The Amazing Race: Tracking the twists and turns in France’s presidential election

The French presidential election scheduled for 23 April and 7 May 2017 has produced a series of unexpected developments, with opinion polls pointing in March 2017 toward a second-round runoff between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron.

Marta Lorimer tracks how the campaign has developed and suggests that with over a month still left to campaign, there may be more surprises ahead.

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Politico, 09.03.17: Macron ahead of Le Pen in French election’s first round: poll http://www.politico.eu/article/macron-to-defeat-le-pen-in-presidential-elections-first-round-poll/

Euro|Topics: Debates, February 2017: Macron rising in the polls http://www.eurotopics.net/en/174327/macron-rising-in-the-polls

Euro|Topics: Debates, March 2017: Manuel Valls to vote for Macron http://www.eurotopics.net/en/176905/manuel-valls-to-vote-for-macron

The Guardian, 29.03.17: Benoît Hamon asks French left to unite after former Socialist PM backs Macron https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/29/france-manuel-valls-backs-emmanuel-macron-presidential-election

Euro|Topics: Debates, March 2017: Final spurt in French election campaign http://www.eurotopics.net/en/176683/final-spurt-in-french-election-campaign

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 06.05.17: New election prediction: Macron will win, but the race will be closer than opinion polls suggest http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/05/06/new-election-prediction-macron-will-win-but-the-race-will-be-closer-than-opinion-polls-suggest/

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