The campaign for the French presidential election, on April 10 and 24, was already struggling to excite the French and the tragic war in Ukraine has completely crushed it.
Before the attack launched by the Kremlin, France was already deploring the absence of substantive debates and the threat of the rise of the far right, represented by two candidates, Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour.
The twelve candidates must now integrate the dimension of the conflict into their program and answer for their positions.
Never had international news weighed so heavily in an electoral campaign in France.
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Emmanuel Macron, candidate for his own re-election and favorite in the polls, must lead the difficult diplomatic negotiations with Moscow, as French president at the head of the rotating presidency of the EU, and the obligations of a campaign. unprecedented election.
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