france holds the first round of its presidential election on sunday and the candidates have been staging some of their last major rallies. emmanuel macron, on the centre left, who isjust ahead in most polls, told a crowd in nantes he was the only candidate capable of ensuring security. his closest challenger is the far right leader marine le pen. she s promising a referendum on france s membership of the european union and says she will stop all immigration. our correspondent hugh schofield was at her rally in marseille. for her last rally before the first round, marine le pen went back to the roots of the front national, not just the place and people of the message. it was vintage. planning immigration for the country s many woes and promising a new hard line once in power. translation: we have to protect the unity of our people. how to protect them if we are in permanent social austerity? i want to protect the people i am part of. i want to protect the people that have seen
as mps back theresa may s call for a general election onjune 8th. the ayes to the right, 522. the noes to the left, 13. so, the ayes have it, the ayes have it. unlock. at prime minister s questions, theresa may is challenged over why she won t take part in televised debates, and on her previous promise not to call an early election. she wants us to believe that she is a woman of her word. is it the truth that we cannot believe a single word she says? the prime minister defends her decision. i think it is right now to ask the british people to put their trust in me and the conservative party to deliver on their vote last year, a brexit plan that will make a success for this country and deliver a stronger, fairer, global britain in the future. also on this programme is it time to ditch diesel cars? and the energy secretary promises muscular action over fuel bills. but first. the house of commons has backed the prime minister s call for a general election onjune 8th. mps voted
on sunday, and the candidates have been staging some of their last major rallies. a manual micron, on the centre left, who isjust major rallies. a manual micron, on the centre left, who is just ahead in most polls, told a crowd in na ntes in most polls, told a crowd in nantes he was the only candidate capable of ensuring security. his closest challenger is the far right leader marine le pen. she is promising a referendum on france s the bishop of the european union and says she will stop all immigration. hugh schofield was at her rally in marseille. membership. for her last rally before the first round, marine le pen went back to the roots of the front national, notjust the place and people of the message. it was vintage le pen planning immigration for the country s many woes and promising a new hard line once in power. translation: we have to protect the unity of our people. how to protect them if we are in permanent social austerity? i want to protect the people i am p
round of its presidential election on sunday and the candidates have been staging some of their last major rallies. emmanuel macron, on the centre left, who is just ahead in most polls, told a crowd in nantes he was the only candidate capable of ensuring security. his closest challenger is the far right leader marine le pen. she s promising a referendum on france s membership of the european union and says she opposes all immigration. our correspondent hugh schofield was at her rally in marseille. for her last rally, marine le pen went back to the roots of the front national, the message was vintage fn, blaming immigration forthe country s many woes and promising a harder line when she is in power. we have to protect the unity of our people. we have to protect them from permanent social austerity. i want to protect the people i am part of. i want to protect the people who have seen me go grow and see my children grow and will see my children s children grow. this is marine le
russia was congratulating donald trump on becoming president, and expressing the hope that both countries would take their relationship to a whole new level. now, moscow s relations with the us and the west are so bad that the russian prime minister dmitri medvedev talks of them as ruined . that was after america s response to the recent chemical attack in syria. but even before that, there was the stand off in ukraine, and accusations of russian interference in american elections. now there are fears the russians could meddle in the french elections and other european votes this year. my guest is vladimir chizhov, russia s ambassador to the eu. will russia promise not to pervert democracy in europe? vladimir chizhov, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. france s foreign minister jean marc ayrault has accused russia of meddling in french democratic life. is that true? of course it s not. well, i m afraid that this wave of anti russian rhetoric has become contagious, and has sprea