Despite the tight margin in the first round, experts believe there are very few scenarios that could put the brakes on Mr Macron's charge to the Élysée Palace
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France, in Western Europe, encompasses medieval cities, alpine villages and Mediterranean beaches. Paris, its capital, is famed for its fashion houses, classical art museums including the Louvre and monuments like the Eiffel Tower.
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President François Hollande has called on French voters to reject far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and back Emmanuel Macron to succeed him.
Six of the seven countries are former French colonies; Rwanda was colonized by Belgium and was mainly French-speaking before the current Rwandan Patriotic Front took power following the 1994 genocide.
Macron, 39, a former banker, has never held elected office, though he served as economy minister under Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
The centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen have won the first round of voting in French presidential elections, projected results say.
Top two finishers from 11 candidates will advance to runoff on 7 May that will decide the country’s next president
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has waded in to the upcoming French presidential election, predicting that Thursday’s Paris shooting will have a “big effect” on voters.
The attack raised questions over how yet another Islamist extremist known to police was able to bring terror to the heart of the French capital.
The man France alerted Belgian security services to as a possible suspect in the deadly Paris shooting has turned himself in to Belgian police in the city of Antwerp, France’s Interior Ministry spokesman said.
At least one police officer has been killed and another one injured in a shooting incident in central Paris, Reuters report, citing police sources. The suspected attacker was also killed, reports say.
A French soldier has been killed in a "clash with terrorists" in southeast Mali near the border with Burkina Faso, the French presidential office announced on Thursday.
Before her meeting with Putin, Le Pen spoke to Russia's parliamentary speaker, Vyacheslav Volodin
The debate, the first between the five main contenders ahead of a two-round election on April 23 and May 7, could help viewers make up their minds in a French election where nearly 40 percent of voters say they are not sure who to back.
A police source told the news agency that the man was on a police watch list for radical Islamic activity.
A shooting at a high school in the southern French town of Grasse has left at least eight people injured, the interior ministry said Thursday. A 17-year-old student has been arrested in connection with the attack.
French presidential candidate Francois Fillon has suffered another blow as his campaign manager quit late on Friday.
French presidential candidate Francois Fillon has suffered a new blow to his campaign, with his spokesman saying he is quitting.
The European Parliament has lifted French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's immunity from prosecution after she tweeted pictures of so-called Islamic State (IS) violence.
The conservative French presidential candidate has refused to step down from the race despite being summoned by magistrates to face charges for an alleged fake jobs scheme. "I will not withdraw," the Republicains candidate said
A French soldier guarding the Louvre in Paris has shot a man who tried to attack a security patrol with a machete shouting "Allahu Akbar", police say.