Theresa may, who became britains Prime Minister less than a year ago after the country voted to leave the European Union, has called a General Election three years earlier than she needed to. In brussels, they said her Shock Announcement was a twist worthy of hitchcock. The french have experienced quite a few plot twists of their own as the president ial election looms into view. With a crowded field of 11 candidates, a second round is likely. If so, well know by the end of sunday which two will go through. With me to discuss britain, france and all the rest, are alex deane is a conservative commentator, Michael Goldfarb writes for politico europe, Agnes Poirier is uk editor of marianne in france, and Polly Toynbee is a columnist with the guardian. Welcome to you all. Thanks for being back with us. Polly, we will talk a lot about theresa may and why she did it, but one thing all the commentators seem to have started this Election Campaign in agreement on is that this will see offJeremy
The final candidates for the french presidency have been chosen but what economic challenges will the winnerface . We talk you through whats 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 report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme, the euro has spiked in value following the outcome of sundays vote in france. Rico will have the latest in a moment. But first, as youve been hearing, the french have voted on who will go though to the final run off for the presidency on may 7th. As widely expected, centrist Emmanuel Macron and far right Marine Le Pen are through. Its been the most unpredictable president ial election in frances history but there are some constants namely, the economic problems and challenges that remain whoever walks into the elysee palace. A key issue is unemployment, currently at 10 in france. Almost three Million People are out of work. Not as bad a
Since ive been gone . What has been going on. And. Hes back. Barack 0bama has returned to The Public Eye with a speech in his hometown of chicago. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in paris. If you ever wanted an election about change, try france this weekend. French voters have just upended decades of political tradition, ousting the main parties and promoting two outliers. In almost equal numbers they voted for a young, centrist man who doesnt even have a party and an older, far right woman who captured a desire for nationalist revival. The two candidates will debate on wednesday and face each other in a second round vote on may the 7th. The meteoric rise of Emmanuel Macron has been remarkable he resigned from the Socialist Party a year ago and no one thought hed do this well. Equally showstopping is Marine Le Pen, whos transformed the Front National and made it a force in this race. The bbcs Lucy Willamson has this report. Two years ago, he was a new face in politics.
community, she of course profits from them being her fans and it is incongruent, something just isn t lining up. something else that has been picked up on is notjust the song she sang, which should have on our packets, but the songs she didn t sing, so her recent renaissance album, some have caught it an en marche or a love song to the black queer community. none of the songs were actually played. that absence has been noted as well and it has caused some concern online from her fans was that there are of course some people defending her, they say she has a right to take a paycheck and also saying that they are performing there could also be seen as good in terms of that community. seen as good in terms of that community- seen as good in terms of that community. good money if you can aet community. good money if you can get it. community. good money if you can get it, 525 community. good money if you can get it, $25 million. - teddy hobbs, a four year old from bristol in the west o
security, wherever they live in france, and security, defence, macron is very pro european, we know this, and i think pro european, we know this, and i think it pro european, we know this, and i think it is pro european, we know this, and i think it is one pro european, we know this, and i think it is one of the reasons why voters. think it is one of the reasons why voters, even some who do not belong to en voters, even some who do not belong to en marche!, gave him their vote, because to en marche!, gave him their vote, because they understand that these challenges can only be faced together with other europeans. we. talked together with other europeans. - talked about the abstention rate. again these are projected figures but it could be as high as 28%, which i think is a record or a near record. you must find that worrying that people are so dispirited that theyjust that people are so dispirited that they just didn t that people are so dispirited that theyjust didn t b