seen as key a year leader, particularly following the departure of angela merkel, the german chancellor, and why he didn't get stuck into the campaign soon he was busy with dealing with nato and european union to tackle russian aggression. european union to tackle russian aggression-— aggression. many thanks, jessica there, at aggression. many thanks, jessica there. at the _ aggression. many thanks, jessica there, at the macron _ aggression. many thanks, jessica i there, at the macron headquarters. we are waiting for the exit poll, which usually gives a very accurate prediction of the result, and that will be coming out in 15 minutes' time. in the meantime i am joined by with joined by alexandre kouchner, a political analyst here and nacira guenif, professor of sociology and anthropology at the university paris 8 — vincennes, saint—denis