgoing president. it gives me the right to say to all those french who have voted for me, i am eternally grateful and bear the responsibility. i see hope that our country can come back into balance. the french had to clear between two opposite divisions for france, justice and disorder courtesy of macron or they can bring together a socialjustice macron or they can bring together a social justice and macron or they can bring together a socialjustice and protection, the nation of the people. those who didn't vote for macron believe in our division of france i want to congratulate all those that i have stayed loyal and respectful of others so that we can create a sovereign france and i believe this can happen on the 21st of april. i have decided in this campaign to be free of partisan politics and to support all french and ta

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

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

were such people as skaldygul jacques chirac nicolas sarkozy 5% - this is a complete failure and valery pecressgives these 5% of his own, too, but either to the macron. well, the third place, uh, is gian luc melenchon. he has more than twenty percent. this is a representative of the left, unconquered france, and in many respects , his supporters will go to vote, and his victory in the second round will depend in many respects. and after the announcement of the results , he went on stage and said that he urged not to give a single vote to marina lepin and, uh, not admit her to the elysee palace. here are his words. now it's up to you. but we know exactly who we will never vote for the french understand what to do next you should not give a single vote for madame le pen thus, despite all the polls, it is essentially repeated, yes, the duel in the second round between macron and le pen but , uh, given the votes of jeanne the cradle of melashovina, it turns out that the same political barrier is formed, as in 2017, when all parties unite with the sole purpose of not letting in, the elysee palace. m

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

conservative candidate for les republicains, valerie pecresse, is onjust 5.0 per cent. are projected to have gone to electoral novice and hardline nationalist, eric zemmour. of the six other candidates in the race two — nathalie arthaud and philippe poutou — are projected to have won less than one per cent of the votes. president macron reached out to all voters and called on french citizens to block the far right in the second round. translation: i invite solemnly all of my citizens, whatever your beliefs and whatever your choices translation: i invite solemnly all of my citizens, whatever your beliefs and whatever your choices in the first round, to join us. some will do it to build a wall against the extreme right. i am fully aware that that might not be the support of our particular project but i respected, but i know that is the choice ofjean—luc melenchon. but here i want to say and thank their clarity and their response to them to make sure they cannot pass or come through, not to allow the extreme right to come through. but in this moment, decisive moment, for t

was elected, there's more than all of us and it's france that ended the race for republicans valery pecresseme, the company has lost all credit of trust. and in the end, she was not even able to overcome the five percent barrier that allows the state to compensate pre-election spending on the face of the elephant of the traditional political structure of france, which used to be dominated by two large parties, the republicans, the face of which was longer, rak and sarkozy and the socialists among them belonged to the miteteran for two. in the first round. they barely got 6% of the vote, obviously this result is a disappointment, both for me and for all of us, i take full responsibility for this defeat in the lead emmanuel macron he has yes twenty- eight percent and 2 weeks to convince of the french to entrust the country for the next 5 years to him over the next 15 days, spare no effort, because nothing has ended yet. let's be humble determined and let's convince everyone on april 24th. we will be able to make a choice in favor of the new french european. epochs. so far, no fewer than five o

valery pecress. over time, the company has lost all credit of trust. and in the end, she was not even able to overcome the five percent barrier, which allows the state to compensate for the election expenses for a person with a scrap of the traditional political structure of france, which was previously dominated by two large parties, republicans, the face of which was less than rak and sarkozy and the socialists, among them was a meteran for two. in the first round. they barely hit 6% obviously this result is a disappointment for me and for all of us and i take full responsibility for this defeat in the lead emmanuel macron, he has over 28% and 2 weeks to to convince the french to entrust the country to him for the next 5 years within the next 15 days. spare no effort, because nothing is over yet. let's let's be modest and determined and let's convince everyone on april 24th. we will be able to make a choice in favor of the new french european. epochs. so far, no fewer than five of macron's former rivals have agreed to help balance power. now it's not

you don't -- you were an advisor early to valerie pecresse. she is not doing well in the polls.ere chance le pen will win? >> she was running very small business, unfortunately, like any campaign, -- you have triage. at the end of the day, if you look at the platform right now, start talking to the french people. francine: -- >> i think she is narrowing the gap. you got a real injection of emmanuel macron's of movement. on the other hand, my comes to the economy, everything in recent days has been focused on the question of inflation. the candidates are not treating that. in shrewdly, she made -- straightforward measures. [sirens and background] francine: [inaudible] can emmanuel macron come back from this? unclear from a market point of view, how le pen finds her high spending campaign if she gets elected. >> look at everything, -- it is interesting, the regulation measures, [indiscernible] >> the issue for macron, he is the incumbent. [indiscernible] he has a really tried to cure the element plaguing the french government over the past five years. is it too late? we will see.

menchelon, gets 20.1 per cent of projected votes.conservative candidate for les republicains, valerie pecresse per cent. and 7.2 per cent of votes are projected to have gone to electoral novice and hardline nationalist, eric zemmour. of the six other candidates in the race two — nathalie arthaud and philippe poutou — are projected to have won less than one per cent of the votes. an extraordinarily bad night for the socialists. marine le pen addressed her supporters at her campaign headquarters in the 12th arrondissement a short while ago and says she sees hope. translation: the french clearly had to choose between two opposite visions of france, either division, injustice and disorder, courtesy of macron, orthey injustice and disorder, courtesy of macron, or they can choose bringing together the french around social justice and protection, fraternity, the notion of the nation of a people. those who didn't vote for macron believing this, our vision of france. i want to congratulate all of those that i had stayed loyal and respectful of others so that we can create a server in france, and i beli