this. christina. christina: millions of voters headed to the polls today in tense presidential run-off election between macron and la pen. centrist macron won first round with nearly 28% of the vote leading over le pen but this time they are the only two on the ballot. the two faced off in the election. both candidates are condemning putin s war on ukraine although la pen has been sympathetic to putin in the past and cast doubt on sanctions against russia that she believes could hurt the people of france. la pen says bringing down the cost of living would be her top priority as president and that macron has left the country divided over his economic policies, meantime macron is reiterating to voters his environmental and climate change agenda. he has also been criticizing la pen for saying that she thinks the muslim head scarf is a uniform imposed by islamists.
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despite the occasional hiccup with macron, he and the united states are certainly very alined in terms aligned in terms of policy with regard to nato, russia, and ukraine. the far right candidate has moved more to the center in this election, and le pen has been successful in the polls because she s been focusing on pocketbook issues in france which are issues that affect this country and other countries around the world as well. this election will really have consequences for the united states if it does not end up being macron because of the alliance and because of the impact on nato. sandra: all eyes are certainly on these french elections, juan, as millions head to the polls there today. do you see any parallels between the french election and lack of enthusiasm on the left here in the united states? french voters, they re us for traded equally over covid they are frustrated equally over covid, energy prices, inflation, both macron and biden have mixed records. yeah, i thin
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