Welcome to bbc news. French voters face a clear choice in the next two weeks. The run off in the president ial race will be between two political outsiders, whove left mainstream parties on the sidelines. Emmanuel macrons en marche party, which is barely a year old, won the most votes, in the first round of the election. Hell face Marine Le Pen of the front nastionale. Its more than twenty years since they reached the second round of the electoral process. A victory for either of them could have profound implications for the eu and for brexit. Our europe editor katya adler has the latest. Emmanuel macron looking president ial last nights. A bit prematurely perhaps. Theres a lot of glad handing still to be done two weeks to go before the final vote. Financial markets in brussels may think president macron is a done deal. But she doesnt. Marine le pen, macrons rivalfor president , his rival for french voters trust. A welcome visitor on market day in the forgotten town. Shes the peoples p
A delay in plans to tackle Air Pollution until after the election; ministers are accused of Pure Political Expediency. A Special Report from the is stronghold of dabiq where the militants are losing ground. Is were right about one thing though. This is a place of reckoning but its a place of their defeat, they are being driven 100 kilometres from here. And, one of the enduring images of this years London Marathon we speak to the runners who made their own headlines. Good evening. France has now entered a period of intense political campaigning between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen the two remaining candidates for the presidency. Its a race thats already transformed the old patterns of french politics with potentially significant consequences for the future of france and the eu. The final Voting Figures for the first round released today gave the centrist mr macron 24 . His rival Marine Le Pen of the National Front took 21. 3 . The outgoing socialist president Francois Hollande said
Welcome to bbc news. French voters face a clear choice in the next two weeks. The run off in the president ial race will be between two political outsiders, whove left mainstream parties on the sidelines. Emmanuel macrons en marche party, which is barely a year old, won the most votes, in the first round of the election. Hell face Marine Le Pen of the front nastionale. Its more than twenty years since they reached the second round of the electoral process. A victory for either of them could have profound implications for the eu and for brexit. Our europe editor katya adler has the latest. Emmanuel macron looking president ial last nights. A bit prematurely perhaps. Theres a lot of glad handing still to be done two weeks to go before the final vote. Financial markets in brussels may think president macron is a done deal. But she doesnt. Marine le pen, macrons rivalfor president , his rival for french voters trust. A welcome visitor on market day in the forgotten town. Shes the peoples p