Macron and his wife walk along Le Touquet beach

(23 Apr 2022)

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Le Touquet - 23 April 2022
1. Various of French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte walking on the beach
HEADLINE TEXT French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte took a walk near the beach Saturday ahead of the second round of presidential elections.
ANNOTATION: Macron is in position to win reelection in the runoff, yet his lead over far-right rival Marine Le Pen depends on voters who could decide to stay home.
ANNOTATION: Macron is in position to win reelection in the runoff, yet his lead over far-right rival Marine Le Pen depends on voters who could decide to stay home.
ANNOTATION: A Macron victory in this vote would make him the first French president in 20 years to win a second term.
ANNOTATION: Opinion polls converge toward a win for the 44-year-old pro-European centrist - yet the margin over his nationalist rival varies broadly.
ANNOTATION: Polls also forecast a possibly record-high number of people who will either cast a blank vote or not vote at all.
STORYLINE:
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte took a walk near the beach Saturday ahead of the second round of presidential elections.
Macron is in pole position to win reelection Sunday in the country's presidential runoff, yet his lead over far-right rival Marine Le Pen depends on one major uncertainty: voters who could decide to stay home.
A Macron victory in this vote - which could have far-reaching repercussions for Europe's future direction and Western efforts to stop the war in Ukraine - would make him the first French president in 20 years to win a second term.
All opinion polls in recent days converge toward a win for the 44-year-old pro-European centrist - yet the margin over his nationalist rival varies broadly, from 6 to 15 percentage points, depending on the poll.
Polls also forecast a possibly record-high number of people who will either cast a blank vote or not vote at all.
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