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The Story of the Upcoming French Election 2022

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   The French presidential elections which are scheduled for April 2022,
   are less than a year away. While incumbent President Emmanuel Macron is
   the front-runner, this does not guarantee that he will have an easy
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   are less than a year away. While incumbent President Emmanuel Macron is
   the front-runner, this does not guarantee that he will have an easy
   time winning re-election in the runoff next year. Despite the fact that
   the opposition has yet to recover from the defeat suffered in 2017 when
   Macron shattered the political establishment, Marine Le Pen, a
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   far-right leader who has been Macron’s most powerful challenger, is now
   polling well. The French people have also demonstrated in the last two
   elections that being the incumbent is not always advantageous to a
   candidate.
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   Another big obstacle in retaining the presidency is to do well in the
   upcoming regional elections in June. The elections, which will
   determine the leaders of France’s 26 regions, will be a defining moment
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   determine the leaders of France’s 26 regions, will be a defining moment
   in politics just a year before the presidential election. President
   Macron’s party, which was established from the ground up in 2017, did
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   Macron’s party, which was established from the ground up in 2017, did
   not do well in the recent local and mayoral elections, where its
   opponents had a strong party structure.

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   targets their religion. These draft laws may be interpreted as a
   political manoeuvre to gain support from conservative and far-right
   voters ahead of the presidential election next year.

A difficult challenge ahead
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A difficult challenge ahead

   Despite losing two elections, Marine Le Pen, a long-time far-right
   opponent of President Macron, has never taken her gaze away from the
   presidency. Ms. Marine is causing a stir in the polls ahead of next
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   opponent of President Macron, has never taken her gaze away from the
   presidency. Ms. Marine is causing a stir in the polls ahead of next
   year’s presidential election, and she has never been closer to assuming
   power in France than she is right now. Even though she has kept a low
   profile in recent months, she has reason to be optimistic because of
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   to the coronavirus crisis, Le Pen has struggled to find a voice in
   recent months. Despite this, early polls show her not only making the
   run-off round in the 2022 election against President Emmanuel Macron
   but also gaining a greater share of the vote than ever before. The
   strategy to combat radical Islam has been extremely beneficial to her,
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   but also gaining a greater share of the vote than ever before. The
   strategy to combat radical Islam has been extremely beneficial to her,
   but it has also raised the level of rivalry in the 2022 elections.
   However, this may be seen as a drawback for President Macron and his
   supporters, who are now wary of the tactical voting that has always
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   because it is not very successful in directly combating radical
   Islamist ideology. As a result, battling radical Islam has become a
   soft target for expanding support in the upcoming elections, as
   religion has always been a controversial topic in politics, and both
   President Macron and Ms Marine Le Pen are using the same