French election preview

Only a few weeks ago, opinion polls in France indicated that Emmanuel Macron was far ahead of his closest rivals in the race for the presidency. But in the last week, the polls are telling a different story. The World’s Orla Barry reports that now the French are asking themselves if France is about to elect its first far-right president.

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