On sunday millions of voters will decide between the incumbent, emmanuel macron, and his rival, marine le pen. but many people are still thought to be undecided. our france correspondent hugh schofield reports. marine le pen was out looking for votes in northern france this morning. this is familiar territory. she is the local mp and can be assured of a friendly reception. but her message is that, while smiles are fine, what she needs on sunday is slips of paper in the ballot box. translation: if the people vote, if they go out and vote, then they will get the change they hope for. and the choice is simple. it is macron or france. both she and her rival, emmanuel macron, know that the key to the race on sunday is getting out the potential abstainers, the type who say, a curse on both your houses. mainly, that s people who voted left in the first round two weeks ago. yesterday, president macron was out in the north paris
The final stage of campaigning is under way in france s presidential election. on sunday millions of voters will decide between the incumbent emmanuel macron, and his rival marine le pen. but many people are still thought to be undecided. our france correspondent hugh schofield reports. marine le pen was out looking for votes in northern france this morning. this is familiar territory. she is the local mp and can be assured of a friendly reception. but her message is that, while smiles are fine, what she needs on sunday is slips of paper in the ballot box. translation: if the people vote, if they go out and vote, then they will get the change they hope for. and the choice is simple. it is macron or france. both she and her rival, emmanuel macron, know that the key to the race on sunday is getting out the potential abstainers, the type who say, a curse on both your houses. mainly, that s people who voted left in the first round two weeks ago.
She is the local mp and can be assured of a friendly reception. but her message is that, while smiles are fine, what she needs on sunday is slips of paper in the ballot box. translation: if the people vote, if they go out and vote, then they will get the change they hope for. and the choice is simple. it is macron or france. both she and her rival, emmanuel macron, know that the key to the race on sunday is getting out the potential abstainers, the type who say, a curse on both your houses. mainly, that s people who voted left in the first round two weeks ago. yesterday, president macron was out in the north paris suburbs, with its poor and largely immigrant population, arguing that marine le pen s promises for putting money in their pockets are economic nonsense. translation: millions - of our fellow citizens turned to her party and project. why? because she gave the feeling that she had solutions for the cost of living, which is a real problem, and we will talk about this. but i ha
Going to increase. but i do think that if, you know, we see a continued russian pressure every tool the president has, including refusing to buy russian oil, overwhelming pressure on him to take those actions, sure. look, it s a small thing here, david, i just got the voting list here on the u.n. vote, and among those that have the folks that were not on list of abstainers no uae did not abstain and neither did saudi arabia, perhaps a sign that they re inching back towards the west? well, that s encouraging. that would be an important move. i know the unhappiness with the saudis and emiratis in washington has been growing, so if they re hearing that message and reacting, that s positive.
A new study has found that increased mortality risk among current alcohol abstainers might largely be explained by other factors, including previous alcohol or drug problems, daily smoking, and overall poor health.