taking the eu for starters. emmanuel macron is an eu enthusiast, he doesn t want the united states of europe but he is a passionate believer in the european project. marine le pen is deeply eurosceptic, backing away from the idea of taking france out of the eu but brussels is worried that if she becomes president, she will try to destroy the block from within. you can say it s just one country out of 27 and what does it matter? it does because france is the second largest economy in the eu and has the biggest single military force in the eu as well. it is also a big player in nato and that matters now particularly because of the russia ukraine crisis. marine le pen has historically close ties to moscow and wants to take front out of nato s military command and that worries europe. we have had the leaders of spain, portugal and germany writing to a french newspaper saying that french voters don t support marine le pen and something similarfrom
but we re not stupid. chloe gets close enough to shout her question on teacher s pay. do you think teachers are lazy? , she asks. through the scrum, macron grips her hand, and locks in her vote. translation: he gripped my hand and said, we re going to do - something about that, i promise so, i will vote for him, - but i want something in return. there s a real choice on sunday about where france is heading. marine le pen is promising huge tax cuts and to take back control . emmanuel macron wants a global nation, set on economic reform. divisions here are deepening with every election cycle and voters are now split between two radically different views of the world with one candidate presenting herself as the spokeswoman of the people, and the other saying he s protecting france from her.
don t support marine le pen and something similar from the don t support marine le pen and something similarfrom the ukrainian president so the choice of french president has a huge impact here but outside france as well. man? president has a huge impact here but outside france as well. outside france as well. many thanks. ka a outside france as well. many thanks. katya adler- well, the race is far closer than it was five years ago, and the big question is what will the 49% of voters who didn t support either candidate in the first round do in this election? will they lend their vote to macron or le pen, or will they say none of the above and just abstain? we ll know on sunday. that s it from me in paris. now back to you, clive. reeta, thank you for that, lived in paris. a woman has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter, following the death of her seven year old son. hakeem hussein was found dead in a garden in birmingham, in november 2017. he was severely asthmatic,